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Teacher Spotlight: Eric Shawn
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Written by Judy Wu
The best Halloween moment U.S. history teacher Eric Shawn had was seeing the band Polyphonic Spree two to three years ago. He was dressed up as a pink robot based on The Flaming Lips’ album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. His friend, on the other hand, dressed as Yoshimi, the Korean girl. Shawn believed that it was one of the funniest costumes he had. Another funny costume was when he was a blueberry; he placed purple balloons around his body.
“When I walked, the balloons would shake and my friends and I would yell ‘Boo!’ whenever someone randomly popped a balloon. We had a good laugh about it,” Shawn said.
During high school, Shawn and his friends would hang out at each other’s houses and scare young kids.
Although it has been years since he trick-or-treated, Shawn can still recall trick-or-treating as a kid.
“I lived on top of a hill so my friends would all meet up at my house. We would walk from the top to the bottom of the hill and come back on the opposite side of the hill. We had so many candies, it was a blast,” Shawn said.
Halloween is still the same to Shawn; to him it is still a fun holiday that allows kids to have fun getting candy, and teenagers can have fun just hang out .
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