HUMBOLDT ? Magistrate Judge Leo Gensweider, who serves Neosho and Wilson counties in the 31st district court, hated school.
?The further I went, the more I hated it. I hated law school so much.?
But, Gensweider said, ?I also realized (school) is the most important thing I?m going to do in my life. The way I went from poverty to being successful was a good education, and that can still happen to anybody in this country if you are willing to work hard and study hard. Don?t take it lightly. Don?t blow it.?
Gensweider was one of three judges who spoke to Humboldt High School students Monday. Joining him were G. Gordon Atcheson, a judge with the Kansas Court of Appeals, and Tod Davis, magistrate judge for Allen and Wilson counties. The judges spoke to area students Monday; today, a three-judge panel will hear oral arguments in four cases at Chanute High School.