I needed to talk to my dad. My dad who had been to war, who had seen its horrors, who suffered from its nightmares, my dad who was a good man, the best man I’d ever known, who, along with my uncle, I wanted to honor by teaching military kids—my dad, the only one who I would believe if he would just tell me I could be good, too, that I could do right by my students, because for sure they were going to suffer. It’s just cause and effect. We’re at war. The military fights wars. I teach military kids. I’d never served, but now I could make a difference. I just needed my dad to tell me what to do, to tell me I was good enough to get it done.
Tucker ElliotStichwörter: education 9-11 military iraq germany terrorism afghanistan korea dodds tucker-elliot
This is my worst fear. It’s not keeping my students safe from terrorists, it’s knowing what to do when the Chaplain comes to take Johnny out of class because not letting the terrorists win means sometimes the good guys are going to die. And those good guys have kids, and they’re sitting in my classroom.
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The meeting began well, meaning it had the potential for being short.
Tucker ElliotStichwörter: education 9-11 military iraq germany terrorism afghanistan korea dodds tucker-elliot
We all lose people. We all have to live in the aftermath. It’s how we move forward that counts, but sometimes we are tethered to something in our past that won’t let us move forward.
Tucker ElliotStichwörter: education 9-11 military iraq germany terrorism afghanistan korea dodds tucker-elliot
For your own security it’s imperative you blend in with the native population.
Tucker ElliotStichwörter: education 9-11 military iraq germany terrorism afghanistan korea dodds tucker-elliot
The look of a smug teacher is priceless.
Tucker ElliotStichwörter: education 9-11 military iraq germany terrorism afghanistan korea dodds tucker-elliot
DPRK translates to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—and if the words Democratic and Republic sound like a good thing, well, it’s oxymoronic because the Korea we’re talking about here is the communist one in the North, and when I said the pastor’s father was their guest, what I really meant is he was shot down, captured, tortured, and held prisoner by a depraved enemy in what today can only be described as a failed state.
Tucker ElliotStichwörter: education 9-11 military iraq germany terrorism afghanistan korea dodds tucker-elliot
There are more good people than bad people, and overall there’s more that’s good in the world than there is that’s bad. We just need to hear about it, we just need to see it.
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It’s hard to describe being an expatriate of sorts to people who’ve never lived overseas, but when you’re an American living in a geographically separated region within a country like Korea, you form bonds with people who you’d never associate with stateside.
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A son for a flag is a lot of sacrifice.
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