A Guileless Man Destroyed in His Honorable Grave
Have you ever had a really great teacher? Somebody who made a permanent difference in your life? Now, imagine that some ambitious academic decides that this teacher, this great teacher, makes a perfect patsy for a career move based on political correctness. Why is he a perfect patsy? Because he's seven years dead before you bring your first accusation of sexual misconduct. That is the present plight of Paul Suerken, for generations a revered and beloved figure at Mercersburg Academy, which has somehow managed its way onto Business Insider 's list of the 50 Most Elite Boarding Schools in the United States. I don't know what to do first. Tell you about Paul Suerken the man and the teacher, or about the foul letter I received from the Head of School and the President of the Board of Regents denouncing and destroying his entire life and career in furtherance of one woman's ambition to be head of school in the Grottlesex world. Evidence? Drummed up hearsay, 20 years...