Keaton Krell

by Keaton Krell

November 01, 2011

I was born on a warm August day in 1984. Those who were alive on that day tell me it was memorable. There was no crime, the sky was unusually beautiful shade of blue, and the birds outside were not singing their normal songs, but instead were doing Beatles covers. Scientists are currently doing research on the matter, but the rumor going around is this was the best day in mankind's history. I, however, do not remember the day I was born, so all I can say for certain is on August 22, 1984 the legend that became the story of Keaton Krell was born.

I grew up in Lyndon, Kansas. I was like most other children. Lunch and recess were my favorite class subjects. During recess I would stun the crowd of onlookers with my ability to make a leaping catch in the endzone, and then, as a touchdown celebration, recite Hamlet's famous "To be or not to be..." soliloquy. At lunch I would demand a better quality of food from the lunch ladies by quoting Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. It was, by all accounts, a normal childhood.

I took my post high school studies to the University of Kansas. I spent much of my time on the hill lounging under shady trees whilst delighting onlookers with my play of the lute. I studied English Education at good ol' KU. I graduated in 2008, which, not coincidentally, was the year that KU won both the Orange Bowl in football and the NCAA National Championship in basketball. Even with those two remarkable events, it has been said that 2008's greatest accomplishment was that I graduated. Personally, I have to agree.

I taught for two years at Argonia, which is a town of roughly 400. Although the classes were small, we were able to accomplish a lot. I'm proud to make the claim that they taught me more than I taught them, and I felt that each one of them left the classroom each day with more knowledge than they had when they walked through the door.

I am currently the Prairie View High School Freshman English teacher. I put a strong emphasis on vocabulary. I set the bar high for my students, because I know they can accomplish anything with a little drive and want to. By the end of the school year I want my students to have an expansive vocabulary that will impress even strictest of vocabulary snobs. I believe that we can accomplish this.

I can be contacted through my school e-mail address: keatonk@pv362.org