Mark G. Carter, 25, recently gave up a career as an internationally acclaimed male model to become a teacher of underprivileged inner-city students. Within a semester of his arrival at the school, standardized test scores had risen by 90%. Mark donates 75% of his salary to various charities and spends most of his spare time volunteering at local homeless shelters. Mark loves sad-eyed puppy dogs, rainbows, long walks on the beach and sunsets. He is currently about two weeks away from announcing his cure for…Damn, you’re not buying any of this, are you?

Okay, Mark G. Carter, 43, wishes that all of the above were true. He is currently in his 15th year of teaching English at Salem High School in Salem, Indiana. He is a life-long resident of Salem. His interests are varied and include reading, creative writing, music and theater. He is terribly worried that no one will be interested in what he has to write about in this blog but is considering giving his students extra credit every time they visit his site. He fervently hopes that people will be mildly amused and entertained by what he has to say. Mark is currently single and quite the catch.