I actually saw this picture over Dominic Dudley's shoulder today as he was working on HIS moral compass. It struck me for a multitude of different reasons, but the biggest way it struck me was because it reminds me of my good friend and former teaching partner Miriam Kaplan. I'm a pretty happy person. I sing in my head 24/7, I like to snack, and I can spend hours lost inside a good book. I love musical theatre, I love a warm cup of coffee (current favorite- pumpkin spice lattes in soy milk with no whipped cream from Starbucks), I love kittens. I grew up with a lot of love, and I do my best to emanate the same type of love, the same type of kindness into the world. When Miriam and I were working together, we were teaching an integrated Civics/Literature course, and her lectures taught me that sometimes, there are things to be unhappy about. Sometimes, there is injustice in the world. Sometimes, we are called to fight that injustice. It didn't change my demeanor-I'm still a rather happy person with the same quirks. It did give me a different pair of glasses to look at the world through--for that, I'm grateful.
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