High School Teacher, Armenian, John Torunian, one of the truly great teachers. Introduced us to the love of literature in grade 8 through Cat Steven's and Bob Dylan albums, and then to recordings of WB Yeat's an Dylan Thomas' readings, from there it was an easier step to Shakespeare, Dante, and Tolstoy. Seen here visiting Japan 2017. He is in large part responsible for getting me to start performing publicly and writing songs.