2023 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May 2023 Page 27 counselor’s office during his class- even if it happened multiple days a week. On the days I didn’t or couldn’t go, we would talk instead. I was always reassured by him and told how talented and smart of a kid I was. In fact, being the loving jokester he is, Mr. Cooper would routinely poke fun at us then follow with, “Hey, you know I’m just kiddin’, right? I love you man. You don’t hate me, do ya’?” I identify with many others in saying that I genuinely would not have survived this long without him taking the role of a mentor and guide in my life. I am so thankful that Mr. Cooper was and is a part of my life. I hope that now that I have graduated, I get to be more than a former student: a friend.
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