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
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
But resilience, ambition and self-awareness are traits that Darnold has long exhibited, according to his high school coach Jaime Ortiz, who remembers his former student as a wildly gifted but quietly driven kid.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
“The school is trying to keep up with that technology and teach what to expect in the field,” former student Christopher Hernandez, 36, said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 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
