SENTINEL WATCH September 2, 2002 Issue

'There is a lad here ...'

By Dave Hohle

Last Night one of our local teams advanced to the Little League World Series. Their win made the evening news, complete with a highlight clip of a solo home run by one of the team's oldest members, a 12-year-old shortstop named Gordie Lockbaum.

It's a great accomplishment for these kids. And like anything worthwhile, it must have taken talent and hard work to get to the World Series. And coaching by people who believed in the kids enough to help them reach their potential.

Children are capable of so much. I remember once hiring my nephew (then about 14 years old) to tutor me in math as I prepared to take the GMAT, a standard exam required for entrance to business school. My math skills were very rusty, and his were excellent. So I flew him in from Minneapolis and paid him to tutor me for a few days in algebra. He took the job seriously, preparing a lesson plan in advance, and I had to work hard to keep up. His efforts paid off, too. I did well enough on the test to be accepted into the program of my choice.

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