Mr. Dena is a Fundamentals of Algebra, Pre-Calc BC, and Calculus teacher who can be found on the second floor. If you stop by, Mr. Dena will be found singing chants and organising dances to said chants.
Q: How would you describe yourself in one sentence?
A: I’m like a fun sized chocolate bar…short, sweet, and I hope to make people happy.
Q: Who’s your teacher BFF?
A: Mr. Norvilitis and Mr. Graffeo in no particular order
Q: What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?
A: Black raspberry
Q: If you could live in any fictional place, where would it be?
A: Probably who-ville or willy wonka’s chocolate factory.
Q: What’s your motto?
A: Treat people with respect.
Q: What’s the weirdest place you’ve ever been?
A: A Japanese karaoke bar in japan.
Q: What’s your favorite equation?
A: Euler’s Identity. It incorporates irrational imaginary numbers and zero.
Q: Favorite activity to pass time?
A:I enjoy playing basketball. I also like cornhole and all backyard sports. I’m actually really good at all backyard sports to the point where I’ve started my own backyard league and I just won the championship.
Q: What does education mean to you?
A: Education to me is not about the process but rather a deep conceptual, big picture understanding. In short, it’s all about thinking. Education is about answering the question “why?” and understanding that true learning takes time to achieve.
Q. Anything else you want the readers to know?
A: I think students today sometimes get a bad rap especially when you hear outsiders comment and talk about “kids these days” . I challenge these people to visit OPHS and really get a good look into what our kids achieve and are capable of accomplishing.
