New Faculty Profile: John Ostrander ’16
September 3, 2020
Basic Info:
What are you teaching/working on at Prep?
- Algebra 2 trig with Ms. Young
- General physics with Dr. Kipp
- Weightlifting
Where did you grow up?
- Sammamish
What College or University did you attend?
- Washington University in Saint Louis- (Wash U)
More About You:
What was the highlight of your summer?
- Overnight backpacking in Utah and slept under the stars
How did you spend your time during quarantine?
- Guitar, reading again, applied for medical school, family and friends
What was your first job?
- Painting houses in Sammamish
What is your favorite movie or TV show?
- movie: good will hunting
- TV: new girl
What is your favorite book?
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Do you have any hidden talents?
- badminton
Your High School Experience:
Where did you go to high school?
- Seattle Prep
What career did you want to pursue in high school?
- doctor
Can you remember any slang terms people used when you were in high school?
- Chill
What is some advice you would give to yourself in high school?
- Be authentic
Random:
What superhero do you most identify with? Why?
- Antman- sometimes he feels very small, but sometimes he feels string. Its turbulent.
What is your favorite type of sandwich?
- Meatball sub
What preparation of potato are you? (fries, baked, sweet potato, hash, etc.)
- Home fries
Your intro song if you had a TV show about you?
- I’m just a kid by Simple Plan
What is your favorite word?
- Mantequilla (spanish)
Thoughts on Tik Tok?
- hard pass
If you could arrest a person for something that annoys you (but isn’t necessarily a law) what would it be?
- Cutting in at the end of a long line of traffic
What is a skill that you wish you had?
- Doing a backflip
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
- Alaska
Complete the sentence:
I’d love to go back to…sun peaks (ski resort)
I have a phobia of…bees
If I weren’t working at Prep, I’d be…working as an engineer (biomedical engineer for abott)
This year, I am excited for... living in community