Moving on and Moving out

In my experience, life has often been representative of the earth's seasons. The seasons all have beginnings and they all have ends, they are all unpredictably unpredictable, and they all distinctly unique from the other. These last two years have been a unique and unpredictable season in my life. Engaged then married, lived in a barn for 4 months (sorry Meg), taught in an affluent suburban school then a farming rural one, made better through the tough first year of marriage, helped coach varsity football, and finally, decided to switch careers and move once again.

Students have asked me in these last days school of the year, "what are you going to do now?" To answer them, I really don't know. I do know I have a great deal about communication, organization, planning, and student discipline. Kids still get themselves in the same messes that we got into while in high school only now they have much cooler technology to do it with. But to be honest I really do not know what plan God has for me next. I have faith that through some persistence and hard work things are going to work out just fine.

To my memory of Rushville:

Rushville has been a unique and challenging season in my life. I think it is one I will always look back on fondly, however It makes me sad to know I will never see some of these students again. That some will go to prison, some will die of cancer or car wrecks, some may have babies out of marriage, and some will continue to live destructive lives just as their parents had taught them to live. On the optimistic side, it gives me great hope to know that many will go to college, start families, careers, work hard, and achieve great things in this world. Many will make good choices while in college, lay down their lives in the arm forces, and invent new gadgets to make our lives easier.

Although, I am moving forward, I will continue to remember the Rushville Lions. Thank you for a great year, and good luck in the years to come.


Mr. Applegate