Jim Genty Bio
Mr. Genty
Mr. Jim Genty brings 30 years of teaching experience to Concordia, the first 27 years in public school. He currently teaches Physics, Engineering, Environmental Science, Algebra I, Math Models, Physical Educations. He is also certified in Composite Secondary Science. That is all a far cry from his first job working in the oil field as a pipeline worker, making a whopping $3.25 an hour.
He is a proud member of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of ’84 with a BS in Animal Science. Perhaps in an effort to keep things balanced he completed his Teacher Certification Program at the University of Texas in 1990. Both schools are rich in tradition, have friendly students (where else can you have a full conversation in the word “Howdy”), and strength of curriculum.
Mr. Genty is well read, choosing contemporary and classic reads such as, How to Change your Mind (Pollan), Walden (Thoreau), For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), and NY Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks to name a few recent reads. He balances that with binge watching Flea Bag (Amazon), particularly season 2 the season finale.
His favorite time of the day is twilight, once the drama of the colors in sky have concluded, you are provided with the setting of darkness to replay the emotion of the experience.
His top ten favorite foods are ribeye steak, BBQ brisket, chili dogs, fried redfish, kolaches, Shiner beer, Mexican vanilla ice cream with hot fudge, scoop of peanut butter and scoop of raw chocolate chip cookie dough, onion rings and chili relleno. However, if you must pin him down to one 'forever' restaurant, he’d choose Matt’s El Rancho. With all these delicious choices, it’s fun to know that his nickname in his first post-college job was Flaco.
His maternal grandfather was the eldest of a large family (nine children) and his great uncle / godfather was a larger than life character that instilled an easygoing approach to life and Mr. Genty can share many fun stories growing up among this cast of characters. A little more traditionally, he has been married for 34 years and has two grown sons (one Aggie 2017 and one Longhorn 2014).