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grandpa carried. But grandmother again
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grandpa to permit my father to go to college.
After
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, grandpa made the most difficult decision of his lifetime. He walked to the chicken coop(鸡笼子), where he did his
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. Taking a shovel in his work-worn hands, grandpa
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a jar that held all the family’s savings. He offered the jar and its precious
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to Dad, saying, "Here boy, go make something of yourself."
Realizing that his family was
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all their savings by investing in his education, Dad became a steward of those funds. He
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his bachelor’s degree and then went on to the University of Oklahoma, where he graduated second in his
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school class in 1936. Jobs were hard to
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when Dad graduated, so he opened his own practice and lived in a home with a dirt floor. He worked long hours, but I remember him
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the great books he discovered in the course of his education with me.
Our family was changed by the long walk grandpa took to the chicken coop. Education is
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an investment in our family. It is a treasure. I
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