Hello and welcome to 8th-grade math and science, I am Mr. Burke, your teacher for the year! I Graduated from the University of Maine with a focus in science. I am incredibly enthusiastic about anything to do with science and math; having grown up watching Star Trek and sci-fi, in general, shaped my interests going forward. Before heading to college I first spent five years in the US Navy as a corpsman working in the medical field with the Navy and Marines. This time taught me a lot of incredibly useful skills that I cannot wait to be able to share with you all. Skills that go well beyond just math and science, and can be used for all the different things you will do as you progress through 8th grade and into high school.