The Lion Trees: David
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
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I arched the chalk through the air from left hand to write. Let's get some more names on the board. Give me someone important. That goes way, way back. Let's go way back. Pull out all the stops. What do you got, Mr A Neue? Go for it. Who's your favorite historical figure? George Washington. Yes. Bam! On the board. I'm rolling. Who's next, Miss Kent? Let me have it. Abraham Lincoln. Okay, good. Good. Next, Alicia. Who's your favorite? George Washington. We already have him. Yeah, but he's my favorite. Okay, good. But give me some other important historical figure I can put up here so we can talk about what makes them influential today. But I like George one. You don't have to like the person. You just have to think they played an important role. Historically. Abraham Lincoln. I underline the name that, like George Washington's is already on the board. The pressure between my molars is beginning to show in my temples. Try again. Indiana Jones. My theory is that all optimists are of necessity. Historically challenged optimism is a kind of dementia caused by a weakness of memory, a pleasant byproduct of a serious mental deficiency. Optimists are not to be admired or emulated. They are to be pitied. Wiley Coyote was an optimist. Okay, Indiana Jones. Not a real person, but what the **** Indy goes on the board in ah, hard, sharp fray of fractured chalk next to the name that does not refer to the holy mother of God. Who else? Let's just go down the seating chart. Brian, give it your best. George Washington Dean, Abraham Lincoln. Kevin the Pope. Which Pope? I thought there was only one. My problem is that I have too good a grip on the past. This is probably why I am a history teacher and certainly why I am an optimist of the ephemeral, masochistic variety. This is why Tilly tells me I need to let go and move on. This is why every day is a new day on Lee for a little while. Like a rental sprayed with that new car fragrance. Certain aware off in a couple of hours. The smell of cigarettes and body odor is in that thing to stay. But such is the stench of history. Why don't I just put down Pope as a generic title rather than a particular person. Cash. Wanda Davis. You're next. Jesus, Francis. Jesus, Bill. Yeah, I'll have to go with Jesus to Mr Johns. So in a way, getting up in the morning believing that you are willing to start clean is optimism. It is a tiny hottie, perched crystal and sort of optimism. Bright, precious and exceedingly delicate. Please, no touching the optimist. Back away from the optimist. I wake up feeling good about the world and about me in it. Maybe for a now, er and a half or so while I take a shower and drink my coffee and feed my fish and drive to work. Then I start coming into contact with other humans. That is when everything goes inevitably straight to ****. Dirk Michael Jordan. In the end, optimism is simply faith, not faith in God. So much as faith in the living and faith in the living or in God requires more patience and suspended disbelief in my battered psyche can possibly endure. Sean Burt Reynolds, Shannon Gumby. It is 10 37 in the morning on the first day of school. They're young and perky and brimming with the future of our species. One by one, I want to rip their hearts out of their little chests