my teacher in the
i spent the opening day of school this year at
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 __3__ me, as much by example as words, that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve others.
neither of us could know how our __4__ would develop over the years. when i first came back to dematha to teach english, i worked for dr offutt, then the department chair. after several years, i was __5__ department chair, and our relationship changed again. i thought that it might be __6__chairing the department, since all of my former english teachers were still there, but dr offutt __7__ me throughout. he knew when to give me __8__ 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. instead, he encouraged me to seize the new __9__ .
five years ago, i became the principal of dematha. once again, dr offutt was there for me, letting me know that i could__10__ on him as i tried to fill such big shoes. i’ve learned from him that great teachers have a(an) __11__ wealth of lessons to teach. even if his students don’t know it yet, i know how __12__ they are; i’m still one of them.
c. advised d. convinced
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