The majority of my students, all of whom I love dearly, are African American. I don’t think I have ever conveyed to them that I have ever realized, that as hard and crappy as my life has been, it was never that way because of the color of my skin. While I really wanted to get my son Austin’s and Tim’s graduation into a strip, I couldn’t leave out Tim’s best friend Rami because Rami represents the apprehension and fear most of my kids possess, and because of that, we have some serious talking points to discuss when we get back in the fall.

LOVE EACH OTHER, because love covers a multitude of sins,

Mr. Z