| Message | HELLO.
I JUST LEARNED OF THE PASSING OF PETER MASSKE. I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT TO WRITE. SO ILL JUST SAY THIS. NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I BE SO INFUENCED BY AN EDUCATOR. I WASNT ONE OF THE GOOD KIDS OR A GOOD STUDENT, THERE WHERE A FEW OF US IN MASSKE'S CLASS. I WAS IN AND OUT OF DRUGS AT THE TIME, AND HAD A VERBALLY AND SOMETHIMES PHYSICALY ABUSEIVE FATHER. I CANT REALLY EXPLAIN IN WORDS WHAT MR. MASSKE DID FOR ME, HE FLIPED A SWITCH IS THE BEST DEFINITION I COULD GIVE YOU. I MORE OR LESS WANTED TO WRITE JUST TO SAY THANK YOU! IT WASNT UNTILL LATER IN MY LIFE THAT I TRULY UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS DOING FOR ME. I REMEMBER ONCE HE ADDRESSED THE CLASS AT THE END OF THE YEAR ... AND ASKED US IF WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING .. IE: P/I*E & E/I*R "PHYSICS YALL ARE DOING THE SAME STUFF THATS GOING ON IN A.P. PHYSICS, DONT EVER LET THEM TELL YOU YOU CANT DO IT" THAT REALLY MEANT SOMETHING TO ME
THANKS MASSKE |