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DONALD PAUSELIUS

NICKNAME

MRS. BUMBRAKE

Least Favorite/Most Favorite school subjects My favorite
Coolest Art Project This is a difficult question to subject in school was reading. I don’t remember not
answer, but the art project that was most memorable knowing how to read. It was a skill that I learned very easily
to me was a simple drawing of an Easter Bunny that and to this day I love to read when time permits. My least
was done with colored pencils when I was in favorite subject was math. In fourth grade I came very close
elementary school. It was very simple, but the reason to getting left back because of my poor math grade. My
that I remember this one is because my mother had it mom spent the entire summer tutoring me in math so that I
framed. Although I don’t know what happened to it, it could move onto 5 grade with my class. These days, math
th
hung in our home for many years. no longer presents a problem.

Favorite Sport When I was in High School I started to Favorite lunch peanut butter and jelly. I feel sorry for all the
take up running as a form of weight control. Through kids today who have peanut allergies. They are missing out
most of my adult life I would go out and run several on one of life’s greatest pleasures.
times a week. At my height I could run for about 15
miles without difficulty. It’s been a long time since I Most embarrassing moment of my school career This is an
could go that far and recently I’ve had to give up easy one. I was not a student at the time but a teacher.
running altogether for health reasons. I miss it a lot. Although my MS in in occupational therapy my BA in in
Special Education and I worked for several years as a
Best Field Trip in School When I was in the first teacher. I was teaching a class of about 7 seventh graders.
grade, our field trip was to the Bronx Zoo. At that age, While talking to them I went to place an eraser on the little
this was amazing to me. I remember that my mom ledge under the blackboard that held the chalk and eraser.
packed a whole bag of lollipops in my lunch and told The eraser missed the ledge and fell to the floor. While still
me to share them with the other kids. I spent the talking to the children I absently crouched down to pick up
entire day trying to get rid of all the lollipops. the eraser, being careful to bend at the knees of course.
There was an electrical outlet that stuck out from the wall
Sports, clubs, after school activities. My favorite and as I stood up the corner of the outlet hooked into my
extracurricular activity in school was the band. I went back pocket, I was wearing dockers at the time. As I stood
to Hasbrouck Heights High School and in those days up the entire left side of the back of my pants was ripped
we had a very good band. I played the saxophone and off. This was every teaching nighmare all rolled into one.
while I hate to brag, I was pretty good at it. Fortunately I had my jacket draped over the back of my
desk chair and I was able to tie it around my waist. Thank
Most used phrase: “Why is everyone trying to make god, this was the last period of the day.
me a tenor?”
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