When I was in eighth grade at Rancho Junior High School in Milpitas, CA, I had a civics teacher named Mrs. Forte. She was a great teacher and an inspiration in my life.

On the final day of school, when everyone was getting their yearbooks signed, Mrs. Forte wrote something in my yearbook that I considered very odd at the time. She wrote "Andy - I look forward to reading award-winning science fiction by you in the future".

So I'm looking for her now to send her a copy of The M...artian. :)