I was a student of John Branson's in Naknek, Alaska.
I had him for social studies and I remember he provided
each student with a copy of the Anchorage Times daily.
It was the time of the oil lease sales in Prudhoe Bay
and reading about it in the paper ($900 million!)
was fascinating. Hearing him trying to pronounce some
of the students last names was priceless.
His accent was fun too!
He really made that region of Alaska his home.