Lincoln Trail College
I think that when the end of the road comes, that what I’ll remember most is the few lives that we may have altered and made their lives better.
ABOVE: Miller Lake now features a picnic shelter, a fountain, and walking tracks.
I think contributing what little I’ve contributed to Lincoln Trail over the 35, 40 years, I think if we changed a few lives, and I believe we have, I think that that’s when the end of the road comes, that’s what I’ll remember most is, the few lives that we may have altered and made their lives better. Being on the faculty has brought enjoyment to my life. The stories and the history. I’m a good history teacher because I think history is basically stories. And I’ve always had good rapport, not bragging, but I’ve had a good rapport with students and students, they’ve always seemingly, developed something other than a teacher-student relationship. I think it’s all about personalities and my personality is history oriented. I love to tell a story. And that’s what history is, a story. And, so I’m proud of that and I’m proud of, I’m proud of the little role that I played in, in, changing lives, because I really do believe that education is about changing lives, and like I said, I couldn’t have picked a better occupation.
some people in the community indicated they would help. And finally, the board said, yeah, okay, we’ll spend some substantial money and we did. And what we see now is Miller Lake, and it’s a beautiful part of the campus. We have walking paths around it and we have the fountain. On legacy Very often we measure success, and we measure what we’ve done in our lives. And, I guess there are variables that you can look at: how much money you have, how big your house is, that sort of thing. Those are all good. All positive. But I think the thing that is most signifi - cant to me is I really believe we’ve made a difference in people’s lives.
Forward Together 13
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker