Saturday, March 7, 2020
On arriving to Lakewood from England Mr. Neighbors was my 6th grade teacher at Idlewild Elementary! He was a teacher that commanded respect, was fair to us all and was a nice guy! It was tough for me coming from England for many reasons and Mr. Neighbors as I remember did a lot to help me get fit in within the class! In 6th Grade we had a Sex Ed film and Pat Obrien asked why boys got Boners! We all laughed so damn hard even Mr. Neighbors! You had to have been there! But he answered the question professionally and as an adult should! Even as a little kid I gained respect for him by the way he answered that question! What a great man he was in my world as a kid! James Pennington!