Once in a while, I'll read something that humbles me to the point of bowing my head in shame. The recent piece in the Washington Post by Thomas Day, an Iraq War veteran, Penn State Graduate and product of the Second Mile Foundation (the organization started by accused child molester Jerry Sandusky) has done that at a level I didn't think possible.
His voice perfectly summarizes the last decade in this country and how all of us that are older have failed him. Sure, he points the finger at a few very specific people but it's really the elders as a whole that have destroyed his faith. Even though I don't know Thomas Day, as an educator of the next generation, I'm still responsible. His words are damning, as well they should be, and we must heed them.
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