Name: Simon Stawski
Age: 37
Sex: Male
Image: Nationality: Canadian
Policy: As a teacher at the academy he has to be open minded, but he'd extremely skeptical about the Tamer philosophy
Specialist subjects: Philosophy and Integrated Humanities
Description: Simon's aged fairly well; his hair has receded considerably less than the world economy in the decades leading up to the asteroid, and has even retained most of it's colour. He'd in good shape and good health, which he puts down to clean living and a pure heart.
Personality: As a philosophy lecturer, Simon's one of the most even-handed, nonjudgemental people you can meet. He's mastered the art of "entertaining an idea without accepting it", and is always fair in his assessment of things. He is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an action-man, and his bravery only extends as far as duty demands. But he has a knack for establishing a rapport with just about anyone, and is a confident public speaker, which is why he was cherry-picked for his role at the Academy.
Back story: Simon never wanted to study anything but philosophy. Lecturing was the obvious career route, while he worked at the same time on a book about the influence of Greek philosophy on early Christian thought, which sadly remained unfinished at the time of the asteroid strike. Born to Polish parents, raised in Canada, his life has been exemplary without being exceptional. And he actually quite liked it that way...while it lasted.