Full Text of HR0402 94th General Assembly
HR0402 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Fred Walk has served Normal Community High School | 3 |
| (NCHS), the community of Bloomington-Normal, and the State of | 4 |
| Illinois during his 33 years as a teacher of social science; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Walk has exceeded all teaching standards by | 7 |
| challenging his students to think critically and globally about | 8 |
| economics, history and geography; his teaching methods being so | 9 |
| effective that he was able to teach economics suited for a | 10 |
| college level in a way all students understood and appreciated; | 11 |
| history came to life as Mr. Walk's history class researched and | 12 |
| debated thoroughly some of the most difficult decisions that | 13 |
| faced our nation and our humanity, such as civil rights, | 14 |
| morality during war, and aid to impoverished countries; he | 15 |
| exuded a passion for the world we live in and was a consultant | 16 |
| to the National Geography Bee; he adorned his classroom with | 17 |
| maps of all parts of the earth; and
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| WHEREAS, Fred was not hesitant to show his lighter side by | 19 |
| telling funny stories about himself and his friends and family | 20 |
| or by telling homespun jokes, albeit sometimes recycled, such | 21 |
| as using the traffic light "walk" sign as his campaign reminder | 22 |
| if he ever ran for public office; his students often say he is | 23 |
| the best thing since sliced bread; and
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| WHEREAS, Fred Walk's tremendous work has been praised in | 25 |
| Illinois and across the nation when he received the | 26 |
| Distinguished Educator Award from the National Council for | 27 |
| Geographic Education, the Excellence Award from the Illinois | 28 |
| Education Association for Central Illinois, the State Farm Good | 29 |
| Neighbors Teacher Award, and several times was awarded the | 30 |
| Teacher of the Year by his students at NCHS; and
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| WHEREAS, Beyond these awards, Fred Walk's most important |
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| lesson was the impact he has had on all of his students; his | 2 |
| intellectual curiosity, compassion, dry humor, and drive for | 3 |
| achievement embodies an ideal that his students could take with | 4 |
| them for the rest of their lives; although his days of teaching | 5 |
| at NCHS draw to a close, the thoughts he instilled, the | 6 |
| questions he dared to ask, and the tolerance he demanded will | 7 |
| play on for future generations; as such, for the community in | 8 |
| which he taught, Mr. Walk will remain a part of its history; | 9 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we honor the remarkable 33-year teaching career of Fred Walk, | 13 |
| and thank him for his commitment and service to his students, | 14 |
| community, and the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Fred Walk as an expression of our respect and | 17 |
| esteem and with our best wishes for his retirement.
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