Synthesis

Ok. So I went for a walk. I've been doing that surprisingly regularly since the turn of the new year. Lifting too. But uhhh... oh yeah. I went for a walk and about halfway through I got a yelp from one of the students that attends Crest. This guy is the future of the vaunted Charger offense--which is stellar in large part due to the new offensive coordinator... hahaha.

But this guy rolled down his window and gave me a shout. I responded with my patented finger point in the air. I'm down, what can I say? But as he was driving off I began to think about this post. This is kind of an amendment to the previous rant on the spectre of the new economy and its effects on the status quo.

This student was billed to me as a trouble maker. I haven't had him in class, but I do engage him in the hallway. I acknowledge him and he responds. We talk about LT--his favorite RB--and the Denver Broncos--who are super bowl bound!. All this to say, that I don't want the previous post to reflect that I have a defeatist attitude towards the next generation. I don't believe that there are many if any human beings that cannot be redeemed and guided towards the proper path. Or whatever you want to call it.

I do believe in the potential of humanity. If I didn't I wouldn't be in the education field. So, I am skeptical of many of the assumptions made by the author of The Whole New Mind, but I'm not skeptical that if we as a society will focus on the proper methods and goals then we can begin to transform the current situation--as bleak as it may seem sometimes.

All this while I listen to the "Captain and the Kid" by Mr. Buffett.

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