Wally Lamb

Connecticut College, 2003

Keep in mind that the best teachers are the ones who love the student as much as the subject matter - the ones who stop speaking long enough to listen.

Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP

Read the speech at digitalcommons.conncoll.edu
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