Andrew Callaghan
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But really, I had this high school teacher named Calvin Shaw, who was my journalism professor. And he really, like, taught me that it was cool to be, like, smart and actually be curious about things. Because before then, I was only into, like, skateboarding. Fuck yeah, Mr. Shaw. Yeah, teachers. Fuck yeah, Mr. Shaw.
But really, I had this high school teacher named Calvin Shaw, who was my journalism professor. And he really, like, taught me that it was cool to be, like, smart and actually be curious about things. Because before then, I was only into, like, skateboarding. Fuck yeah, Mr. Shaw. Yeah, teachers. Fuck yeah, Mr. Shaw.
When somebody helps you so much in life, you almost don't even want to tell them how much they help you sometimes.
Before then, I was only into skateboarding, rapping, writing graffiti, just fucking around, trying to steal beer, things like that. Regular kid stuff. Freshman year shit. How do we steal as many beer kegs at the same time as we can?
Before then, I was only into skateboarding, rapping, writing graffiti, just fucking around, trying to steal beer, things like that. Regular kid stuff. Freshman year shit. How do we steal as many beer kegs at the same time as we can?
Before then, I was only into skateboarding, rapping, writing graffiti, just fucking around, trying to steal beer, things like that. Regular kid stuff. Freshman year shit. How do we steal as many beer kegs at the same time as we can?
And then he taught me, yo, you can live just as crazy of a lifestyle without the risk and without the consequences, and you can be a journalist and go wherever you want and go to the craziest places in the world and get rewarded for it. And I was like, damn, for real? Yeah.
And then he taught me, yo, you can live just as crazy of a lifestyle without the risk and without the consequences, and you can be a journalist and go wherever you want and go to the craziest places in the world and get rewarded for it. And I was like, damn, for real? Yeah.
And then he taught me, yo, you can live just as crazy of a lifestyle without the risk and without the consequences, and you can be a journalist and go wherever you want and go to the craziest places in the world and get rewarded for it. And I was like, damn, for real? Yeah.
And he was also like a, he was like a young teacher.
Like he was like 37.
You know what I mean?
Which for like a school, that's pretty young, you know, for a teacher.
And he would let me leave school for hours at a time as long as I could report back by the final bell at 3.30 and show him substantial progress on a feature article. Nice. He was sick. And then he left the same year that I left in 2015. Well, I graduated. I didn't drop out. But yeah, I don't know where he's at now. I think he's in Hawaii. I haven't even talked to him since.
And he would let me leave school for hours at a time as long as I could report back by the final bell at 3.30 and show him substantial progress on a feature article. Nice. He was sick. And then he left the same year that I left in 2015. Well, I graduated. I didn't drop out. But yeah, I don't know where he's at now. I think he's in Hawaii. I haven't even talked to him since.
And he would let me leave school for hours at a time as long as I could report back by the final bell at 3.30 and show him substantial progress on a feature article. Nice. He was sick. And then he left the same year that I left in 2015. Well, I graduated. I didn't drop out. But yeah, I don't know where he's at now. I think he's in Hawaii. I haven't even talked to him since.
So like he, he would, you know, it wasn't like I had, it was some like 65 year old professor, you know, like telling, you know, this guy was cool as hell.
And I remember he saw me cause I was drawing these stickers on, on pieces, you know, like graffiti stickers on a shipping carton.
labels on the back of class yeah he like he came up he's like Andrew I know what you're doing he's like you might think this is cool now this is gonna be some loser shit when you're 20 years old he's like I had so many friends take this route get out of here go to the Occupy Tent City the Occupy Seattle Tent City and come back with a story and I was like holy shit he was like Spider-Man's editor-in-chief but not mean yeah
When somebody helps you so much in life, you almost don't even want to tell them how much they help you sometimes.