The Story of a Proud Dad

How one math teacher’s humanity imparted a sense of maturity on an entire school.

Seeing adults exhibit vulnerability in a group setting is exceedingly rare.

Especially when that group setting is a room full of prepubescent tweens who still have a lot to learn about emotional support.

My 7th-grade math teacher, Mr. Woolsey, was rumored to be one of the more strict teachers in the grade (but to be clear, he wasn’t strict —he just didn’t tolerate 12-year-old b.s., which I cannot blame…