GLOSS Issue 12 MAY 2014 | Page 24

What is Your Wake? Relationships Always Leave a Mark. Rod Soper Do you remember that teacher at school who you felt just chewed you up and spat you out? Do you remember that other teacher who was an inspiration, whom you tried your hardest for and succeeded, in leaps and bounds? We all have stories to tell, some incredibly funny now that we look back, and others which are deeply painful. One of the things these experiences have in common is this fact: both kinds of relationship left us