Today I want to tell you the story of one of my students. He was a bully at school. And then some time after the release we met with him. And that's what he told me: "Growing up, I was always just a joke. I played every sport from basketball to wrestling; and everything else in my life came in a distant second to being an athlete. Something about the poise and power being an athlete required resonated with me. I’ve had a competitive streak from day one, my parents tell me. At the ripe old age of five, I had my mother time me with a stopwatch to see how fast I could make my bed, and I was always trying to beat my best time. During my sophomore year in high school, though still an avid athlete, I found myself equally drawn to academic achievement. I was a good athlete, but I knew I wasn’t going to the NBA, so I placed all of my competitive drive into school (well, maybe not all of it). I was drawn to the study of law by my older cousin Jeff, who just got his B.S. and is ...
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