Connor Williams Spaudling: He'll Bring out the Creativity in You

By Kadeem Parker
English 336

"The argument that that's not how God made you is ridiculous," he expresses with a sort of calm certainty in response to criticisms of those who identify with the LGBT community. He is also a backer of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders expressing in a unique way, “I feel the burn.” Connor William Spaulding certainly leans to the left, but, as passionate as he may be about politics, his aspirations are pulling him elsewhere. 

He hails from Bethesda, Maryland with an exceptional knowledge of his family’s lineage—he declares that his family’s origins can be traced all the way back to Scotland; he even throws in the fact that his paternal grandfather fled Italy during Mussolini’s fascist regime, but I digress. Spaulding’s dreams and goals points him in the direction of a career in education; he wishes to be a teacher. He loves English and writing so it would be a good fit for him; however, I got the feeling that Spaulding’s decision to go into education had little to do with his natural talents.

 He loves to incite and provoke people’s creative sides and that is why he wants to go into the profession of inspiring young minds. He seems boldly optimistic when he state, “everyone has the capacity for Creativity.” He is confident in his position, and just as interesting, if not more, he expresses confidence in the current state of the education system. As much as he believes some serious reformation needs to occur in the United States government, he seems content with the recently implemented common core standards within our nation’s education system especially when it comes to math. “Really,”I exclaimed. Still, with that calmness in his voice, he confirms. 

Spaulding believes that the common core system does a better job at teaching basic concepts especially pertaining to math. Interesting, I thought; we were just on the top of math. I asked if he was willing to bend the rules in order to inspire creativity in children. He said that the rules need to be altered for him to carry out his purpose. Spaulding is no stranger to being a nonconformist, he will do whatever he believes is necessary to provoke the creativity in you, and always, with that calm reassurance.