Posted on 01/15/2016 12:01:13 PM PST by chopperman
He was not nationally known but an influence on me. I had him for an investments class at GCC. Three things he said that I never forgot:
1. Buy your neighbor's house. You can control who lives there.
2. When buying living room furniture, the lamps should be a throw in.
3. He once bought his wife a cow for her birthday.
You know he was a Republican. Notice where they direct contributions.
Charlie taught government and economics at Mercer High School for six years and then returned the Grove City College in 1967 as an instructor of economics. He became assistant professor in 1970 and then associate professor in 1975. While there, he was coach of the college’s varsity rifle team and, in 2015, received the Athletic Heritage Award from the Grove City College Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1975, he was recognized by the Outstanding Educators of America for his teaching excellence. He retired from the college in 1997.
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Memorial contributions may be made to the National Rifle Association, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
RIP
I don’t remember all the professors I had in college but one I do recall was the gentleman who taught Econ 101. The most life useful class I ever took. There might be far fewer brain dead Liberal zombies staggering down our streets if basic economics was a mandatory course, taught by an actual business man or woman, in every high school in America.
I can see why he was not well known.
But those who knew him, remembered him fondly
3. He once bought his wife a cow for her birthday.
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But, but... what about free milk and a cow?
Interesting - I have almost the identical story. I worked my way through college and got to a point where, one quarter, with other classes and work I pretty much had no choice but to take Intro to Economics - Macro on Friday evenings. I dreaded it.
It was one of the best 2 or 3 classes I took in my career. A “real world” person taught it and I learned concepts that, quite literally, changed my worldview.
Many years ago, my college instructor in Accounting 101 gave the class some sage advice:
Don’t go into debt.
Why the cow?
RIP.
Good man at a good school. Grove City was down the road from where I went to college.
That part I didn’t remember. It was over forty years ago.
I hated college Econ 101. The instructor had no clue how to pass on dirt simple concepts.
From that, I came to the belief that students should be awarded a provisional degree. They would need to return to night school to earn Econ and Finance after 2-3 years of actual life experience.
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