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November 2, 2012
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First Presbyterian Day School, Macon, Georgia
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Around campus
in 60 seconds New TV show debuts to amused audience
FPDtv is the new talk around the school. Visual media coordinator Tyler Shores’ broadcasting class began the show as a way to present the news to students in a satirical way. Alex Giron, video director of FPDtv, described it as “a way for us to express ourselves and be able to give school-related news.” The students talk about everything from movies to dating advice. “It’s a talkshow where we cover things that teenagers are interested in in a humorous way,” Shores said. The students hope the show will grow in popularity after they received 100 likes on Facebook after the first couple of episodes. New episodes air weekly. Viewers can watch episodes via the FPDtv Facebook page. Students also can submit questions via the Twitter account, which the hosts, Griffin Hicks, Christian Moore and Dalton Taylor, answer during the show. Senior Alex Newberry is the show’s producer.
Photo by Tyler Shores/The Saga Hosts Christian Moore and Griffin Hicks prepare for another episode of FPDtv. You can watch episodes via Facebook.
Photo by Mary Helen Douglas/The Saga Students in Michael Su’s American Literature course share a laugh at the start of class.
A man for all seasons Michael Su brings a world of experience to FPD.
By MARY HELEN DOUGLAS Staff Writer
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ichael Su never had trouble deciding what major to pursue in college: he tried just about all of them. Su, FPD’s new Latin and American Literature teacher, was a mere two classes short from completing 10 majors. Su started his college career at Holy Cross in Massachusetts, and later attended the University of Pennsylvania. He studied an assortment of subjects including English, Latin, Greek, math, finance, sociology, economics, history, biology, chemistry and the classics. He even tried his hand at medical school, and eventually ended up studying law. Growing up in a wealthy family in northeast Pennsylvania, Su attended a private high school and enjoyed many privileges of that lifestyle, yet he felt something was missing. “All of my friends went to private schools and the best colleges,” he said. “I soon realized that’s a very sheltered way of living. I wanted to find a way to meet and understand human beings that I would never normally interact with.” So began a series of adventures that would lead Su across the United States. From the East
Coast to Los Angeles, with stops in Minneapolis and Washington D.C., Su dabbled in such things as teaching in inner city schools, working as a molecular biology lab technician, volunteer fireman and even in a diaper factory. “When I worked at the factory, it wasn’t for the money, because it was really wasn’t much money, but I did it because of the people who worked there,” Su said. Su discovered he had a passion for volunteer work and interacting with people from different backgrounds. While in law school, he volunteered with many groups such as the Asian-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Central Park Zoo, The Museum of Natural History and some community gardens. “I like doing stuff for the underdog,” Su said. An interesting sociology class in college prompted Su to begin to evaluate his ideas on education in America. “When I took this class, it just blew my mind,” he said. “It really made me think ‘Why are we in school?’ And if I could go back in time to when I was 14 or 15, and I could redo education for myself, what would be the perfect education?’ ” He began researching ways to create a new education curriculum, particularly targeting poor
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