The Real Talent

I have been Co-Directing the talent show at my school. This is certainly not an extraordinary event. It is done in thousands of schools across the country every year. It does, however, allow a teacher to reflect and to see his or her students in a different light. This is the light of the future. Getting up on stage is scary. Putting in the time to prepare is difficult with so many other priorities. Lastly, it requires a lot of effort. This evening about 25 students will come out of their shells, get on stage and be the best that they can be. They will sing, dance, rap, coordinate behind the scenes stuff and function like a well oiled machine. These young men and women are the real talent that will be needed to address the awesome challenges facing them as adults. We owe them a lot more than we have given them thus far. I look at our leaders, bickering politically, not doing the job that they were sent to Washington to do. Fighting over labels, and votes, and skin color and Wall Street and on and on and on. Where is their talent? Not to be seen right now unfortunately. I wish our Congress could go back in time and think about their own days as students, performing on stage at their own talent shows. Back then, they were the real talent. I only hope they can find their voices again. Break a leg kids. Where are you Americans for reason and truth?