“I went up to my hometown the other day and ran into my gym
teacher, Stan Nelson, looking good at 96. He commanded a landing craft at
Normandy on June 6, 1944, and never said a word about it back then, just made
us do chin-ups whether we wanted to or not. I saw my biology teacher Lyle
Bradley, a Marine pilot in the Korean War, still going bird watching in his 90's.
I was not a good student then, but I am studying both of them now. They have
seen it all and are still optimistic. The past year of politics has taught us
absolutely nothing. Zilch. Zero. Nada. The future is scary. Let the uneducated
have their day. I am now going to pay more attention to teachers.” – Garrison Keillor
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