Dear Humans,

I notice that the students who shush their classmates the loudest are almost always the ones who most often need shushing themselves. 

Because we see our own flaws most clearly in other people. (Just wait till you have children.) If we’re wise, we recognize those flaws as belonging to ourselves, and we take some steps to fix them. If not, those flaws grow. Because nothing feeds our flaws like a lack of self-awareness.

If you reflect on your own behavior and learn from it, then you’re starting to get it. If you learn something about yourself from the behavior of others, then you’re really living right.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt