Whenever I tell the story people always empathize with the fox, but I see the fox as a metaphor for sly, clever, underhandedness. Although, in the literal sense it was nice the furry guy got to live another day.
My older brother and wife live in CA. Their only son was murdered.
My brother had a long career managing brokerage firms. So was …
Whenever I tell the story people always empathize with the fox, but I see the fox as a metaphor for sly, clever, underhandedness. Although, in the literal sense it was nice the furry guy got to live another day.
My older brother and wife live in CA. Their only son was murdered.
My brother had a long career managing brokerage firms. So was used to public speaking.
After the murder he toured with a group that lectured at various High Schools.
He spoke candidly about his stint in Vietnam during some of the worst casualties, the government whom he felt sold out America, drugs, and his son’s subsequent murder.
The audience was spellbound. Fortunately for him the school administrator supported his speeches. This went on for ten years and he has quite literally thousands of random letters from kids whose lives he changed for the better.
Kids know the world is full of shit and respond favorably to someone giving them the unvarnished truth. Teachers would tell my brother they had students that remained in a shell all year that were utterly transformed after hearing him speak.
Until, the supportive administrator was replaced by a liberal woman. And he was told his services would no longer be required.
That makes a good point most people won't think about. Who do principals or administrators allow to speak to students ... and who don't they allow to speak to students.
It's the people the students never hear who could have made the biggest difference. What I wouldn't have given to be allowed to address some social studies classes in Covid times (at least when school had resumed). Nobody who thought like we do would be allowed to speak to students.
Whenever I tell the story people always empathize with the fox, but I see the fox as a metaphor for sly, clever, underhandedness. Although, in the literal sense it was nice the furry guy got to live another day.
My older brother and wife live in CA. Their only son was murdered.
My brother had a long career managing brokerage firms. So was used to public speaking.
After the murder he toured with a group that lectured at various High Schools.
He spoke candidly about his stint in Vietnam during some of the worst casualties, the government whom he felt sold out America, drugs, and his son’s subsequent murder.
The audience was spellbound. Fortunately for him the school administrator supported his speeches. This went on for ten years and he has quite literally thousands of random letters from kids whose lives he changed for the better.
Kids know the world is full of shit and respond favorably to someone giving them the unvarnished truth. Teachers would tell my brother they had students that remained in a shell all year that were utterly transformed after hearing him speak.
Until, the supportive administrator was replaced by a liberal woman. And he was told his services would no longer be required.
That makes a good point most people won't think about. Who do principals or administrators allow to speak to students ... and who don't they allow to speak to students.
It's the people the students never hear who could have made the biggest difference. What I wouldn't have given to be allowed to address some social studies classes in Covid times (at least when school had resumed). Nobody who thought like we do would be allowed to speak to students.