Magical Teachers Can Change People's Lives

William Wineke:

"When I was in high school I had a teacher that really helped me," nephew Tommy wrote. "His name is Gerald Krause. He is now retiring after 28 years of being a shop teacher at Verona High School. I know that being sappy isn't my forte, but he has helped out our community more than most any teacher I know. He has taken the bottom 10 percent and kept them in school with his personality and flexibility of punishment."

Well, I don't truly believe my nephew was in the bottom 10 percent of anything, but that doesn't make any difference.

What makes a difference is that when Tommy was a teenager and struggling with the meaning of life, he found a teacher who convinced him that he did have some skills and qualities worth developing and that he did have something to contribute in life.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 11, 2006 6:11 AM
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