"Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money; It is a process, a never-ending one."
-bel kaufman
after hearing the news of my hiatus from teaching, my friend and mentor, mark, told me tonight:
"my favorite memory of our trip to mexico was you and i sitting by ourselves one night at the table in jose's aunt and uncle's house -- and you said (something like), 'you know, mark, i think i'll stay here and not return to chicago.' you said it with such calm and serenity that i believed you and i had no intention of dissuading you."