former student
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“He was a hell of a writer,” said screenwriter and former student Brianna Brown in an emailed statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
A former student says he ran middle distances, cross-country, and acted a role model for younger runners until he graduated in 2013.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
He becomes the host to a former student named Sabiha, who has fled her home because she is suspected—wrongly, she claims—of killing her husband in a fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
One former student, Mayur, now runs his own art classes and a small printing business.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
Rosh, identifying herself as a former student of Lott’s, praised her teacher’s intellect, his evenhandedness, his charisma.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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