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John Sadler III

John Sadler III

Longtime substitute teacher and grandparent at Paideia Academy, a classical Christian school in Knoxville, TN, known affectionately as "Granddad."

Sep 25, 2026

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24:43
So first question for you is what have you inherited or learned from your grandfather that you hope to that that you hope shows up in your own vocation and the life that you're trying to lead right now?
24:54
That's a great question.
24:55
Well, desire to support and be a part of christian education particularly classical christian ed is a big part of it which we talked about at dinner a lot last night with granddad and meemaw a bunch um that's one of the biggest things that stuck uh and i've been to the accs conference and i've read some of the classical books after graduating college kind of going back to that the stuff that I grew up in and rereading why it's important.
25:23
And, um, and so going back over some of that material really reminded me of how important that is and how much, which is something that he established.
25:32
Um, I'm trying to think other, another big thing that he modeled, well, two big things.
25:37
One was financial frugality.
25:39
So granddad's always been a very frugal person and very thoughtful with money.
28:32
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