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I remember sitting in the Chemistry classroom of Mrs. Virginia Levin back in 1971 at Northwestern High School. These were the days of slide rules and of course periodic tables. But the bottom line was that I was phobic about numbers and feared what sort of grade I’d end up earning in Chemistry. I tell my children that you’ll look back in your life and you’ll understand that if you were lucky you were blessed with a handful of “master” teachers. These were instructors who reached out to you and really cared for you. I remember like it was yesterday Mrs. Levin saying to me, “Philip, you are a good boy.” For me, back then, that’s all I needed. She willed me to pass this course. She figuratively held my hand through it. And I’ll never forget her as… read more