It’s hard to forget a favorite teacher. Teachers impact our lives in more ways than we can imagine—but sometimes we forget that as students, we often have a lasting impact on them as well.
Such was the case for 90-year-old Lorly Schik who happened to see her kindergarten student, Cory Hepola, pop up as a newscaster on a local TV station.
“When I first saw him, I couldn’t hardly believe it,” said Mrs. Schik, filled with pride at the sight of her student doing big things. “I can still picture him as a small dark-haired child in his K-desk!”
She retired the next year and Cory never saw her again, but three decades apart was not enough to shake the strapping young boy from her memory.