True Milwaukee Hero

From Jsonline: "He usually wakes before dawn, before the call he knows will come, the call that will alert him that a teacher is out, a school needs help.
He listens to the voice on the other end of the telephone and jots down the assignment on a small calendar, dresses, then drives to work and faces a new day.
John Outlaw, 86, is a substitute teacher for Milwaukee Public Schools.
Depending on the day and the school, he'll teach math, science, English or history. He'll face a roomful of kids and try to get them to concentrate on the assignment at hand. He'll create a seating chart just to try to keep a handle on things, on names and faces." http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/58750327.html
Being a subsitute is a tough job. Being 86 years old and subbing take a very special person and Mr. Outlaw is a very special person.
His teaching career was difficult in the beginning:
Outlaw served in the Navy during World War II, attended college in Indiana, received teaching certification for secondary education and came to Milwaukee in 1950. It took him six years to land a job in the public school system - he says he was told that minorities weren't being used in secondary education and that he had to get his elementary certification. He worked in a factory, went back to school and waited.
No doubt about it, Mr. Outlaw is a true Milwaukee hero.