In the Classroom: “Each one, reach one.”

Kathy Hargrove

“Mender of Old Baskets” was his nickname when he worked in the Congo. The tribesmen gave him this nickname because of his ability to teach the “old dogs” of the tribe new tricks. Just as an old, leaky basket can be mended to carry grain, old minds can be taught new ideas. Frank Laubach, the “Mender of Old Baskets,” made his life’s work teaching adults to read.

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