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Mike Zamansky was my AP CS teacher in high school. Way to go Mr. Zamansky!

Edit: If anyone has any questions about him or his teaching style I might be able to answer.

I have a question: how does he always come up with such brilliant ideas for Halloween costumes?

This is just a guess but he's been teaching for long enough that each year he probably keeps an eye out for concepts that he can use during Halloween and then works on the ones he judges to be the best.

Some say brilliance is often a product of hard work over a long time.

actually, I generally procrastinate until early October and than something hits me.

Hey, it's Mr. Z! You know, all of the tools that I use every day (i.e., Python and Emacs) I first learned from one of your classes. If it weren't for you, I would never be where I am today.

Thanks for being an awesome teacher, and congrats on this new project!

I have to echo this. I learned emacs, python, scheme (and then elisp, and then lisp), linux system administration, and assembly all as direct results of either Z's classes or being on the ZTeam and being pushed to learn more. Most of what I do now on a daily basis stretches directly back to those days.

So thanks, Z. :)

mine as well.

It looks like you know more than I do about his motivation for getting the new school going. Thanks for sharing that.

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