I once taught at a university where I had a class in which there was student who had a broken leg. It was in a cast. One class period I noticed Duane in a bit of distress so I asked him if there was anything I could do to help. He said it would help if he had an extra chair, maybe to rest his cast on. Unfortunately, every chair in our room was taken. The classroom next door was empty, so I went in and dragged over a chair for him. This took all of one minute.

When I put the chair in front of him, he said, "Prof, you're so gangster."

One of the prized compliments I've had a as a teacher.