<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>LBJ taught history at Sam Houston High School. (He was the head of the history department, too.)<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Ruth Bader-Ginsburg taught history in high school -- and also taught law school.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Which other American political leaders were previously classroom teachers (or college professors)?<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>To my mind, when you've spent time teaching, your skills at empathy are further developed. LBJ admitted<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>that his time as a teacher influenced a lot of his thinking later in life.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__">-- <br></div><div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com<br>http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html<br>http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro<br>http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"></div></div></div></body></html>