The Teacher Who Changed My Life, Married Me to My Wife and Never Left My Side (Exclusive)

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By Carly Tagen-Dye, Brian PlatzerFeb 22, 2026, 9:00 am81 pts
In an exclusive essay, author Brian Platzer writes of Mr. Keating, the influential teacher who inspired his new novel 'The Optimists'

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