Famous for his plethora of bowties, Special Education teacher Eric Morrow, 28, is not just a teacher and assistant wrestling coach here.
 Many don’t know what he teaches or on which floor his room is located. Even fewer know of his job in the Army.
 Morrow joined the Army Reserves out of high school and is still in it today. Like most, he started at the bottom at the age of 19 in 2002. After training, he received a call on Valentine’s Day of 2003 that he would be mobilized in Iraq.
 He worked with construction around and on Bagdad International Airport during his year-long tour. He worked with other soldiers to tear down and build two gates for the Army leading into the airport.
 “I had wanted to join the Army for a very long time,” Morrow said. “I was living the dream of every little kid.”
 After his duty in Iraq, Morrow switched to a medical unit of the Army, which he is still a part of. Morrow celebrated the ninth anniversary of his enlisting in the Army on Jan. 24. He is currently working on an application to become an officer.
 As a part of a medical unit, he leaves one weekend a month and two full weeks a year to work with the Army.
 “My team and I supply the medical needs of other units,” Morrow said. “It’s like being Walmart, with a delivery system…kind of.”
 When an opportunity arose for Morrow to train at an elite school last October, Morrow took it. He learned to jump from airplanes high in the air and land properly.
 “More than 18,000 troops are trained each year in case we are needed to jump behind enemy lines. But we haven’t been needed since World War II,” Morrow said.
 After his year-long tour in Iraq, Morrow began his path toward teaching while he stayed in the Army. His teaching career began with a desire to teach kindergarten.
 “I thought kindergarten was just playing all day,” Morrow said. “But once I learned all of the work involved, I changed my mind.”
 After receiving a degree in education at Northwest Missouri State University, Morrow became a student teacher here.
 “My goal was to teach history but there weren’t positions available,” Morrow said.
 His love for the atmosphere drove him to fill the behavioral disorder and learning disability teaching position.
 Morrow completed his credits to be a Special Ed teacher in December 2010. He is now certified and plans to continue to take classes to earn a master degree.
 Morrow currently teaches many math and science classes. His favorite part of teaching is building relationships with his students and the always-changing routines.
 “It’s something new every day; heck, every 10 minutes the room has changed,” Morrow said.
 His love for his work is reciprocated by his students. Morrow uses energy and his personality to motivate them.
 “I feel like we are friends,” sophomore Daniel Moon said. “He’s always hyper.”
 Handling teaching, the Army, coaching and keeping up with his five-year-old son Landon can be challenging according to Morrow. Even with all that on his plate, he still has time to change up his look.
 Last September, Morrow decided to try bow ties. His collection started with three clip-ons and has grown larger since then. He now knows how to tie them and has bought many more online.
 Morrow balances all of these things in his life while still staying sane. However, Morrow believes there is something deeper that makes him an interesting guy.
 “I usually have a beard and a black eye; that makes me interesting,” Morrow said.