Miss Lee, Algebra I in spring 1958, Senn HS. I was a middling science and math student but it was only because I was ADD and just did not try very hard. Secretly I had always been facinated by science. I collected bugs, had a telescope, and used a microscope to see life in puddles. But math and science in elementry school just did nothing for me.

I still remember, to this day, as if it were yesterday, Miss Lee gave a lecture about negative numbers and what they meant. It was like an explosive flash. From that point on, math and science skills bloomed.

I would love to tell her that I have a PhD in Chemistry, and I credit her with 100% of the impetus that got me there, stemming from that day. Thank you Miss Lee, I will never forget you (she left to get married in another city).