decisive. To be a good judge of character. To know how to apply intimidation while, at the same time, motivating the other person. To learn how to win friends and influence people. He liked telling me I am “a chip off the old block.” I am. But while I am not he, because I should not be, I have been adequately prepared by his lessons to be able to lead TIP. People may say I am an improvement of him but that is not exactly an accept- able proposition because no one can be better than the original. I would like it said that I have learned well—that I am a version of him but doing things my own way. The matter of running a school is actually very routinary. There is an academic calendar: if it is not enrollment, then it is schooldays; if it is not schooldays, then it is celebration time. The lesson that I learned from Papa is how to make these activities different and exciting each time. They do not have to be a drag. Mr. Romantico that he was, he merged the celebration of the school’s foundation day with that of his birthday and Valentine’s Day, which all fell in the same week, him but that is not exactly an acceptable proposition because no one can be better than the original. I would like it said that I have learned well —that I am a version of him but doing things my own way. People may say I am an improvement of
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