The music teacher standing on the pier looked smaller and smaller until he became a mere speck.

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Quinones-Hinojosa continued his schooling and became a teacher by the time he was 18, but he, too, was unable to provide for his family.

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He went to Oxford to read French and became a teacher, first in France and then on the Greek island of Spetse, where he studied the ancient myths and grew to love what he always called agria Ellada, the wild Greece.

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By coming to the United States he was able to secure the proper medical care, and at Bard he became a member of an academic community as teacher and colleague.

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There were lessons at the respected Roy Sakuma Ukulele Studio, but in time he became his own teacher.

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There he met Sam Kogan, the stern Russian drama teacher who founded the school and became a pivotal influence in his career.

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He won a scholarship to Pontypridd Boys' Grammar School, and became a teacher in London before joining the Welch Regiment when World War II broke out.

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