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William Thomas Ezzard: A Brief Biography
William Thomas Ezzard

William Thomas Ezzard is a fifty year old man that loves to teach, write and travel. He has been married for twenty years to a girl named Becky, but her Korean name is Yung Son. He was born in Manhattan New York in March 1968, and grew up in a big city called Astoria, NY, where the population is about 154,000 people. In the present day, William works at a school called Biddeford Middle School that is located in southern Maine. He teaches eighth grade, and so far he has taught Reading, Writing, Astoria, New York and Social Studies. When William was in middle school, he always loved to share his learning skills and knowledge with his peers. He tutored his friends, and even got tutored by his friends. When he got to college he didn't study teaching, but he did study writing and American Literature at Queens College in NYC. He became a retail manager and he was always asked to train new people due to tolerance, organization, and patience. In 1994, after 12 years, William quit his retail job and joined the Peace Corps where he could teach kids in other countries. That's where he learned how to teach kids instead of college. He
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One of his embarrassing stories was when he got his first car from his grandpa. William was wondering why there was blue smoke coming out of his car. So when his grandpa told him to check the oil, he thought the abbreviation for add a quart was adequate. So he kept telling his grandpa the oil was good. Every week his grandpa would ask him to check the oil and William said it was good. The grandpa was so shocked and wondered how this was possible. Now, the funny thing behind this was William was studying English. So his grandpa said "Alright, let me check." When he checked he couldn't believe what William was

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