A singing chemistry teacher from 91原创 is vying to be Canada鈥檚 Smartest Person starting this weekend.
Jason Vander-Hoek will appear this Sunday as part of a group of four hopefuls on the CBC game show.
Vander-Hoek drove a cement mixer truck, then enrolled in TWU and SFU to study chemistry, music, and to get a teaching degree.
Since October he鈥檚 been working at Johnston Heights Secondary in Surrey, and some of his students have already noticed Vander-Hoek popping up in commercials for Canada鈥檚 Smartest Person.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a pretty fun way to connect with them,鈥� Vander-Hoek said.
Vander-Hoek stumbled on an ad for the Smartest Person auditions while he was working on an inner city theatre campus program last summer.
The ad asked 鈥淎re you Canada鈥檚 Smartest Person?鈥�
鈥淢y immediate response was 鈥榊eah, so?鈥欌�� Vander-Hoek recalled.
He applied in May and heard back from the producers, who ran him through a number of tests via Skype.
They included mental math problems and spatial and word puzzles, all timed.
He filmed his episode in August, but can鈥檛 reveal the details about how he did until after it airs on Sunday.
鈥淚t was the most fun I鈥檝e ever had, easily,鈥� he said of filming the episode.
鈥� Watch for an update next week on how Vander-Hoek did on Canada鈥檚 Smartest Person.
