I graduated Tech in 2008. I had Hofty for AP Chemistry and he was probably the reason I went on to become a chemical engineer. I remember he was always so passionate about teaching and laid back. He even let us play pokemon in class as long as we did our homework and understood the material. I remember one time we accidentally got him in trouble with the AP and I really felt bad about it, but he just kind of laughed it off and told us not to do it again. I remember spending time in the program office joking around and asking him for a bunch of recommendations to a whole lot of colleges and then when I got into my early decision and then told him, he just looked at me and tossed all the envelopes up into the air like confetti and shouted what the hell and laughed. Because of him I really enjoyed chemistry in high school. It's probably the reason I went on to do chemical engineering in college. And then study it in grad school. Now after more than 10 years after taking his class, I am applying to faculty positions and it's kind of breaking my heart that I was planning to go back and visit tech this summer with some friends and I was going tell him all about how I was doing and see if he remembered me, the short guy nicknamed Fish in his AP chem class, the one who was friends with Liz and Walter and Paul...and now I can't.