Introductions Please

Good Afternoon I’m Tom remember how a new book smells? This is an electronic version of that. We are ‘cracking the spine’ of a brand new book.

I’m one of those second career people. I’m not sure I like that moniker but it is what I am. I chose this path and I am happier (terrified) for it. The corners of my world have been far flung, from New York to Arizona, Wisconsin to Georgia. I have met interesting people and boring people, mean people and kind ones. I have worked with people from all over the world, from six of the seven continents. I love talking to people who are from or have been to interesting places, especially places from outside the U.S.

I am interested in the intersection of Education and Civic Engagement. I want to be part of educating the next generations to build a better world for themselves. I want to teach people of all ages that much like the trend to buy local food, government and civic engagement is most important when its close to home. I want students to know there may be an age requirement for voting but there isn’t one on civic participation.