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Andžs Rātminders is the man who worked in Vecpiebalga Parish School for 63 years. He was a notable teacher, a sacristan and a church chairman in Vecpiebalga. He was born on 18 March 1805 in Vecpiebalga "Zeikari" farmstead and died on 11 January 1887. he was a purposeful, good, generous man. People who lived in Vecpiebalga named him School father, because they loved him and his kindly job. In childhood when he went to school he used to learn hard. He enjoyed Latvian and Calculation, German and Russian languages, he loved singing corals. Later he got the church organist`s job, because he could play the organ. The local pastor helped him a lot although we can say that Andžs Rātminders was a self-taught teacher. At that time the government of Sweden gave him earth where later he built a new school. Vecpiebalga Parish School prepared schoolmasters not only for Vecpiebalga, but for the neighborhood too. This school was one of the most intelligent schools in the region of Vidzeme. The people of Vecpiebalga may have been the first people in the world to eradicate illiteracy completely in the 1830`s. At least, that is what we can read in some historical documents. I am glad that Andžs Rātminders is the man who helped other people. He taught them to be strong, he urged them to get out of the habit of drinking too much. Although he is said to have been a conservative man he supported the new ideas in education, agriculture and other spheres of life. He worked for the future - he educated the new generation. He was an example of an excellent teacher, he helped to eradicate the illiteracy. If he had not be born and lived in Vecpiebalga, we would have a different life now here in Vecpiebalga.