About+Me

=**A Short HIstory of Me:**= flat = =

My Twitter account, it's pretty lame and I'm not quite sure why I even use it:
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**Me** I was born on Martha's Vineyard ( [|View Map]) **in** Massachusetts I lived there until I was 17. At that time I went to boarding school in Bridgton ME, USA. It was a all male school and I got high honors for the year. One of my professors at Bridgton Academy, suggested Saint Mike's and I applied and got in. I studied at SMC and received a B.S. in Biology in 2003. Moved to Switzerland to see what it had to offer... Then from 2008 to 2010 I worked at SMC as a Resident Director and at the same time completed my M.A. TESOL (teaching English as a second/foriegn language)

Since 14 I've had various jobs, my first for 3 years was full time in the summer was working in a bakery. My second was working for masonry company building, repairing and maintaining traditional stone walls and doing general landscaping. My third job involved building a trophy house that is now on the market for $5.5m. I was responsible for assembling some of the most challenging aspects of the house. Now I'm the father of 2 young boys and my wife and I are teachers in Switzerland, where she is from. Since early 2011 we settled in Switzerland permanently.
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=Family= I met my wife at SMC and we got married in 2005 Now we have 2 sons, Noah 6, and Sam 3. Here's a picture of us with Noah when he was about 1. =Teaching= ====Teaching: I started teaching family friends in Switzerland after moving there in 2004. After about a year of that, I obtained my CELTA through Flying Teachers GmBH in Zurich. Following this training and certification I landed a few jobs at private language schools in and around Zurich. At the conclusion of my studies in the US from 2008 to 2010 I started working for one of the private language centers again and for a university in Switzerland.====

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=Hobbies= I love riding and racing my bike.

In 2001 me and my best friend rode our bikes from Martha's Vineyard to Newport Beach, Oregon and back in one summer. 8050 miles, 101 days and things I think about everyday.

I have competed in about 100 races in the last 14 years. My shining moment was in 2007 when I raced in the Amateur edition of the Milan-San Remo which is the same course that the top professionals do and is also the longest one day ProTour Race each year. It's 293km. I came in 65th out of about 1000 starters and I came in 12th in may age group. I also could have easily done better had I not made a minor mistake half way through the race. This is my custom made [|Piton race bike].



My bike, one of many sturdy steeds

Drove my motorcycle (1984 BMW R100) to Boulder in 2007. At this point I'd ridden 4 days, many miles, couldn't feel my hands or butt, and was hypothermic on a hot day.

=Home Page = Adam Thomas Last Updated: 22 April 2014