What It Was Like to Be Tim Walz’s Student in High School

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been on fire lately. Two weeks after his quip that Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are “just weird” went viral, he has been launched onto the national stage as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate. But Walz’s former students at Mankato West High School, where he taught geography for over 10 years, aren’t all that surprised that he has become an overnight sensation. Hours after Harris officially announced she had selected Walz as her vice president, I called up Noah Hobbs, a former student at...