Closed questions will give you one word answers.
Opened questions will give you more information and further questions.
You will have time to ask me anything about my upbringing, family, role models and my schooling. This is a chance to ask me about what it was like growing up. I was 10 in 1983!
You can share questions with other students.
These things must be in your homework.
10 questions about me with answers.
Mr Dufty will bring in photos.
Room 7's questions for Mr Dufty.
Where and when were you born?
Te Awamutu on the 22nd February 1973.
What year did you become a teacher?
2000.
How old are you?
40
What is your favourite sport?
Softball and Rugby. I enjoy playing sports more than watching.
What is the best good deed you have done?
Being a teacher is a good deed.
When did you get married?
1994. 19th November.
What is your star sign?
Pisces
How many schools have you taught at?
Havelock North Intermediate and Ebbett Park School.
What was your favourite subject at school and why?
Art & Technical Drawing. I hated maths and spelling when I was little. Maths made no sense to me until I started using after school.
How and why did you become a teacher?
Always wanted to be a teacher. I lectured at an Art School in drawing and printmaking and enjoyed it. I love the creative side of teaching and watching young people get the love and enjoyment of learning something new or showing off their "awesomeness". You all that feeling when you do something cool and amazing - I get to share that moment with all my students; isn't that so cool! It has also been awesome to watch some of my students have great success in their lives and careers.
Who are your role models and why?
I have many and some I have never meet. My family are an amazing group of role model. They are important because they teach you want to do and what not to do! My mother is a huge role model in my life - she is amazing! I have been with my wife since we were 17 so she is important! My brother. My Dad. My Poppa and Nana. My two older cousins - Todd and Scott. My friends - I have a very small group of friends but they keep my feet on the ground so they are very important.
I love David Bowie, Robert Smith and Martin Gore. They are all musicians who I admire and were very important when growing up. Music is a huge part of who I am and I am lost without it. David Bowie is an important person to me because of his willing to try and explore new things - whether it be music, film, writing or art.
What is your favourite place?
Home.
Did you have any dreams when you were little and what were they?
To be a musician but I am not brave enough!
What was the most important thing you learn at school or when you were young?
To follow your dreams. Practise does make perfect. To remember that being a 'rebel' is not new and if someone tells you that you never be able to do certain things... prove them wrong!!
What was the best thing about growing up when you were 10?
We had less pressures, being able to go anywhere, record stores, spaces parlours, lots of sport, no cell phones or computers, going to the movies was cheap and you could buy a huge bag of lollies for $1!
What did you want to be when you were young?
An architect.
What were your challenges at school?
I went to many different schools. At primary school I was very average and not very good at maths and spelling. I hid in class and didn't like to stand out. I was good at art and sport. At High School I became more confident and worked hard on the things that I had strengths in. I studied hard but didn't really know what I wanted to do when I finished. There were not many jobs out there.
What do you hate?
Liars, stealers and people who have no empathy. People who will not try.
What do you like?
People with loyalty and are passionate, art, music, sport, literature, family.
What is the most important things to you?
My family. My music and art collections.
What were your tragedies and how did this changed your life?
Losing my best friend shaped my attitude towards how I do things. He was and is a very important person who my wife and I think about all the time. He was my best man at my wedding and we went to High School and Art School together. Gabrielle is named after his favourite musician.
Little Gabi has never meet my father and her mother's Mum and Dad. They all died in the space of three years.
Some great questions Room 7!!!!
Room 7's questions for Mr Dufty.
Where and when were you born?
Te Awamutu on the 22nd February 1973.
What year did you become a teacher?
2000.
How old are you?
40
What is your favourite sport?
Softball and Rugby. I enjoy playing sports more than watching.
What is the best good deed you have done?
Being a teacher is a good deed.
When did you get married?
1994. 19th November.
What is your star sign?
Pisces
How many schools have you taught at?
Havelock North Intermediate and Ebbett Park School.
What was your favourite subject at school and why?
Art & Technical Drawing. I hated maths and spelling when I was little. Maths made no sense to me until I started using after school.
How and why did you become a teacher?
Always wanted to be a teacher. I lectured at an Art School in drawing and printmaking and enjoyed it. I love the creative side of teaching and watching young people get the love and enjoyment of learning something new or showing off their "awesomeness". You all that feeling when you do something cool and amazing - I get to share that moment with all my students; isn't that so cool! It has also been awesome to watch some of my students have great success in their lives and careers.
Who are your role models and why?
I have many and some I have never meet. My family are an amazing group of role model. They are important because they teach you want to do and what not to do! My mother is a huge role model in my life - she is amazing! I have been with my wife since we were 17 so she is important! My brother. My Dad. My Poppa and Nana. My two older cousins - Todd and Scott. My friends - I have a very small group of friends but they keep my feet on the ground so they are very important.
I love David Bowie, Robert Smith and Martin Gore. They are all musicians who I admire and were very important when growing up. Music is a huge part of who I am and I am lost without it. David Bowie is an important person to me because of his willing to try and explore new things - whether it be music, film, writing or art.
What is your favourite place?
Home.
Did you have any dreams when you were little and what were they?
To be a musician but I am not brave enough!
What was the most important thing you learn at school or when you were young?
To follow your dreams. Practise does make perfect. To remember that being a 'rebel' is not new and if someone tells you that you never be able to do certain things... prove them wrong!!
What was the best thing about growing up when you were 10?
We had less pressures, being able to go anywhere, record stores, spaces parlours, lots of sport, no cell phones or computers, going to the movies was cheap and you could buy a huge bag of lollies for $1!
What did you want to be when you were young?
An architect.
What were your challenges at school?
I went to many different schools. At primary school I was very average and not very good at maths and spelling. I hid in class and didn't like to stand out. I was good at art and sport. At High School I became more confident and worked hard on the things that I had strengths in. I studied hard but didn't really know what I wanted to do when I finished. There were not many jobs out there.
What do you hate?
Liars, stealers and people who have no empathy. People who will not try.
What do you like?
People with loyalty and are passionate, art, music, sport, literature, family.
What is the most important things to you?
My family. My music and art collections.
What were your tragedies and how did this changed your life?
Losing my best friend shaped my attitude towards how I do things. He was and is a very important person who my wife and I think about all the time. He was my best man at my wedding and we went to High School and Art School together. Gabrielle is named after his favourite musician.
Little Gabi has never meet my father and her mother's Mum and Dad. They all died in the space of three years.
Some great questions Room 7!!!!
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