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Movies Make the Man

As a teacher, I know that many boys read only when school requires them to do so. But all of them like movies.
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Movies Make the Man
NEIGHBORS:(L-R) Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), Thao (Bee Vang), Vu (Brooke Chia Thao), Grandma (Chee Thao) and Sue (Ahney Her) in a scene from the Clint Eastwood directed Gran Torino. Anthony Michael Rivetti/Warner Bros. Pictures
Jeff Minick
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Becoming a man can be tough these days.
Manhood doesn’t occur by accident or by simply growing older. Boys model their behavior on others. The lucky ones have as their exemplars fathers, uncles, grandfathers, and mentors such as coaches or Scout leaders. 
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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