Dedications

I can’t pay back the small handful of people who taught me most, but I can follow their example and teach others as well as I can. This book is my effort to do just that.

These are those people: Ruth Reavis, who expected me to work harder; Geneva Highfill and Wanda Walton, who taught the language; Betty Welch, who taught the mathematics; and Ross Scroggs, Sr., who taught me about photography and about the difference between humans and apes. Since then, I’ve tried my best to become a human.

Whatever errors I’ve made in this book reflect my own sloppiness and none of their teaching.

Without these people, this book wouldn’t exist. Still, my most heartfelt thanks must go to wonderful Robin. Without her, I might no longer exist.

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