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Chief was probably the best teacher and mentor I ever had in school, period. Of all the people who taught me anything about the importance of respect running both ways in leadership, Chief was at the top of the heap. He taught us by example how to praise in public, punish in private, and grow your people instead of coercing them. I don't think I would have made it past my first year teaching, or my first year of being a parent, if it hadn't been for everything I learned from Chief about both. You knew that Chief cared. When you accomplished something he made sure everyone knew he was proud of you. But it was when you erred that Chief really taught. He didn't believe in embarrasing you or making a scene; rather, when you were pulled on the carpet, it was a private thing. Chief always put it to you like this- he was dissapointed in you because he knew you could do better; you were going to have demerits, or get smoked, or whatever the sanction du jour was, but he did it because he had to, because he cared. You knew he expected better from you, because he let you know that you were better than whatever you had done. He taught me the most valuable sentence I have ever learned- "No excuse, Sir." We respected Chief because he respected us, and he raised us up to be respectful people. I tried my best to run my classroom like Chief ran his, because it was clear to me even as a high school student that it worked. We would have all followed Chief anywhere had he asked us, no questions asked. If I have done anything worth doing in my life, I owe Chief for making me realize that I could do anything I decided with the proper amount of discipline, responsiblity, loyalty and respect.
Thank you for everything, Chief.
Godspeed and good hunting, Sir.
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