Dear Humans,

The classroom is a special place. It’s unlike any other you’ll inhabit in your lives. It’s not the home, it’s not the workplace. It’s a learning place where you have to take risks and be vulnerable. And that’s a really scary thing to do in front of your peers. 

And you can only do that if you have each others’ backs. That means you do the things you say you’ll do and give each other the grace and space to make mistakes and learn from them.

It doesn’t mean you have to be besties. I don’t talk to very many of my old classmates. But when I do run into them, we have a whole lot to talk about because we’ve spent so much time together. And I know they’ll always have my back.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt