A Hand Up: Walk Along and Understand

“I’ve said before that you have the toughest job there is: that of combining relationship with academics.” It is his respect for kids, for teachers, and for the balancing act they both perform that comes through in Chris Crutcher’s anecdote of being there for one child. There is wisdom for all of us in his words: “Most of the time you can’t fix it, but you can walk along and understand.”