ode to a music teacher

Writer/editor Joanne Lipman turns in a loving eulogy for her former music teacher Jerry Kupchynsky.

Mr. K. pushed us harder than our parents, harder than our other teachers, and through sheer force of will made us better than we had any right to be. He scared the daylight out of us.

I doubt any of us realized how much we loved him for it.

via www.nytimes.com