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MR. JOHN R. SHAUGHNESSY We, as a class, would like to dedicate the 1989 Archon to John R. Shaughnessy, known to those close to him as Jack. Mr. Shaughnessy began his teaching careet in 1964 as a science teacher at the Lincoln Junior High School in Framingham. In 1969, he was transferred to the William S., Walsh Middle School, where many of us first came to know him. In 1984, one year before we became freshmen, Mr. Shaughnessy came to North to teach math. As most of us know, Mr. Shaughnessy dedicated much of his life to his students and to his friends. Not only was he a great teacher, but he was also a concerned friend and role model to many of his students. Through his example, we learned that there was nothing that we could not overcome. In his classroom, there was never a dull moment or a day when he didn ' t succeed in bringing a smile to our faces and brightening our day. He really wanted his students to do well in his class, and he tried any and every way to get his point across: colored chalk, huge diagrams, posters hung up around the room; once he even drew a diagram on the back of the door. He always had something up his sleeve, be it a witty remark or a joke, and he was never afraid to speak his mind. Over the past four years, many teachers have influenced our lives, but perhaps not with the same kind of patience and caring as did our friend, Mr. Shaughnessy. We miss him more than words can express, but all of us will always carry in our hearts the vivid memories that he has left us. You ' ve touched my heart, without even knowing . . . You ' ve helped my life in so many ways . . . I never had the chance to tell you how good a friend you were . . . When you were here, life was so cheerful . . . You made me laugh, and we laughed together . . . I know you are out there somewhere watching me, like true friends really do . . . You ' ve inspired me to many greatnesses, and changed many of my weaknesses . . . You ' ve made me realize how unfair life is . . . Life was taken away and I don ' t know why . . . I just wish you didn ' t die . . . I can ' t find a reason for why you are gone . . . But now you are somewhere, where you belong . . . So with these final words I say . . . Thank you for being there on all those days . . . Wherever you are, I wish you well . . . I know you were a true friend . . . I say goodbye now with my pen but not, so long, my friend ... I know we will meet again . . . I just know . . . IN MEMORY OF MY FRIEND JACK SHAUGHNESSY JON DAVID ZIBEL October 11, 1988 26
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A Student ' s Reminiscence As Mr. Shaughnessy and I continued our friendship, which had begun at Walsh, other students at North High discovered that he was actually more of a friend than just a teacher. Many of these students developed a special relationship with him, as I had done. He was someone with whom you could joke, but he was also a person to whom you could turn if you ever had a problem; he would listen and help in any way he could. Mr. Shaughnessy and I exemplify that age really has no importance in a relationship; it ' s what ' s inside the people that makes it work. Mr. Shaughnessy was thirty-some-odd years older than his students, but that never bothered him or us. I would talk to him just as I would talk to a friend of my own age. I also greatly respected him for his accomplishments as a scholar and teacher, one who couldn ' t have communicated better with his students. Mr. Shaughnessy never wed in his short life, meaning that he had no immediate family. However, in a sense, the teachers, students and many friends in the Framingham Public School System overshadowed that. Jack (which I did start calling him, although he minded a little) did live for a relatively short period of time — only forty-seven years. However, his personality, wit, and great sense of humor will live on in our minds and our hearts forever. By Justin Prager
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