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“Well, it was a tough choice. So I said ‘Peggy’”—John got quiet before continuing—“‘I appreciate this, but it isn’t too good.’ So Peggy went to my mother and learned how to make spaghetti better than her.” And with a grin he added, “At least that’s what I tell Peggy.”

As class was winding down, John called Luke up to see how many of the sixty-two other students he could name. Before Luke began, John inquired, “What is your grade point average?”

“3.85,” Luke replied.

Not to be outdone, John retorted, “Pretty good. But I had a 4.0 in college—one point each year. That’s a 4.0, right?”

Luke smiled in agreement and then went about his task, correctly identifying the first eleven students in class. When he finally got stumped and decided to skip a student, John corrected him. “Introduce yourself.”

Luke worked his way through the classroom and introduced himself to each student he didn’t know. He always said, “Nice to meet you,” upon learning someone’s name for the first time. He ended up knowing forty students by name and introducing himself to twenty-two new friends.