dear doc

i wrote an email to a former professor of mine just now. thought i'd put it on here...

greetings Dr. [former professor of r. wilborn],

this is reggie. i just wanted to email you to let you know what is going on my world.

i moved to ny city
i've started grad school at st. johns university in queens
i'll be teaching 7th grade math in brooklyn come september (math, ha, go figure)

that's about it right now. i plan to add more to that list once i get situated my non-existent apartment. in the coming months, i plan to...

join a boxing class (much to my girlfriends dis-approval)
learn to play the guitar
coach a youth sports team
start grant-writing (a step
toward a much bigger goal later)

over the past months of post-graduation, i've learned one major thing: no one ever really graduates. this is something i should have picked up on after graduating middle school. standing in the auditorium, 13 years old, grinning ear to ear, i was filled with a sense of accomplishment. then someone said to me, now all you have to do is get through high school. after high school, standing in the auditorium, filled with a sense of accomplishment, someone said, now all you have to do is get through college. now, after college, no one has to say it. it should be understood. i have to get through life. i'll never stop learning, whether it be in or out the classroom. there is no such thing as "summer break". there is no such thing as stopping a while". there's no such thing as "out of school". this is school. and over the last few months, i have realized and accepted that i'll be in school for the rest of my life.

thank you for your help in that realization.
i'll stop by to visit when i return.

sincerely,

reggie wilborn