The Hewitt Times

We sat down to interview Dr. Dickman, also known as Mr. D, who has been teaching math (and sometimes being an advisor!) for 8 years. Let’s interview Mr. D with 37 questions. 37 (or 3.7) Questions is a new column made by Hewitt Times writers. 

1. Sour patch kids or Swedish fish?
   1. No thanks
2. So you don’t like candy?
   1. Seems like a big inference to draw.
3. What’s an inference?
   1. Something you can infer
4. *GROWL* Did you hear a growl?
   1. No
5. SO you don’t like anything that starts with the letter ‘s”
   1. No.
6. Have you heard of the college bound essay “I hate the letter ‘s’”
   1. No.
7. Do you like sour cream?
   1. No.
8. Am I really good at inferences?
   1. That’s a big inference.
9. What’s your favorite number?
   1. Not 37, I’ll tell you that.
   2. I really like 0 and 1
10. Do these three pink items belong to you (points to the three pink items on the table next to us)?
    1. No
11. Do two out of the three belong to you?
    1. Fewer than three.
12. Have you seen the Barbie movie?
    1. I have seen advertisements for it and I own the CD by Aqua
13. Do you like Doja cat?
    1. I haven’t met her but YES
14. Have you met any celebrities?
    1. I can’t speak about it
15. Who’s the most famous person you’ve ever met?
    1. I would refer you back to my earlier response. 
16. Have you ever met Jennifer Coolidge?
    1. The actress or Calvin Coolidge’s granddaughter, Jennifer? Both no
17. Have you ever met Calvin Coolidge?
    1. He went to Amherst college (like me).
18. Have you ever SEEN Jennifer Lawrence?
    1. No
19. Are you from Boston?
    1. I am from Boston!
20. What was your favorite pizza place called?
    1. It was called Cafe Aventura in Boston
21. How do you feel about movies inside of movies?
    1. Don’t draw inferences
22. Have you ever watched the Hunger Games?
    1. No
23. Have you ever read the Hunger Games?
    1. No, but I’ve experienced both Hunger and Games. I would not go to Budapest to play games.
24. Would you go to District 1 in the Hunger Games?
    1. No. I had relatives that lived in the districts in South Africa.
25. Did your family own a bakery in South Africas?
    1. Yes, it was called the Dickman Bakery. But it doesn’t exist anymore.
26. How many colors can you buy?
    1. As crayons? As markers? Taupe, Vermillion, Chartreuse, Smaradge, anything in the periwinkle lilac family, I think that Indigo is an afterthought to make the ROYGBIV acronym easier. There is baby blue, there is sky blue, there is Prussian blue. One of the things about Magenta I would rally for is that it is an anagram for nametag and magnate and gateman.
27. Gate man as in a man who stands at the gate?
    1. You said it, not I.
28. If a name tag doesn’t have a name on it, is it still a name tag?
    1. Yes.
29. What is your favorite song from Hamilton?
    1. Never seen it. But I know it has the same letters as mathlion.
30. Static Electricity or Blue Raspberry Slushie?
    1. Ten Duel Commandments
31. What is your favorite part about Hewitt?
    1. I like the first ‘t’ in the word Hewitt.
32. What is your least favorite part?
    1. The second ‘t”
33. *shows a stack of markers* What is your favorite marker in this stack?
    1. The blue. I was honestly disappointed that you didn’t put more than one. 
34. Did you have hand signals?
    1. I used to have a bunch
35. True or false?
    1. True
36. Tell us something.
    1. Livy REFUSED to take Problem Solving and Posing
37. Any last thoughts to end the interview?
    1. Um. I just don’t want to be interviewed. And I really feel like there is anything that involves faculty in this school, there are so many great people to spotlight. Next time, go through the directory and pick anyone that doesn’t start with “me” or the letter “s.”