To start the 2019-2020 school year at San Jacinto Unified School District in a slightly different way, a team of teachers at De Anza Elementary were inspired to personally deliver, and not just make phone calls, a special welcome to the 72 families of kindergarteners about to experience their first day of school.
We ask ourselves, why can’t people stay in their own countries, why do so many leave their places of birth, their unique cultures and languages, their loved relatives and in a word their entire lives, to emigrate to other latitudes where they are not welcome?
We all remember this age-old saying, meant to encourage us to complete our tasks in a timely manner, do our chores as soon as possible, and meet life’s challenges as they raise their ugly head. Finish your work now rather than postpone it for a later time.
(Growing up Hillbilly)
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After my father deserted us, my life alternated between city and farm until I started to school in 1932,...