My uncle Irv comments

[petdance]

There was a time set aside in Uncle Irv's wonderful memorial service for comments from anyone who wanted to share. (Uncle Gary, also a schoolteacher, told us afterwards that Irv had insisted "Make sure they're quick. Two minutes max, or you take a zero." Some of us would have taken a zero on the assignment.) During the time leading up to the

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Mr. Lester rocked

[anonymous]

I had Mr. Lester for English Comp in Fall 1985. Man, what a term and what a great guy. Never before and never again did I have a class or teacher like him. He was firm but fair and didn't cut us slack.
I actually came across this page while trying to google his star list. If anyone has it, would you be so kind to post it? It is a great resource.
A few Irv Lester anecdotes:
Irv was conducting study hall one day. My buddy Rball was bored and drawing a picture of him (I'll try to see if he still has it). Irv came up and asked if he'd like an autograph. Scared, he replied "OK". So Irv signed it.
Another time, my buddy was wearing a T-shirt of Marvin (the baby) holding a bottle with the caption B.Y.O.B. . Irv stopped, looked at him and said "Bring your own... bitch?". Hi-larious.
Having good sense, I am a Sox fan. One day, I wore a Winning Ugly shirt to his class when we had a quiz. He noticed and said "2 points for the Sox fan". A smarty pants cubs fan was wearing a cubs shirt and said "What about the cubs?". Irv said, "Minus 2 points for the cubs fan". Hehehehe.
Your wisdom was a gift to me Mr. Lester, and it will be shared and not forgotten. God Bless.
-Chico