NAME:
Christopher T. Flournoy
Courses Taught:
AAT, Mathematical Money Management, Advanced Math II
Hello. My name is Chris Flournoy. This my 12th year
teaching. I teach mathematics but I am also certified to teach science and
English. I was born in 1973 in Newnan, GA and have lived in Coweta County,
Georgia all my life. All of my grandparents, great-grandparents and several
great-great grandparents are buried locally, so you might say I am a homeboy.
I graduated
from Newnan High School in 1992 as salutatorian and STAR student.
I received my B.A. degree in mathematics summa cum laude in 1996 from UWG.
I received my M.Ed in secondary math education from Georgia State in 2002. I
received my Ed.S in secondary math education in 2006 from UWG. I will begin
work on my doctorate soon. This is a big deal for me because I was the first
person in my family ever to graduate from high school.
I enjoy Star Wars, trivia, playing with my daughter, muscle cars, reading
classic novels, hiking mountain trails, studying the Bible, and creation
science. I sponsor two clubs: Mu Alpha Theta - the national math honor
society; Teens for Christ Bible Club - a biweekly, devotional Bible study for
students. I am a member of the High IQ socities Mensa (top 2%) and Intertel
(top 1%).
I am married to another teacher here at my school, Kelley Flournoy. We have a
4 year old daughter, Rebekah Elizabeth and an infant daughter, Anna Marie.
They are the absolute joy of our
lives. They are God's special creation for her mother and me. I love them
with
all my heart. I have pictures under another heading.
My favorite movies include Facing the Giants, Star Wars (with Empire being
the best of the bunch), Ben Hur, Braveheart, The Patriot, Planet of
the Apes (the original), and The Ten Commandments. The most influential
books in my life have been The Bible (by God), 1984 (by George Orwell),
Science and the Bible (by Dr. Henry Morris), Babylon Mystery Religion (by
Robert Woodrow), The End of Racism (by Dinesh D'Souza), Icons of
Evolution (by Jonathan Wells), Bones of Contention (by Michael Lubenow), and
Foxe's Box of Martyrs (by John Fox). I also have enjoyed the Left Behind
series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. There is an antediluvian trilogy
by Douglas Hirt that includes Flight to Eden, Quest for Atlan, and The Fall
of the Nephilim that I highly recommend.
Favorite Subject in School: Chemistry & Biology
Favorite Mathematician: Leonhard Euler
Favorite Scientist: Michael Faraday
Favorite Poem: The Donkey by G.K. Chesterson
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1530.html
Favorite Restaurant: Olive Garden
Favorite Song: The Solid Rock (a hymm by Edward Mote - 1836)
Favorite Musical Group: The Inspirations (a southern gospel group)
Heroes of my life: my grandmother, Dr. Henry Morris - founder of the
Institute for Creation Research (www.icr.org) and author of the Defender's
Study Bible,
Dr. Kent Hovind - founder of Creation Science Evangelism (www.drdino.com)
When students leave my class at the end of the year, I want them to have
ability to interpret the world around them in terms of numbers along with an
appreciation of the beauty of mathematics. I am very dedicated to preparing
students for their first year on college as well as the rest of their lives.
I love math and I love teaching math. I hope to instill some of this love in
the students. I try to show students that math is very useful and fun.
Mathematics is wonderfully fascinating. It is both an art and a science.
Galileo Galilei said it was the language with which God had written the
universe. I try to be the kind of teacher I would want as a student in hopes
that the students will be the kinds of students they would want if they were
the teacher.