I’ve seen and experienced a lot of things in life, but am fairly...

I’ve seen and experienced a lot of things in life, but am fairly sure I’ve never had a more surreal 48 hours. Yesterday, my son graduated from Carmen Northwest High School, where I teach. I will be forever grateful to have been able to present him his diploma in our drive through ceremony, which was amazing and much more personal than I thought it would be. Just a 24 hours earlier, I spent the day with @zandertomes and @odeosbourne, marching in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. While I’m proud of my son for how hard he worked, I’ll never forget how we spent the time before the biggest day of his life, and is what I’m happiest about. He spent two years attending the #urbanschool on #Milwaukee’s Northwest side, and his acceptance by students and overall experience couldn’t have been better. I also got to watch a group of young men I spent the past two years with get their diplomas too. I don’t have a clue what kind of world they’re heading into. The last few days have shown me this, though; a ton of people my age and older love to denigrate younger generations, but what I’ve seen, they’re all more than capable of repairing and improving a world that has been ridden hard and put away wet by several prior generations. The present is going to be hard, but there’s real hope for the future. I’ve seen it, and it’s impressive. (at Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

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