A strange and sad thing happened this week: one of my students died. He was here Monday, gone Tuesday, and on Wednesday they announced over the loudspeakers at school that he was dead. Today is Thursday, and there were memorial posters to him all over the quad. I kept thinking, "But he was just here..."
I didn't know him very well, he seemed nice. It's so surreal. We can disappear so easy. We all expect to be around for awhile, but we could be gone tomorrow. I know that we all hear this from time to time, but it's a lesson we need to re-learn again and again, it seems...
Anyways, I just let the kids talk today; it didn't seem right to teach grammar and vocabulary. And later, I finally was able to work out again, biking by the Santa Rosa Creek for about 30 minutes. Life goes on...
I didn't know him very well, he seemed nice. It's so surreal. We can disappear so easy. We all expect to be around for awhile, but we could be gone tomorrow. I know that we all hear this from time to time, but it's a lesson we need to re-learn again and again, it seems...
Anyways, I just let the kids talk today; it didn't seem right to teach grammar and vocabulary. And later, I finally was able to work out again, biking by the Santa Rosa Creek for about 30 minutes. Life goes on...
I myself am a Marine Corps combat vet, and know all too well how quickly life can be taken from one. Thus is why I now believe in...
Carpes Diem!
Seize the Day!