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Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:21 pm to upgrayedd
you might know my brother, he was 00
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:22 pm to TigersSEC2010
He came after I stopped teaching there. Seems like a great guy and a great teacher.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:25 pm to upgrayedd
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Yeah, you?
Yep.
Figured because I remember having Stephenson his first year there.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:26 pm to TigersSEC2010
Very sad to hear this. One of the best teachers ever to walk the halls at CHS. I never thought I would have enjoyed going to a physics class but he made it fun.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:32 pm to Kramer26
I remember how scary him and C.C were before having their class. Then you find out they are both just funny and like to mess with people.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:32 pm to Kramer26
Obviously, I never had him. But, I heard many Sollie stories over the years. Prayers for his family as well as the CHS family.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:35 pm to TigersSEC2010
Never had him as a teacher while I was there, but knew him very well. I use to laugh at the stories my friends would tell me whenever someone would fall asleep in his class. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:40 pm to Mr Gardoki
2 big dudes going at it 
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:42 pm to unbeWEAVEable
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I know that his son is aware of this thread:
I think it's pretty evident that your father had a real impact on many people's lives, and if there is any solace to take away from this, it's that the man you knew as the greatest father, friend, and mentor was considered just that - a father figure, friend, and mentor - to countless people. You and your family are lucky to have been a part of such a rare person's life, and he was lucky to be able to go home after dealing with us all day to the comfort of yall's love
Well said.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:51 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
I had him for Physical Science when he started. He had some big shoes to fill when he came mid-year. He replaced one of the greatest blues musicians to ever grace the stage of the original Tabby's Blues Box, Nick "Nolfe Dog" Nolfe.
One of the funniest things I saw in a CHS classroom happened in his class around when he first started. OT scientists, don't crucify me if I screw up the jargon. Mr. Sollie decided to demonstrate to the class how the result of an acid base titration is water and salt. To do this, he set up 2 burettes over a watch glass on a hot plate. The goal was for the water in the watch glass to evaporate and only salt would be left on the watch glass. There was a flaw in his plan however, you aren't supposed to heat up watch glasses. As the experiment was going along, all of the sudden BANG, the watch glass exploded and glass went flying across the room. All 8 feet of Mr. Sollie hit the deck and every one went under their desks. Mr. Sollie then just got up like nothing happened, retrieved a piece of broken glass from the corner of the room and walked it around the class showing the salt on it to everyone. "Ya see that, look at that, salt..." Looking back, I'm not so sure he didn't mean to do it.
Mr. Sollie put a lot into what he did and his students realize it and are better for it. I enjoyed his classes and liked him a lot. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
One of the funniest things I saw in a CHS classroom happened in his class around when he first started. OT scientists, don't crucify me if I screw up the jargon. Mr. Sollie decided to demonstrate to the class how the result of an acid base titration is water and salt. To do this, he set up 2 burettes over a watch glass on a hot plate. The goal was for the water in the watch glass to evaporate and only salt would be left on the watch glass. There was a flaw in his plan however, you aren't supposed to heat up watch glasses. As the experiment was going along, all of the sudden BANG, the watch glass exploded and glass went flying across the room. All 8 feet of Mr. Sollie hit the deck and every one went under their desks. Mr. Sollie then just got up like nothing happened, retrieved a piece of broken glass from the corner of the room and walked it around the class showing the salt on it to everyone. "Ya see that, look at that, salt..." Looking back, I'm not so sure he didn't mean to do it.
Mr. Sollie put a lot into what he did and his students realize it and are better for it. I enjoyed his classes and liked him a lot. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 3:01 pm to PhilemonThomas
I just laughed to tears playing that out in my head 
Posted on 1/23/15 at 3:08 pm to PhilemonThomas
Greatest first post ever 
Posted on 1/23/15 at 3:38 pm to skullhawk
Posted on 1/23/15 at 3:44 pm to Hiphopanonymous
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Wow! I didn't have Mr. Sollie but I had Mr. Nola and Mrs. McCarron. That's three teachers from Catholic in just the last five years or so. So sad. Life is fragile.
I had all three. Tough stuff.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 3:47 pm to SouthOfSouth
I graduated from CHS in '90. My wife taught for 2 years at CHS in the early 2000's and Greg helped her out a lot with coping with you young arse hats.
Great guy.
Great guy.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 3:54 pm to PhilemonThomas
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I had him for Physical Science when he started. He had some big shoes to fill when he came mid-year. He replaced one of the greatest blues musicians to ever grace the stage of the original Tabby's Blues Box, Nick "Nolfe Dog" Nolfe
That's it! I forgot all about that guy!
I wasn't in your class (I don't remember that happening), but must have been in another. I remember him teaching class while eating dried ice. . . kept the ice moving to keep it from sticking- until of course it got stuck to the inside of his cheek! Had to run over to the sink and get some water to make it unstick and then talked the rest of the class only using one side of his mouth.
His experiment's always had a way of going awry. And to this day I remember the significance of October 23rd, all thanks to that guy!
Posted on 1/23/15 at 4:29 pm to nahtanojc
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His experiment's always had a way of going awry
So true. Probably my favorite story of this is one that happened in another class, but one of my good friends talks about it all the time.
He was trying to demonstrate to the effects of gravity by using a Nerf gun. He said that if he loaded a dart into the nerf gun, and fired it parellel to the ground that it would hit the ground at the same time as a dart dropped out of his other hand so long as they were at the same height... So naturally he went into his closet, grabbed the nerf gun, 2 darts, and a step ladder. He loaded the nerf gun and walked up the step ladder (very slowly, letting the students know that he was very scared of heights the entire time
). Right before he got to the top he accidentally fired the nerf gun. He has to walk back down, walk across the room to pick up the dart, and back to the step ladder (where he still hasn't conquered his fear of heights). He proceded to repeat those steps 2 or 3 more times, wasting at least 5 minutes. Then finally he gets to the top of the steps with the gun still loaded, and the bell rings. Everyone is picking up their booksacks and he just screams "NOBODYS GOING ANYWHERE!". He then shoots the nerf gun and releases the dart and they hit like 2 seconds apart. He just stared everyone down with an angry look on his face as they walked out the class.... You look back at it though and you just know that he did it all on purpose. He was a character for sure.This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 4:39 pm to GeauxPack81
I think we spent about half of our lunch hour everyday senior year talking about what happened in Sollie's class that day
Posted on 1/23/15 at 4:40 pm to GeauxPack81
I remember that experiment, it never worked
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