Mr. Zaid Math

Favorite Food: Steamed soft shell lobster fresh caught eaten at that restaurant / bar on the dock in Freeport, Maine with my wife, Therese, on the way back from our driving trip to Canada, August 1996. 

Or, hot steamed potatoes with cold sour cream with my mother in our yellow kitchen in Plainview in July 1966 when my two older brothers were at sleepaway camp.

Or, clams on the half-shell with the little crackers and the red sauce with my father and my brothers at the clam shack by the water at Cold Spring Harbor when we were supposed to be running errands on Saturdays in the springtime.

Or, the hot dog (no mustard) my 3 year old, Thomas, ate on his first trip to Yankee Stadium in the left field upper deck wearing his brand new Yankee hat with the tag still on it last July.

Favorite Movie: The Royal Tennenbaums, Back to School, It's a Wonderful Life.

Favorite Books: The Catcher in the Rye, A Tale of Two Cities, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Hop on Pop

Favorite Color: Purple

If I weren't teaching... I'd be with my son, Thomas, the happiest person I have ever known, trying to keep his perfect happy days streak alive.