Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or have never seen a newspaper), you know that the Olympics have started up in Bejing. Now, I thought it’d be a stretch for me to post about them (but the Opening Ceremony was spectacular, and I love gymnastics, and diving, and equestrian…), but little did I know about a certain Olympic fencer, Tim Morehouse. Swords are pretty awesome in and of themselves, but what’s also really amazing is his work with Teach for America:

Since 2000, Tim has simultaneously pursued his other passion, education. Tim joined Teach For America and taught 7th grade for three years at Mirabal Sisters School in Washington Heights, New York City. At the same time, he acquired a Masters in Teaching from Pace University (class of 2003) and became a fully certified New York City school teacher.

For the past four years, following the Athens Olympics, Tim has worked in various capacities on the Teach For America staff in roles that have included supporting and mentoring new teachers and working in human resources.

That’s from his website. You can read his blog, and check an interview with MSNBC (where he discussed T4A) here.

And okay, they’re technically called “sabers”. Which actually might be even better.

He taught for America - now he fences for America!