Or, perhaps, they've already prepared. In the foreground, a Bud Light can, left for those among us who have the wherewithal to take it the extra 20 feet to the trash can.
One of my least inspired photographs, so far, but reflective of my mood.
They say it takes a village to raise a child. Part of that village, of course, is found in college. One hopes that exposure to the larger, responsible population, the student who left this can in the quad will learn how to live with the planet that he or she will inherit.
As an instructor at a premier institution, I think it's important to remind students that they cannot depend on being able to look elsewhere for solutions to the problems that confront us. They will be asked, in one way or another, to use their collective leverage to move the world. Whether they are teachers of their own children, firefighters, lawyers, engineers, architects, politicians, or teachers of others in that same village, they have a responsibility to help show others a best way forward. I firmly believe this, but it is also very clear that education, taken over time, has a long way to go and, on occasion, appears to be losing ground. I remain optimistic.
Don't kick the can down the road. Pick it up.
