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Deployment provides reservist teacher valuable
experience for classroom Story and photo by Senior Airman Andrew Park
386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
Editor’s note: This feature is part of the “Through Airmen’s Eyes” series. These stories focus on individual Airmen, highlighting their Air Force story. SOUTHWEST ASIA — Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand? What year was the ice cream cone created? Who was the first person to fly around the world? Questions such as these might bring back memories of sitting at a rickety desk as some history teacher spouts off endless lists of names and dates to be memorized in preparation for an end-of-year exam. Chances are, however, most people can name at least one history teacher
who breaks the stereotype.
Master Sgt. Jason Paseur, currently deployed in Southwest Asia as the
386th Air Expeditionary Wing historian, is always on the hunt for cre- ative lessons for the classroom where he teaches as a civilian. Paseur is a reservist deployed from the 94th Airlift Wing out of Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.
“I really wanted to teach history because I wanted to make it interesting,” Paseur said. “My goal is to make history tangible.”
Known as Mr. Paseur to his students at Trion High School in north- west Georgia, Paseur uses personal experience to liven up his lessons. In the past, this has included bringing an antique loom into his classroom, where he uses it during lessons on the Industrial Revolution. He also takes his classes on occasional field trips around the region that coincide
Master Sgt. Jason Paseur, the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing historian stands in front of a C-130H Hercules on a flightline in Southwest Asia Feb. 7, 2017. Paseur is a reservist deployed from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. and teaches history as a civilian.
with the curriculum.
This works well with teaching U.S. history, but becomes a bit more com-
plicated with world history.
“I’ve never been out of the United States until now, so this is going to
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