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Originally Posted by Jeanfromfillmore
Thank you Pocho for posting that article. Wow, what a guy.
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My thoughts exactly.
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Unpopular with fellow teachers, he won few major teaching awards in the United States. He liked to be judged by his results, a concept still resisted by the majority of his profession.
As he faced death, it was still the results that mattered to him -- the young minds he held captive three decades ago who today are engineers, lawyers, doctors, teachers and administrators.
"I had many opportunities in this country, but the best I found in East L.A.," he said in one of his last interviews. "I am proudest of my brilliant students."
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The link is well clicking.
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Old journeyman commenting on young apprentices - "Think about it, these are their old days"
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