Preface
Oprah Winfrey cried when she saw her fourth-grade teacher, Mary Duncan, as a surprise guest on her stage.
“I always, because of you, felt I could take on the world. You did exactly what teachers are supposed to do, they create a spark for learning that lives with you from then on,” Oprah told her teacher.
“One of the defining moments of my life came in fourth grade—the year I was a student in Mrs. Duncan’s class at Wharton Elementary School in Nashville,” she later wrote. “For the first time, I wasn’t afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.”
Bill Gates says he, too, partly owes his success in life to his childhood teachers—particularly his fourth grade teacher and librarian, Blanche Caffiere. “When I was ...
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