School

Thomas Hemminger

November 26, 2023

A place where people come to learn,

where everybody gets their turn

to change themselves from the inside out.

Classrooms where questions are good,

where every voice is understood,

for people are not free who cannot doubt.  

School is for the growing,

those who strain in search of knowing

what the universe has displayed before their eyes. 

May we never let it fail.

Our own past tells the tale, 

want of learning is how community dies. 

Thomas Hemminger is an elementary music teacher living in Dallas, Texas. His personal hero is Mr. Fred Rogers, the creator of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. It was through America’s favorite “neighbor” that Thomas learned of the importance of loving others, and of giving them their own space and grace to grow.