I have worked at the Robert Louis Stevenson School
over the past twenty years. During that
time I have witnessed the wonderful work it has performed and continues to
perform on behalf of bright adolescents who lack a strong sense of self,
minimize their own potential, efforts, and achievements and who find it
difficult to effectively deal with the myriad of obstacles they encounter as
they try to navigate the high school educational landscape. Not only have I been a witness to Stevenson’s
effective work on behalf of these children, but I have myself benefited from
working within its system. I credit
Stevenson’s educational philosophy with, in part, helping me in my growth as an
individual and as a professional. I have
always said that its philosophy has helped me tremendously in becoming a better
parent, as over the years I have applied those principles in bringing up my own
children.
I believe that the quality of maturation that I achieved
over the years from being at Stevenson (a not-for-profit organization) also
resulted in my being able to bring to completion my just published digital book
of poetry, Musings from Outside theUniversal. In fact, I only began to
seriously write poetry during my sojourn at Stevenson. In this regard, in an effort to say “Thank
You” on a personal level and chiefly because of its outstanding work with
adolescents I have decided to allocate all proceeds coming to me from the sale
of Musings From Outside the Universal
to the Stevenson School. I have always
wanted to find a way to show my gratitude to Stevenson, and I can think of no
other way to do so.
