Pretend that Neil Armstrong was writing the typical assignment for the first-day back to primary school: "What I Did on My Summer Vacation." Although the first man to walk on the moon was an engineering professor at the University of Cincinnati when he wrote this, he had a great sense for how to relate to children. Those who read it must have smiled.

(First-man-on-the-moon and former UC professor Neil Armstrong died Aug. 25, 2012, at 82 years of age.)

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