Dear Humans,

On Friday you got your report cards. The important thing to remember about your report cards is that what’s on them is just numbers. (You’ll start getting letter grades next year.) And those numbers are only attempts to describe the path that you’ve traveled so far this school year.

But just because you’ve walked on a path this far doesn’t mean you have to stay on that path. The path you’re on now is not your destiny. It’s true that many people, for better or worse, stay on a few well-trod paths. Because those paths are clear and the walking is easy.

But the world is a jungle. Knowledge is a map to the unexplored. And your will and want are machetes in your hand, ready to clear a path to anywhere you’d like to go. I’ll hold the torch for you. 

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt