About Albert
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. After attending Regis High School in NYC and Boston College, I began teaching British Lit at St. George's College in Kingston, Jamaica. It was good prep for a teaching career: Hurricane Gilbert arrived the first day of school, challenging me and my colleagues to be resilient, adaptable, and supportive of one another. After two years I returned to the States to work in day and boarding schools in the Bronx, Pawling (NY), and Concord (MA). Then, in the early 2000s I took what was supposed to be a short sabbatical.
During that time I worked in a lot of different* jobs. My primary gig was on the crew at Ould Newbury Golf Club. I'm grateful for those sunrises over the Great Salt Marsh, and in recent years, amid the din of towns and cities, I have owed to them, in hours of weariness, sensations sweet.
Like teaching, working in golf allowed me to be my most honest self. Because NO ONE IS A HYPOCRITE IN THEIR PLEASURE.
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Those different jobs included working in film and television as a stunt performer. I excelled at losing fights, smashing things, and playing injured. If you want to find out more about me getting clobbered, visit IMDB.
I eagerly returned to education and have spent the past thirteen years in the more perilous world of middle school. My wife, an Episcopal priest and author, says I'm due for a learning adventure.
And now ... I'm Driving ...