Subject: Classmates
From: "Elise Jansen"

 While waiting for my first appointment in the reception room
 of a new dentist, I noticed his certificate, which bore his full
 name.

 Suddenly, I remembered that a tall, handsome boy with the
 same name had been in my high school class almost 50
 years ago.

 Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such
 thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined
 face was too old to have been my classmate. After he had
 examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended the local
 high school.

 "Yes," he replied.

 "When did you graduate?" I asked.

 He answered, "In 1953."

 "Why, you were in my class!" I exclaimed.

 He looked at me closely and then asked, "What did you
 teach?"

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