THE CLASS OF '99

It is a small world after all.

A few weeks ago, a former student of mine, Derek Ku, dropped by to visit his old math teacher. A new father of an eight month old son, he spent as much time discussing parenthood (he loves it) as his high profile finance job in of San Francisco. It was a delight to see him again after 18 years and needless to say, I really appreciated him making time for me in his hectic schedule.

Then, yesterday, I ran into another student from the same class of '99. What are the chances? I was playing pickleball at our local community centre when Ed Cho spotted me. It must be my helicopter landing pad sized forehead that gives me away! In any case, he and his wife were walking by with their 20 month old daughter when they noticed me.

"I was your second best student ever," Ed boasted with a mischievous smile on his face. My readers from that era will all know he was conceding first place to Jimmy Chui.

We spend ten minutes catching up on old times and our brief meeting was punctuated by a photo that Ed promised to post on social media. Thank goodness my hair never needs a comb.

This morning, I awoke to an e-mail from yet a third member of that class of '99. Benedict Hung is a math teacher who now works in South Korea after a twelve year teaching career in Hong Kong. Although he didn't mention it, I think he has recently completed his PhD as well as authoring an IB math textbook.

It is such a small world and I am humbled to think that these young men, all of whom are flying so high, got their first set of wings from Brebeuf College.