Normally with my blogs, I try to be funny, but tonight I'm taking a serious tone because one of my former students is being buried tomorrow. He, at age 18, was killed in a car accident early Friday morning while on his way back from Austin with a group of friends. His death and the deaths of other students of mine are the reason for this blog.
Youth does not equal invincibility, though you may think otherwise. Please, please, please think before you act. If your mother or English teacher would not think something is a good idea, don't do it. The people who love you (including those teachers) want you in this world for a long time.
Thank you Byron, Joe, Joseph, Siobahn, and Jamie for allowing me to get to know you.
Rest in peace.
