Books and Baseball

 In looking back at the times in my life where my students are now; the end of high school and thinking about "new" directions for life experiences, I can see things boiling down to a couple of choices. The academic side seemed obvious, where my father had always encouraged my brother and I to go to college and get an education that would help us in life the push was toward learning. The athletic side, in hindsight, was much less so, even though I had a cousin that became a professional athlete I realized that the odds were against the average young person. School became important and photography became more and more a part of my artistic endeavor. I feel like I took the right path for me.