HeyJaredcatchiNG up: Beyond the Classroom
catchiNG up is a reflective conversation podcast hosted by educator Peter Ng.On this show, Peter reconnects with former students, colleagues, and friends to explore who they were, who they’re becoming, and what they’ve learned along the way.From career pivots and personal…
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Episode 26 – Plot Twists & Page-Turners (opens the original)
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Peter reconnects with former Timber Creek student Kamila Palermo. She took his virtual class in 2021 and recently graduated from UCF with a degree in English Creative Writing, a minor in Mass Media, and a certificate in Publishing & Editing. Kamila shares how an unexpected advising curveball changed her major halfway through college. She also talks about her work as the social media specialist and event planner at Barnes & Noble on Colonial, where she coordinates author signings and works with p
Episode 25 - Can You Teach That in German? (opens the original)
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Peter reconnects with Nabeel Kandah, who just wrapped up 33 years of teaching in North Carolina public high schools. Nabeel's path into education wasn't planned: a German & Biology double major at Michigan, a need for a job, and a local ad that led him to Southern Durham High School, where he ended up teaching German and Earth Science after his principal asked him to cover a subject he'd never formally studied. They dig into his 14 years at Southern Durham and years at Enloe Magnet High School i
Episode 24 - Rewriting the Story (opens the original)
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In this episode of catchiNG Up: Beyond the Classroom, Peter reconnects with Jennifer Longbrake — a program specialist, curriculum writer, and fellow alum of the alternative certification program that brought them together nearly a decade ago. Jenn shares her journey from teaching middle school language arts (6th, 7th, and 8th grade) to her current role as a program specialist, where she writes curriculum, trains teachers, and supports schools in the classroom. She and Peter talk about the challe
Episode 23 - Objection, Overruled by a Trumpet (opens the original)
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This week I'm catching up with Marcus Grey — a friend I met through Julia and Hannah, and now an in-house litigation attorney for a major record label in New York. We talk about what actually changes when you go from billing hours at a law firm to being "the client" in-house, and get into the surprisingly complicated business of music: why a single song is really two separate copyrights (the master recording and the composition), how that split played out very publicly in Taylor Swift's fight ov
Episode 22 - Never Stop Learning (opens the original)
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Growth isn't always linear — and neither is the road that gets you where you're going. In this episode, Peter reconnects with Rosa Maria Weaver, his former IB Spanish teacher from high school in St. Augustine, Florida. Rosa Maria opens up about growing up in Mexico City, navigating a rigid class system, and the culture shock of studying archaeology alongside Marxist-Leninist refugee professors after a childhood in a strict, conservative Catholic school. She traces her path from arriving in the U
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