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It was another first day of school in a life that had seen many. This one, though, seemed more important than the ones that had come before. The year was 1969, and I was 26 years old. Heavy book bag in hand, I walked across the golf course, ready to teach a class of third-graders at Komarek School in North Riverside, Ill.
Although it was not my