St. Louis U. High welcomes back Jack Zimmerman, ’16, as an English teacher in the Alum Service Corps (ASC) for the 2020-’21 school year.  
Zimmerman recently graduated from the University of Kansas with a major in English, and is using this year in ASC to gain some work experience and think over the next steps in his career. This year, Zimmerman will be teaching two sections of freshman English, and is currently leading his students through The Odyssey.  
Zimmerman, who has considered doing ASC for a while, is grateful for the chance to reconnect with kids, and, perhaps more importantly, learn more about teaching.  He is also thankful for the immediate job experience and housing that the program offers, rare commodities for college graduates.
“It’s the perfect post-college gig,” said Zimmerman. 
While Zimmerman isn’t exactly sure what he will do in the future, teaching is a profession which has drawn his eye, and is a career path he is considering.
When asked what he was most excited for in his year of teaching at SLUH, Zimmerman said he was looking forward to interacting with his freshman students.  
“Freshmen, in their own, clumsy way, are just funny to be around,” said Zimmerman.
Zimmerman is really looking forward to working with students for the rest of the year, is excited to be back at SLUH, and considers himself lucky that the ASC placed him back at his alma mater—though he worries, jokingly, that he is depriving his students of the opportunity to have one of the many long-time fixtures of the English Department as a teacher.

 photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott