Professor Leon Litwack has received many personal and professional accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for his history of American slavery's aftermath, "Been in the Storm So Long." My voice of appreciation for him as my teacher joins the resounding chorus. Litwack insisted on teaching introductory history courses for freshmen at Berkeley for over 40 years, a “chore” usually foisted on the most junior members of the faculty. In the late 60s, I was lucky to be one of the 500 students in

I had a tough time in high school. When I was 17 the Viet Nam war was raging and I in turn raged against the war, a rebel with a cause, deeply disturbed by my country’s engagement in that immoral conflict, and it’s shameful willingness to sacrifice the lives of untold thousands of young men because of some specious domino theory. I was battling wars at home as well. My parents had recently discovered I was gay and an atheist, and their conservative Catholic Republican values were severely

I would like to recognize and send my appreciation to Mr. Redondo for his dedication to the education of all students at the International School of Monterey. I especially want to thank him for supporting my daughter in developing her math skills. Last year when my daughter was in 7th grade, Mr. Redondo saw her diligent work and love of math and encouraged her to enter an algebra class to keep growing her math knowledge. Not only did he see this opportunity for growth and challenge, Mr. Redondo

Thank you, Ms. Vickers, for being such an awesome, loving, caring teacher for my 6th-grade homeroom class. I enjoyed attending your classes every day and I would get so pumped up when I had your next class. You always made things fun and never let anyone down. You showed true happiness as a teacher and I appreciate that. I was always happy in your class and you always did activities that would blow me and the class away. I thank you for the time we spent together and the class. Thank you for