Role model

Re “Doc’s a chart topper,” Column One, Jan. 3

I understand that Morris Collen is not your typical doctor, nor is he your typical senior citizen. Just the fact that he is still working to “keep the marbles rolling in his head” and walking laps around his assisted-living building for exercise make him atypical. One of the things he does not like about assisted living is being a “spectator.” Collen, I believe, is an American icon we should all try to model.

Chris Barnes

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The writer is a high school student.