With a little help from his friends

Here today I tip my hat to Terry "the Greek" Gotziaman, who was my boss and threatened to fire me on numerous occasions when I taught special education at Roseau High School for about 19 years.

I taught some wonderful scamps - girls and guys who were a little more rough around the edges and didn't do so well in academics but were my kind of people - and the Greek's.

He had this booming voice and a big body and he was colorful and cared about these kids.

Except for the time I taught summer school, and it was an interesting class with some rather attractive young ladies and some blokes who might...