His room is decorated with nearly a dozen flags, and reproductions of famous paintings of the Revolution line the walls and the hallway. All of which he tries to work into lessons throughout the year. Sometimes it falls flat, and you have to work harder. . . . You have to show the human side. You have to tell the story.
History is wonderful stories. . . .
Perhaps it is because he was not a great student. He spent most of his school years standing in the hallway outside the classroom because he couldn't sit still in class, he said. He loved staring at the paintings of Galileo and Robin Hood that hung on the wall. Then he had a few teachers in college who really turned on the light for him. And maybe that is what motivates him to keep selling history like he does, hoping that he will turn on the light for someone out there like him.