God loves imperfect things
What a time life has been for the past few years. In my life there are 3 main institutions or organizations that I would say shaped a rather large part of who I am. Public education - Really just schooling in any form The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints The United States of America Those three things make me, me. And in my later adult years I feel like I've been slowly seeing the reality that none of those three things are perfect. They all have varying degrees of flaws. All three have wonderful things about them, but also pasts and histories that are frankly incredibly ugly at times. Like I always knew that public education was kind of a little bit of a mess but then I started studying for my masters degree and now I KNOW that it's kind of like a real mess. I don't even blame teachers who leave anymore. Sometimes I want to ask them what it's like on the other side. The murder of George Floyd was a real wake up call to me of how little I understood about