User blog comment:Midnight Bandit/Season 1 Submissions!/@comment-26485526-20171220010340

Name (Age):Lewis Mravnik (40)

Current Residence: Grand Island, NE

Occupations: Pre-Calculus Teacher

Hobbies: Reading, Researching, Spending time with my family, hiking, cross-country skiing, playing volleyball, camping, traveling.

Pet Peeves: People that quit and people that are lazy annoy the heck out of me more than anything else. I mean, it's one thing to be born stupid, those people I actually don't have problems with because at least they try. But the longer I teach and the more students I deal with that just flat out don't give a damn, the harder it gets to bite my tongue so that I don't end up saying something that may or may not put my job in jeopardy.

3 Words to Describe You: Hard-working, resilient, persistent

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: I want the money because quite frankly, early retirement sounds wonderful! Beyond that, I've been camping ever since I was young, I love traveling, and I'm always looking for something new and exciting to do. I'm also a huge fan of this show, so it just seemed like the perfect fit.

Confessional: I may be older than most of these kids here, but if they underestimate me, well that's their own damn fault. I'm definitely going to try and play kind of a fatherly role with my tribe and really downplay just how well I know this game. As a Pre-Calculus teacher, I know how these kids operate, and I know the looks on their faces when they're either bored or pissed off, which I'd definitely take as my cue to shut the hell up! I know this game, and I'll use my knowledge of both the outdoors and general human behavior in order to get ahead. This is a game about capitalizing on opportunities that you have in order to get ahead, and nobody's going to do that better than me, and you can take that to the bank!

Strategy/Gameplay: Being a teacher and a father (as well as a fan of the game), Lewis knows that he needs to try and avoid the early leadership roll at all costs so that he doesn't have an early target put on his back (although it will be hard for him). He will downplay just how big of a fan he is by claiming that he is just a casual fan who watches the show with his family every week. Lewis's strategy is to run the game from behind the scenes, while allowing people to think that he's a father-figure on the tribe who is not much of a threat. He also plans on using his keen observational skills and his ability to read people's facial expressions to know who he can trust, and who needs to go ASAP so that he can make moves accordingly through the game.

Predicted Placement: Depends on the people she's with. If she's adjudged for her physical capabilities then probably 14th/15th but if she plays the strategic game she plans on I truly believe she could win it or finish around 4th/5th.

Other Important Information: Lewis stands at 5'10 and weighs 189 pounds. He is quite active in his everyday life, so he will be reasonably strong in challenges. Also, this last part may not be important, but I envisioned him having a small bald-spot on the very top of his head.

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