On This First Day of School Remembering one Sixteen Years Ago

It was the first day of school for my new cohort of fourth graders here in our New York City private school.  Those kids are now moving on with their lives and the ones I’m going to meet in a few hours were not alive back then. But they will find a mascot of sorts in the classroom — ladybugs. I will hid 18 of them and when they come into the classroom each child will be required to find one. That will relax them and give me a chance to explain the ladybugs.

Why Ladybugs?

Because September 11...