Jon Kitna doing remarkable things at his old high school

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Former NFL QB Jon Kitna finds ‘gold mine’ at his troubled old high school

Wed, Dec 19, 2012 2:47 PM EST

 

And so again he told the principals to have the other math teachers select the students they didn’t want – the ones who didn’t listen, who didn’t try, who didn’t care. He would take them all. The principals nodded. Lists were made, class rolls prepared. The new football coach was handed three dream teams of troublemakers. They wished him luck.

 

Only something happened in those three algebra classes, something no one could have imagined. The students who didn’t listen suddenly did. Those who never did work turned in assignments. And when the results of the math assessments came in, Kitna’s students were second best in the school. It wasn’t because their teacher was an NFL quarterback. Many of them didn’t have televisions at home. They had little idea who Jon Kitna was. No, this was something else. Something bigger. Something one of those two principals, Pat Erwin, considers in his office one recent day and finally calls: “The Kitna effect.”

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You hear so many sad stories about ex-athletes. It's great to find an inspirational story like this one. Maybe the world won't end after all.