Until I took Dr Offutt's class in DeMatha High school, I was an underachieving student, but I left that class 【B1】 never to underachieve again. He not only taught me to think, he convinced me, 【B2】 by example as words that it was my moral 【B3】 to do so and to serve others. 【B4】 of us could know how our relationship would 【B5】 over the years. When I came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr. Offutt, the department chairman. My discussion with him were like graduate seminars in adolescent 【B6】 , classroom management and school leadership. After several years, I was 【B7】 department chairman, and our relationship 【B8】 again. I thought that it might be 【B9】 chairing the department, since all of my 【B10】 English teachers were 【B12】 there, but Dr. Offutt supported me 【B11】 . He knew when to give me advice 【B13】 curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me 【B14】 my own course. In 1997, I needed his 【B15】 about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. 【B16】 he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. 【B17】 , he encouraged me to seize the opportunity. Five years ago, I became the principal of DeMatha. 【B18】 , Dr. Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could 【B19】 him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible 【B20】 of lessons to teach. 【B1】