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My Teacher in the School of Life
I spent the opening day of school this year at DeMatha Catholic High School in much the same way I spent the first day of classes 1 30 years ago; I sat in Dr Charles E.Offutt's British literature class, listening to him 2 what his seniors would learn and get them excited about the journey they would 3 .I'm the principal(校长)of the school now, but for a few minutes I was back in 1975, 4 what the future held.
I have been learning from Dr Offutt for 30 of the 51 years he has been teaching at DeMatha.He not only taught me to think, he 5 me, as much by example as 6 , that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve 7 .
Neither of us could know how our 8 would develop over the years.When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr Offutt, the then department chair.After several years, I was 9 department chair, and our relationship changed 10 .I thought that it might be 11 chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr Offutt 12 me throughout.He knew when to give me 13 about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me design my own course.
In 1997, I needed his advice about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school.If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. 14 , he encouraged me to seize the new 15 .
Five years ago, I became the 16 of DeMatha.Once again, Dr Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could 17 on him as I tried to fill such big shoes.I've learned from him that great teachers have a(an) 18 wealth of lessons to teach. 19 his students don't know it yet, I know how 20 they are; I'm still one of them.
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