This morning, we ventured out of MEvBLOG Central and watched the inauguration with a group of students at Ozen High School. (not pictured)
These kids were enraptured by the ceremony - some so caught up that during both the invocation and benediction, they too bowed their heads.
One student, a junior named Terrell Raville, couldn't quite articulate what it all meant to him, so he put his thoughts into a composition called "My Greatest Fear."
Raville wrote:
"My greatest fear is that my children, and my children’s children, not recognize the progress that has been made so that an African American can become President.
The standards have risen and must never be satisfied when it comes to success.
Know our history, because history repeats itself. Do that, and our future will forever gradually expand."
MEvBLOG has a lot of readers...OK "a lot" might be generous...but we have several readers and none of them fit into a singular mold. Not everyone we know is happy that Obama is our president but, today, that shouldn't really matter.
Even through a mist of different values, we should all try to look for a better future, and that's what this day is all about.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Save the Date - 1/20/09
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3 comments:
To Terrill,
That's a lovely and moving statement and it's every word of it true. I salute your insight and you talent in seeing the future so clearly at such a young age. Anne
Agreed, but history books and classes only go so far. Good teachers are important, but sometimes the best teachers are parents and grandparents for keeping history alive. My dad's stories about the labor union and credit union movements inspired a lifetime of political activism. My mom worrying about her Catholicism changed after Kennedy was elected. Keeping these family histories alive is very important, but it will be up to you to pass them on to the next generation.
RE: Anne & PJ
Well said. Both of you.
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