In the beginning of April, 2001, Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese position player in Major League Baseball; a young Tiger Woods won his second Masters Tournament; and one of the Norwich Free Academy’s best students, the great Amy Rygielski, barreled toward her high school graduation. In this episode, after Zack insists on talking about Samuel Huntington School for nine consecutive minutes, we learn what happened next for Amy.

And boy did things happen! It started with some Acorn Acres campground fun with the likes of Pierce Grogan and Brett Levanto. Then she went to URI; traveled to Australia, southeast Asia, and Europe; taught at NFA(!); and earned her PhD. It’s about time someone classes up the joint. Amy is now married with three kids, and she’s still at URI, now on the other side of the desk, teaching teachers and future principles. Listen as Amy, Ian, and Zack talk about how their perspectives on teaching have changed since becoming parents, and also how becoming teachers has shifted their perspective on parenting. Meanwhile, Jim makes a terrible assumption about what the Elephant Man was all about.

Amy also has plenty of great memories about our alma mater, not least of which was a heroic effort AFTER graduation to get everyone a picture in the yearbook. We are all grateful to her. She is a brilliant, well-spoken guest in this must-listen interview. Her name is Amy Rygielski, now Amy Correia, and she’s a member of the NFA Class of 2001.