Marjorie Taylor - Teachers Make a Difference

The speaker shares their experience with John Flavel, a graduate advisor at Stanford University. Despite coming from a non-traditional background, including being a single mom from a rural school, the speaker was admitted to Stanford with Flavel's support. They faced challenges but received patience and guidance from Flavel, who is described as kind, warm, and brilliant. Flavel recently retired, and his colleagues fondly remember him as the 'nice guy who finished first.'

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