Someone to Sit in the Foxhole: A Grandfather’s Speech That Changed Everything

at the principal now. “We’re already scared all the time. We just don’t say it because nobody wants to hear it.”

Silence.

Maya looked at me again.

“When he talked yesterday,” she said, quieter, “it was the first time an adult didn’t talk at us like we’re either lazy or perfect. He talked to us like we’re human.”

My throat tightened.

Maya’s chin lifted. continue reading …