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Dec 19, 2009

"When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world." --Harold Kushner

A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago

"One winter semester during college in upstate New York., I took an 8 AM history class to fulfill a requirement. It was hard to get up for that class, but about 15 of us met 3 times a week to brave the cold winds and trudge to that lecture in a nondescript classroom. The professor for the class was an odd fellow. He had flaming red hair and wore galoshes with one pantleg in and one out. He would creep shyly into the room wearing his hooded winter coat, once not even removing the hood during the lecture. He was terribly ill at ease with the class and clutched the lecturn barely looking up at all through his gold rimmed glasses at his students." This real-life story reveals how a student's classroom 'game' with a nervous professor resulted in a life-lesson in kindness.