There were charts, pictures, and any other teaching aid he thought would help me understand what he was teaching.

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He took a rafting trip with his son, joined the governing board of his alma mater, SMU, and thought about teaching.

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Then, incredibly, the parents are blamed for not participating and involving themselves more in that hostile environment and when many of them thought that teaching their kids was the job of, well, teachers.

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"I thought I knew more than what they were teaching in school, " he said.

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Teaching was good, but it was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.

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"There are some of the same ideas at the ranch--teaching people they can push their limits and do more than they thought, " like riding a horse or hiking an 8, 200-foot peak.

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