A Student's Reflection On Life

I just received this quote in a an email from an English teacher reading final exam essays. These are the words of a student from my high school:

“I truly believe that the good will always outweigh the bad. I know for a fact that my faith in this idea will waiver, adults show me this every day. Only a handful of people I know over forty seem to enjoy life. Of that handful, probably half of them are teachers, a career that I don’t believe I’m outgoing enough to follow.”

There is a lot there to think about packed into a pretty small amount of writing. This one made me think for a while.