Know your colleagues
She helped me a lot when I got started at EA, she's in the Bio Department and taught "Across the Pond Last Year". In the UK to be specific
Mrs. Erickson
Used in Hawaii both when greeting & parting, this word means "affection"
Aloha
On "Breaking Bad", a chilling medical diagnosis led to this chemistry teacher making significant changes in his life
Walter White
On Feb. 12, 1795 this state school received its first "Heel"
North Carolina
An epic high fantasy novel by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth.
Lord of the Rings
This "Cool Cat" has a pet cat, she's lowkey pretty funny and has some good "One Liners", not to be confused with her teaching linear equations along with being a Department Head
Mrs. Kooker
This nautical greeting to get the attention of another ship is often followed by "there"
Ahoy
Will Schuester sang "Leaving On A Jet Plane" & a lot of other stuff on this show, like you probably do all the time in your classes
Glee
New York has SUNY; New Jersey's SUNJ is AKA this 1-named state university at exit 9 off the turnpike
Rutgers
I don't know about you, but I read this in 11th grade American Studies. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire. C'mon Old Sport
The Great Gatsby
This Leadership Team Member is from Jersey (We wont judge) and went to Rutgers, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD Morningggggggggg! Please don't get this one wrong!
Mr. Calixto
"ALV" is texting shorthand for goodbye, from the pronunciation of this 3-word Spanish expression
Mr. Garvey called roll looking for "D-nice" (Denise), "Balakay" (Blake), & "A.A. Ron" (Aaron) on the sketch show from this title duo
Key & Peele
The Hoya is the newspaper of this university
Georgetown
A Lithuanian immigrant named Jurgis Rudkus works in the Chicago stockyards in this classic novel. 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair, I "read" this in 10th grade for English Class Summer Reaading if anyone cares
The Jungle
Holding down the fort from Messiah College, she is a student Mentor, has a geometric llama tattoo and enjoys short walks on the beach.
Ms. Martin
It sounds like it's about divine velocity, but it's really an expression of good wishes for someone leaving on a journey
GodSpeed
Rooming with 3 guys, Jess lost her teaching gig but rebounded & became a principal on this FOX sitcom that ran from 2011 to 2018
New Girl
Located on the "Main Line", This Augustinian based University has a pretty good basketball team led by Jay Wright
Villanova
Holden Caulfield, an angry, depressed 16-year-old, lives in an unspecified institution in California after the end of World War II.
The Catcher in the Rye
In the Bio Department too, great management skills and her daughter played D1 Basketball and coaches D1 too... Welcome to the Swamp! I heard she likes to knit sweaters in her free time
Mrs. Oshoko
This respectful greeting from Hindi means "I bow to you". Am I coming next Wednesday? Na, Ima stay in bed
Namaste
Mr. Feeny, closing out this '90s show on ABC: "Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do good... I love you all. Class dismissed"
Boy Meets World
All Right, All Right, All Right, Matthew McConaughey went to this school, walk around Austin and say "Hook 'Em" and you'll fit right in.
University of Texas
Nicknamed Scout, she lives with her older brother Jeremy, nicknamed Jem, and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer.
To Kill a Mockingbird