San Pedro teacher gets shout-out from USC student site

Gardena High grad and San Pedro High teacher Steve Gebhart is the subject of a profile from USC’s Neon Tommy.

Gebhart has a charismatic persona that endears him with his students. He is bespectacled and balding, but with the sporty physique of an athlete that is vaguely reminiscent of blogger Andrew Sullivan. He has an assortment of tattoos on his arms, including one that his students particularly like which reads, “knowledge is power.”

His presence – in the hallways, in the classroom, in the community – is gregarious and compassionate. Between classes, he stands in the hallways and cracks jokes with students as they make their way to class. On Friday nights, he brings his wife and kids to the high school football games. For him, teaching is a mission that goes beyond just being an instructor in the classroom. Instead, he tries to be a positive role model to his students, demonstrating through his own life the importance of being a well-rounded individual.

The story, from the new-ish digital publication out of the Annenberg journalism school (my alma mater), is by Mary Slosson. It’s one of a series on “nine LAUSD teachers that nobody has ever heard of” and the work that they do.

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