When Franklin D. Roosevelt was president and a loaf of bread cost about 8 cents, Paul Miller began teaching.

That was 1934, and the 93-year-old Miller has been teaching math ever since.

Miller currently teaches calculus at Baltimore�s Ner Israel High School and has been instructing students in private and public schools, from elementary to college, for 75 consecutive years, WBAL-TV�s Deborah Weiner reported.

That covers a span of an estimated 27,000 school days.

�I think if I stop, I�d rust apart,� Miller said.

He has taught for 51 years at Ner Israel and has taught thousands of Maryland students with his trademark stress-free, mellow style.

�He just keeps going and going, learning more new tricks and new things to teach his kids,� said the school�s principal, Jacob Schuchman.

Students at the school have fathers and grandfathers who were taught by Miller.

�Mr. Miller has remained steady through the years,� said student Gavi Guttman, 16. �Not one generation, not two generations, but three.�

Miller is the son of Lithuanian immigrants, Weiner reported. His mother was illiterate, and his father was an indentured servant and self-taught math expert.

When Miller first started teaching, he made copies with a jellygraph, which involved the transfer of an original to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad. He recalled the Reynolds ballpoint pen as an invention that helped him.

Family members said Miller has never been officially recognized for his decades of work.

�It�s not going to affect our lives one way or another, but it would be really nice for his grandchildren to appreciate a grandfather who had this remarkable achievement,� said his daughter, Lisa Miller.

Weiner reported that Paul Miller�s children have made a case with Guinness World Records that he has the longest career as an accredited teacher.

Guinness currently recognizes a Brazilian woman who started teaching at age 12 and taught 96 years, Weiner reported.

Miller said he�s OK with that.

�I�m already in a book of records,� he said. �I�m in the telephone book. Who needs it?�

His son, Jeffrey Miller, said, �He feels like he is the wealthiest man in the world. He�s always taught us, �A wealthy man is happy with his lot in life.��

Paul Miller said he believes deeply that a man who loves his job will never work a day in his life.

He has taught at Southern High School, the former City High School, Hopkins, Loyola, Essex, Catonsville Community College and others, Weiner reported.

�I�d like to go on for a long time,� he said. �Who knows?�

(Source: WBAL TV)