Mr. Major

Mr. Major is a US History teacher that teaches D15 among other classes. He teaches both in-person and at home (blended).

Teaching Style
In the morning, Major will put the link to the meeting and tell us at what time we'll be meeting. Similar to Ms. Tormey, at the beginning of the class, Major will post an assignment where we respond with 'here' so he can track our attendance (Since it's an assignment, it implies we should respond with 'here' and mark it as done). We then join the meet, where he might briefly fill us in on certain events, whether school related or not. He then starts going over a slide show for the entire duration of the meet, similar to the style of a college lecture, but more casual. He tends to tell his honest opinion about the event, and even curses occasionally doing so. Once he finishes talking or the period is about to end, we all say goodbye and the Meet ends.

Grading and Work
Major typically gives short assignments in Google Docs, with a video to watch or a textbook excerpt to read about a certain event or period. You then have to answer the questions in the Doc in full sentences, but not necessarily a whole paragraph. He grades participation based on attendance and Portfolio CW and HW on completion, but manually reviews assessments.

Family
Major is known to have a wife, but she has never been heard or seen on camera before. He has at least two kids, one of them confirmed to be named James, as on 3/1/21 he said 'James can you just sit still!?' and at the end of that meet, he was seen for a few seconds on camera.

Trivia

 * He is a self-proclaimed Democrat, historian, and Rangers fan.
 * As of 5/4/21, he has been using Twitter for over 11 years (Since Dec 2009)

Quotes

 * '...good God I'm old' (12/2/20)
 * 'I trust your math teacher, and I don't say that about many people' (2/5/21)
 * 'James can you just sit still!?' (3/1/21)
 * '...and with luck, Cunningham's wifi won't crap out again' (3/11/21)