The Real Deal

 Steve Lopez, columnist for the LA Times, is one of my all time favorite journalists. The movie The Soloist is based on his relationship with a homeless man who went to Julliard and happened to be a gifted musician. In today's Sunday Times Steve writes a story about Bruce Kravets, a Los Angeles based math teacher, who is retired from the school district but who still teaches math at the same school he's taught at for 40 years.  Now he does it for free.    This is the kind of a story that really inspires and motivates.  A man who does what he is good at for no reason except the pure love of it.  This is the real deal, my friends.

www.latimes.com  Sunday November 29, 2009 Steve Lopez's column.