Skip Larrington

            Skip Larrington is a teacher at Hidden Valley High School. He teaches Computer Science and Chemistry. He went to a small university, and then he transferred to Washington University, so he can get to know the professors for help. He stays after school late and comes in early in the morning, the first teacher to arrive in the morning. He gets to know all the students in his class and make them stand out, while helping other students who aren’t even in his class or the subjects of his classes.

            Mr. Larrington likes to help other students no matter what class they need help with. He got his inspiration about being a teacher when he was 10, and his math teacher stuck out to him, because his teacher treated him like an individual. His teacher, let him go ahead in class and in his work, so he finished 6^th grade math in 5^th, “I turned in the whole math book a week later, for our homework for the year”, Mr. Larrington likes to give opinions on topics and looks at a bigger picture, especially when it comes to teaching, He thinks that the teaching system in the US is flawed “It is not a problem in Virginia, or even the school board, it is the country as a whole”, he said. He is a very intelligent person when it comes to information. He studies and tries his hardest to help his other students, “I work an 11 hour day”, he said.

            Mr. Larrington is a great, helpful, and intelligent teacher. His passion for teaching and helping other students has helped many other students in the school. He loves to teach, and help others, that makes Mr. Larrington a hero.