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CHARLES COTTEN
 When I was a young man, my goal in life was to graduate from
high school since no one in my family had every done so. My
senior year, a student teacher trainee came to our school to
complete the practicum for her teaching certificate. Her first
day in class she asked each of us our name and where we were
going to college. When she came to me, I gave her my name and
told her I was going to work after graduation. She looked me in
the eye and said, "No, you are going to college!" Every day for
the six weeks she was there, she would ask me where I was going
to college?
Her persistence changed my life and I have been trying to repay
that debt ever since. I always think of her as just an ordinary
person who did an extraordinary thing and created a miracle in
my life.
To me, she personifies Rotarians and what we do for people.
Rotary is a unique organization that allows people to rise above
themselves and create miracles in people's lives. Every time I
work on a project or read about a project I am reminded of what
was done for me and that is why I am a Rotarian.
Charles Cotten
District 5730 Governor 2004-05 (RGHF member)
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