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Through a democratic process, the teacher helps the politician to see that he did not know as much about what is important in running for public office as he thought he did. But since he valued constitutional process and respected this peskey opponent, he learned an important lesson: get to know the opposition and hear them out. He attends the teacher's night classes in civics and learns about things that he did not know are important for people to know who are running for public office. There were a couple of gems in the vignette; subtle messages of public wisdom: What Mark the politcian says he learned from his "teacher" in night classes: "To be true to yourself and strong in the truth." On the blackboard in the schoolroom: "Public office is a public trust." Only one annoying criticism: the canned laughter cheapened the effect of the lessons pursued.