He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class: What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"As you can say for this demonstration I think they should focus more - I mean truly focus - on what the working class or the labor unions really need."

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

And I think that every little bit makes a huge difference." While his class wrapped up, students for the next computer class, to be taught in Spanish,filed in, reflecting the diversity of this community, as well as its shared needs.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24