Dedicated Edition of The Outburst - Bishop Ward High School
Dedicated Edition of The Outburst - Bishop Ward High School
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Teacher Reflections<br />
Marty finished what was left <strong>of</strong> my Christmas<br />
gumdrops while he and Mike waited for<br />
me to fill out a form Mike needed. It was<br />
Friday, December 18. <strong>The</strong> two were headed<br />
to play golf (big surprise), despite the fact<br />
that it was (maybe) 35 degrees. I was giving<br />
them a hard time about playing golf in such<br />
weather. <strong>The</strong>n it came. Of course it came:<br />
“Patrice, have you ever been snow-skiing?”<br />
“Well, yeah, a few times.”<br />
“And when you went, didn’t you dress for<br />
the weather?”<br />
“Well, yeah…okay; I get it.”<br />
to New York the next day and told me to go the<br />
Guggenheim Art Museum. “Start on the top<br />
floor and walk down,” he suggested. “That’s the<br />
best way to see it.” We didn’t make it to the<br />
Guggenheim that trip, but you can bet I will next<br />
time I go to New York. I will start at the top and<br />
make my way down because I have no doubt<br />
that that is the best way to see it.<br />
Thanks for the tip, Marty. And thanks for showing<br />
me the best way to see a lot <strong>of</strong> things.<br />
Patrice Ludwig<br />
Typical Marty. I didn’t really “get it,” but<br />
what did I care that my two knucklehead<br />
friends wanted to spend three to four hours<br />
in the cold chasing a little white ball in and<br />
out <strong>of</strong> trees? And then, because I really<br />
wanted to know, I asked about golf balls: Do<br />
you really play better golf with more expensive<br />
balls? Mike’s “Not really” would have<br />
sufficed, but Marty’s answer—a full dissertation<br />
about the number <strong>of</strong> divots on a ball,<br />
the trajectory factor <strong>of</strong> certain balls, a thorough<br />
history and description <strong>of</strong> the golf<br />
ball—was kind <strong>of</strong> interesting. Emphasis on<br />
the“kind <strong>of</strong>.” Who knew this stuff? Marty<br />
did.<br />
But it wasn’t just the stuff he knew or the<br />
stuff he did for everyone (because he knew<br />
and did a lot); it was—to paraphrase Sister<br />
Kathy—who he WAS that I miss. He was<br />
smart, talented, challenging, genuine, witty,<br />
thoughtful, and kind. He was an artist, a<br />
scholar, and a gentleman.<br />
I walked Mike and Marty to my classroom<br />
door that afternoon and wished them both<br />
“Merry Christmas.” Marty knew I was going
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