One of Us: Mr. Adam Priem

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Either from walking in the hallway or just from other students you’ve probably heard of “Preimtime.” Mr. Adam Preim is a graduate of The College of New Jersey, he has been teaching here as an English teacher for two years. He’s recently taken control of being the yearbook adviser this year but also coaches freshmen soccer. He currently teaches CP English I for freshmen.

My secret talent is…it’s not really a secret but I play guitar; I’ve played for 13 years.

Have you always wanted to be a teacher? Since I was sixteen, because I worked at a summer camp and I liked teaching them. I decided on English when I was in college because you have the most freedom when you teach, because in math you just teach numbers like your tied down. I like teaching life to kids.

My quote to live by is … “Treat others as you  would want to be treated.”  I was gonna say YOLO as a joke but…

My favorite music is.. anything acoustic.

My favorite movie is… Remember the Titans.

My favorite television show? I liked Dexter a lot. I like anti-heroes.

My biggest pet peeve is… when people are overly dramatic about things, in a bad way. People that make things that don’t matter, problems for everyone.

Why do you think your so popular among students? I am myself.  I’m not fake with it.

Why do you love soccer so much? Because I played it. People like things they’re good at. I’m good at soccer.

The best part of my job is… talking one-on-one with students. 

If I weren’t a teacher I would be…I would probably be an engineer because I was really good at math, and it makes money.

If I were an animal i would be…a dog. they have the best life; they get to eat all the time, sleep all the time. They make people happy whenever they see them.

My biggest fear is…having my fly down while I’m teaching.

If I were able to change my name it would be… Optimus… like Optimus Preim. My child’s middle name will be Optimus, and the girl’s gonna be Megan, so it’s like Mega-tron.

At a restaurant my go-to meal is…General Tso chicken. Chinese food.

The one thing I hate about teaching is…emailing all the time. It takes so much time and I’d rather talk to people in person.

If were to have one superpower it would be… to fly.

The oddest job I ever had was…when I was at the summer camp, I had to scuba dive for goose poop. I had to wear a scuba outfit, grab a shovel, and shovel goose poop off the bottom of a lake where the kids swam, put it in a rowboat, and then push the boat to the side of the lake and dumb the boat into a backhoe, and then drive the backhoe to a dumpster, and dump the poop in a dumpster.

My celebrity crush is… Kate Beckinsale.