Valley Central High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Montgomery, NY)

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,...-.19 ,fn-sv A young man in love with teaching: Mr. Donald Brooks Dedication 1979 - he most beloved teacher: Mr. Don- ald Brooks. f D.B. - excellent ini- tials. j A quiet man, unassuming in dress and mannerg able to stand at the front of a classroom and speak in his ordinarily soft voice and have every student hear him because every stu- dent is listening. Somehow through his patient kindness and vibrant good- humor, he has made every student respect him. Mr. Brooks, who gives out nick- names and sayings like Santa does presents on Christmas Eve. Who calls daydreaming, Hwoolgatheringwg who assigns homework with the words, You can cheat as long as you cheat fair, who shakes his head at mechan- ical errors and sighs, Uh, to be young and in love. And always, if you ask him, he's twenty-seven. It might as well be true, for as Tim Smedes said. He never seems to get older. Tim went on. Hes a good teacher When I was sick for a week, he came to my house to help with math. Caryl VanSickle said, He mode math. He made it fun, instead of just giving us all the boring stuff. And tlscftj Thirteen years of teaching at VC and approximately 1750 students later, Mr. Donald Brooks quietly grins while conjuring up yet another original nickname. then with a laugh, 'SHe always used to pick on me. He called me 'Winkie' because whenever I talked, he said I winked. But I didn't even know I did it. You got things done in his class, Scott Pettine said. He has a flair for teaching. Mr. Brooks, who is respected by his colleagues as well as his students. Mr. Kevin McFadden said of him, He has that real, substantial goodness that is so important in a teacher. I-Ie has a love for his students ... And also for his colleagues. Mr. McFadden continued to say, Don heads the Sunshine Fund and whenever there is a death of a teacher or relative, he calls and offers his help, makes arrangements for flowers to be sent or for whatever else is necessary. He does the small things. But sometimes you wonder, if Don didn't do them, if anyone would. The 1979 LOG is humbly dedicated to this beloved teacher, Mr. Brooks, with gratitude for his nicknames, his sayings, his help with math, and for all the small things. For it is the small things that will be remembered. DBDICATION 9