I saw a meme yesterday—the day when many middle and high school students we staging walk outs in protest to pressure for more gun control legislation. The meme, posted below, must be controversial, because it disappeared from my social media.
While I respect the concerns of our young people and educators, I can’t help but believe that actions called for in the words of this meme will be more impactive than the planned walkouts because it gets to the heart of the problem. I believe we need to combat evil, not (just) what evil does.
–Walk UP to the kid who sits ALONE and ask him to join your group.
–Walk UP to the kid who never has a voluntary partner and offer to be hers.
–Walk UP to your teachers and thank them!
–Walk UP to someone and JUST BE NICE!
Imagine the effect we can have on others (school-aged or otherwise) by doing just these simple acts. These acts can change lives—they can, ultimately, save lives!
Carpe momento!
