Hey, it's Kelly, and at the end of every week, I like to share something true and useful,

something I stumbled over that gave me a burst of optimism, something you can share

with friends like an audio greeting card, something to help us all.

Keep our eyes on what's working and what could be.

So, I'll be right back with this week's For The Good of the Order.

This is Kelly Corgan Wonders.

This week's For The Good of the Order loops back through a conversation I had with Michael

Lewis for PBS, where he talked about a teacher that made a big difference in his life and

one of his classmates, who labeled him in a way that was hard to shake.

I thought it was worth sharing as I head down to Georgetown to watch my girl across the

stage and take her diploma.

I imagine the weekend will be full of reflections on the ways different teachers and classmates

affected our self-image and our ability to get where we're trying to go.

So here's Michael Lewis on an important teacher and an important classmate.

There was a, at the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana, a history teacher named

Arthur White, Dr. Arthur White, who literally kicked me into awareness that we'd sit at these

desks.

Each kid has his own little desk and freshman year, I was so tired every day because I was

a boy who was growing.

I just put my head on the desk and go to sleep while he was talking and when the moment

I went to sleep, he would come and kick the desk and send me and the desk flying across

the room.

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