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Inspiring Speech from Glenbrook North High School Teacher
I can think of no more fitting way to conclude the school year than with excerpts from the retirement speech delivered by retiring Glenbrook North High School social studies teacher, James McPherrin, who is retiring after 33 years of teaching.
The words he expressed put to shame countless commencement speeches by celebrities who have little to offer students other than pedestrian cliches. It would behoove administrators, faculty, and students to hear Mr. McPherrin’s speech at the start and end of every school year.
Mr. McPherrin offers wisdom and erudition through eloquent prose that points those who have ears to …
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Tagged "A dead thing can go with the stream, "When teachers forsake their own private consciences for the sake of their public school duties, 1925, but only a living thing can go against it, Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton, Glenbrook North High School, James McPherrin, St. Thomas More, they lead their students by a short route to chaos.", Thomas Aquinas
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