Slate Voice: “To the Teacher Who Changed My Life”
Listen to John Dickerson read about the 10th-grade English teacher who changed his life, and how he got to say “thank you” before his teacher died.
Illustrations by Charlie Powell and Robert Neubecker
“To the Teacher Who Changed My Life” was originally published in Slate on Jan. 29, 2015. In the piece, John Dickerson writes about Neal Tonken, the high school English teacher who changed his life.
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