Notes From Public School - Day 149

Notes From Public School - Day 149

Today, I wore one of my favorite t-shirts to school.

I’m a graphic t-shirt, comfortable khakis and Chuck Taylors tennis shoe kind of guy.

You have to get past my grumpy clothes to get to my curious mind and tender heart.

The color of today’s t-shirt was green.

That’s my school’s color.

Down the front right side of the t-shirt were the letters L, I, F and E. 

Life.

That’s what happens at my school every day, in all it’s myriad shapes, sizes, colors and expressions.

I’m thankful to be a part of that life.

Down the front left side of the t-shirt are six precepts -

1. To See The World

2. Things Dangerous To Come To

3. To See Behind Walls

4. Draw Closer

5. To Find Each Other

6. And To Feel

You might recognize those six precepts as the mission statement for Life Magazine, and you would be correct.

Still, if some asks me, “What would you like to be when you grow up?” I answer, “I’d like to be a writer for Life Magazine.

I’m kind of a modern day Walter Mitty.

I’d just like to be the journalist instead of the explorer.

Or maybe I’d like to be an exploring journalist.

Hmmm.

But, you know, playing dodge ball with a bunch of 9 and 10 year olds every day, and learning about Louis Braille with them, and teaching them to write stories is being an exploring journalist.

I may not be a writer for Life Magazine.

But I am a writer for Life.

And I’m thankful to be able to be and do that.