[admiralsn]

I used to use him as an example of just that to my HS Government students. Does anyone know how old he was then/is now? I know he was in college, but I wondered an exact age. He should be close to my age.

I asked my students once to imagine themselves in just a few years, standing in front of a line of tanks, willing to die for what they believed in. I don't think any of them really grasped the concept. I don't know that I really did at the time it happened.

[StJacques]

". . . Does anyone know how old he was then/is now? I know he was in college, but I wondered an exact age. He should be close to my age. . . ."

admiralsn, you know as much as I do right now. Until I saw this article I thought he was a Beijing University Student, probably at graduate level, in 1989. I would have put him between the ages of 22 and 24 then, so he would be about 39 to 41 right now. But the accuracy of that calculation on my part is really dependent upon how good my original guess is, and who knows?

And I like your idea of presenting him to your students as you described. This guy really demonstrates what it means to be a man.