Raised in Hawaii and schooled at Punahou, Stanford, and the University of Sussex, S. Bret Breneman has taught English on all levels and in several countries for over forty years. His most famous fo...ver maisRaised in Hawaii and schooled at Punahou, Stanford, and the University of Sussex, S. Bret Breneman has taught English on all levels and in several countries for over forty years. His most famous former student is Barack Obama, whom he taught as an eighth grader at Punahou School in Honolulu. He is the author of an epic poem entitled Heroes of the Dawn, a children’s book, and numerous poems and articles. He is married and has six children and ten grandchildren.ver menos