News My mother never gave up on my brother. Because of her, I never give up on my students. May 12, 2019May 12, 2019Larry Strauss, Opinion columnistComments Off on My mother never gave up on my brother. Because of her, I never give up on my students. My actress mom believed her severely disabled son would get better until he died at 44. I've carried that lesson through 3 decades of teaching teens.