The Blind Man is King
...ith anything in his class, and pretty much do whatever you wanted to do. This was because Mr. Heward was practically blind. I remember that he had a different pair of glasses for everything he did. However, anyone who could see perfectly, could see that this man was ill. Nobody knew for sure what he was diagnosed with, but his symptoms were very obvious. Several of his peers and colleagues, even some of his students tried to tell him that he should consider retiring. But for some reason, the old man kept on teaching. I’m not sure about the way he thought about it, but anyone could clearly see that this man was in pain. Or was he? I cannot forget the select few students who chose to mock and give this man a hard time. We used to have oral discussions every single day. Mr. Heward talked very loudly, and had very shaky hands that couldn’t even grasp a piece of chalk, which is probably why we almost never took notes. Aside from watching this poor old man struggle at his job, the worst part about...