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.