The Lessons I Learned

One year in Tulsa. Many lessons learned.

1. All children in this nation truly do not receive an equal education.
2. I am not meant to work in the inner city (at least at this point in my life).
3. Parenting classes should be required.
4. The education system in America is more broken than the vast majority of citizens know.
5. I continue to need to practice patience.
6. Children are exposed to too much, too soon.
7. Racism is still very much alive (and sometimes in reverse).
8. The welfare system is incredibly and sickeningly taken advantage of.
9. People are crazy.
10. Traffic is stupid.
11. Adults often yell at other adults.
12. Teachers are underestimated, undervalued, and underpaid.
13. People who are not in education think they can fix it.
14. Relationships are really hard.
15. Family is extremely important.
16. I'm not as strong as I thought I was.
17. I have a lot to learn about walking in the Spirit.
18. Kids literally forget all rules the last few weeks of school.
19. We live in a fallen, selfish, prideful, ugly world.
20. I am no exception to the above statement.

The list could go on, but I'll stop there for now. There will surely be more posts regarding some of these or other topics as I seek to process my experiences over the past year. I has been hard, good, bad, enlightening, and all together insane. I don't know where I stand right now, but I'm seeking normalcy.