Note to Self:
Last September when the school year was just beginning, your "Dear Teacher" letter was published in Voices from the Middle journal.
This is worth revisiting today.
Among the things you wrote:
You know what to do.
You know you have to follow your heart and soul to give your students what they need.
You know education is about "How can I help you?"
You know things that can be measured are not the most important.
You know whose story to believe -- or at least you make a concerted attempt in every instance.
You know the purpose of education is to make good citizens. People worthy of being Americans. People who know the past, but believe in a better future.
You wrote all these thoughts over a year ago, a note to teachers everywhere. Your vision.
They all still apply -- in fact, in some ways, they apply more than ever.
Epilogue:
The only thing to add now is three questions. Three questions that get to the root of it all, that apply in nearly every piece of literature, every work of art, every conversation, every quest:
Where is the power?
Who can you trust?
How can you love more deeply?
Documented here, this day 8 June 2020
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