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15 Questions: With Greater Victoria School District Superintendent Pieter Langstraat

15 Questions: With Greater Victoria School District Superintendent Pieter Langstraat
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Pieter Langstraat.

1. It's Sunday morning, what are you having for breakfast?

Dutch pannekoeken — the thin Dutch crepes of my childhood.

2. If you didn't do what you did for a living, what would you be?

I’d run a small home renovation business.

3. What's playing in your music player right now?

U2 — Sunday Bloody Sunday.

4. What's your biggest pet peeve?

Litter!

5. What's the best thing about living in Victoria?

The incredibly accommodating and friendly people.

6. Where were you born?

Tiel, Netherlands.

7. Which person, alive or dead, would you have dinner with?

Martin Luther King Jr.

8. What's your favourite vacation destination?

Puerto Vallarta.

9. If you could have one super power, what would it be?

Photographic memory.

10. What's the one thing you haven't done that you'd love to do?

Sail from the Caribbean back to Victoria.

11. If you could see one concert, what would it be?

The Beatles.

12. What is your favourite TV show?

Big Bang Theory.

13. What's your dream car?

1967 MGB — I had one when I was 20. Should never have sold it!

14. What is your favourite place to dine?

Any great sushi restaurant.

15. What are your words to live by?

Everyone has something to contribute.