Thank you Professor Eugene Mawhinney!
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Craig explains what made his teachers great and encourages us to teach each other, by example.
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Hi everybody! Hey it’s Craig Freshley here.
It’s teacher appreciation week and here in Maine our Commissioner of the Department of Education is encouraging people to make little videos thanking their teachers.
I would like to thank Professor Eugene Mawhinney who taught Constitutional Law at the University of Maine. Gene Mawhinney was a great teacher because, not only did he have command of constitutional law, he also held us to high standards. But he also engendered in us a love for law and for the Constitution.
Here’s inside the book by the way; pretty beat up, written all over. I loved this course. Duct tape on the outside.
Now many of us have had great teachers in the classroom; you might call it book learning. But a lot of us learn about good group decisions from other people in the group. Those are our teachers too; the elders, the veterans, the people who don’t just talk about how to do things but who do things in ways that work really well for the group. Follow those people. And if you are one of those people, continue to set a good example and be a good teacher.
I hope this helps you help your group make good decisions. Thanks for listening everybody.