Do you have a favorite teacher?    I do.  He was my 7th grade math teacher Mr. McClure.  He kept us laughing and made difficult topics seem easy. 

But, I wasn't always a math whiz.  One of the units he taught us was "Logarithms," which involved decimal point.  During the unit,  nicknamed me "The Decimal Point Kid" because I used to get confused where to place the decimal in my answers! He kept our attention by including class members' names in the word problems on the tests.  Needless to say, "The Decimal Point Kid" was the topic of several questions!

I continued  math courses and psychology courses in college until I got my teaching credential. Because I wanted to express my gratitude and share how much he impacted me and my career choice,  I wrote him a letter..  I was surprise he wrote back and told me he remembered "The Decimal Point Kid." He said I could call him by his first name, "Mac,"  but to me he will always be "my dear Mr. McClure."

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