The Wilburs, Bob's Friends

While Susie, Patsy, and I were driving to Lubbock together, Bob took a different course in order to meet up with some Iowa friends who live in Abilene, TX.

The following is written by Bob, his contribution to the blog.

Ken Wilbur, Bob's long time principal, is shaking hands with Bob. Bob fondly remembers Ken as a principal that gave Bob the freedom to teach. Ken helped to make teaching very enjoyable. Thank you, Ken, for your support and encouragement!



Brent Wilbur, Ken's son and one of Bob's first students is shaking hands with Bob. Bob remembers Brent as one of his fine students that helped him learn about teaching. Everyone learns in teaching - including the teacher. Since Brent was interested in football, Bob related the three R's to it. Babe Didrison was part of our reading; math stuff in statisitcs was related to coaching and ball playing; geometry was related to the quickiest way to get off a football field ; science was related to the sweet spot (center of mass) in a baseball bat, the gyroscopic technique to football passing for stability, and the spinning of the baseball (Bernoulli's Principle) to pitching; and writing so others and ourself can read it for scouting games were just a few adaptations. Thank you, Brent!