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A Great Brother topic started 6/24/2005; 4:44:59 PM last post 6/24/2005; 4:44:59 PM

mjlovas@p... - A Great Brother   6/24/2005; 4:44:59 PM (reads: 3608, responses: 0) John is my brother. He is the oldest in a family of seven kids, and I am number five down the list. As an older brother, he of course was always first to do everything -- drive a car, go to college, be in the army, get a job, have a career. And we all followed -- with all of us attending college and making our parents and our older brother proud of our own individual accomplishments. Our older sister Jacqueline is also a teacher, grade school, teaching fifth grade right now. So, the two of them would know the experience of teaching, mentoring, guiding, grading and all the aspects of teaching. I can only admire his dedication to his craft and how serious he took his work. It is not something I could do for a short period, much less forty years. He would be right proud of all the comments made on his behalf in this forum because he was all about teaching and enjoyed the hell out of it. Many of the stories he would tell at family gatherings were about his students, many of whom have gone to be incredibly accomplished in their own right. We enjoyed sports together, especially the Giants and Sharks. He had season tickets to the 49rsand we both had tickets for the Sharks. We attended a couple 49r games each year, though the last few years at the stick there has not been much to cheer about. He used sports to decompress, relax, get away from the daily pressures of work and family and we spent many a night having dinner in San Jose, then cheering on the Sharks. He missed those nights a lot when the Sharks did not play this last year. And it is sad for me to think we will no longer have these times to share together. My thanks to all who have made posts and comments here. It is very gratifying to read so many nice thoughts about your brother who clearly has touched many lives through his teaching and BLOG at DeAnza. Mike Lovas Discuss