My dad taught me that language was a powerful tool.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was very adept at acquiring languages.
I was always influenced by language.
Language is a nice way to remember things.
My parents were language teachers. They talked about teaching all the time and all their friends were teachers. It was considered a pre-ordained thing that I would go into teaching.
My dad was an English professor.
Expressing myself through language was always something that I had had to learn to do more so than others.
I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.
Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.
I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important.
More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.
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