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I WAS EATING AT A DINER WHEN A MAN HANDED ME MY SCHOOLWORK FROM 40 YEARS AGO


‘THIS IS FOR YOU,’ CRAIG WHEELER SAID. ‘I FOUND IT IN MY PARENTS’ HOUSE. MY MOM
SAVED IT.’

Perspective by Ken Preuss
December 21, 2023 at 8:05 a.m. EST

Ken Preuss's English folder from 1981-82 that was recently returned to him as he
was eating at a diner in his hometown, Oviedo, Fla. (Christy Register)

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I learned something in my high school English class that stuck with me ever
since. Coincidentally, it’s about why some things stick with us long after they
happen:

“A memorable story follows a predictable pattern, unpredictably.”


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I came to understand its deeper meaning when a last-minute lunch decision added
an unexpected chapter to a story that started at Oviedo High School, near
Orlando, some 40 years ago.


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