I had dinner with a former student, Alex Keeling, in Washington, DC, over the summer. Alex is extremely intelligent, and leaves me in his dust. We spoke of the coming election, and he predicted a win for Clinton. I appreciated that, but did not want anything to seem so easy. It never is. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. . . etc. We spent several hours at a Afghan restaurant, talking politics. He works for the government, but was curious what a Trump presidency would look like. Me, I was worried. It didn't seem to phase him. This surprised me very much. What comes, comes. I could not wrap my mind around such a thought. When the election came and went, my daughters were very upset. My family was quietly excited. My friends were in shock. The world turned upside down.
We are now 100 days in to a presidency that defies all traditional logic. With all the lessons I shared about how government works, I am reminded why the social studies is an art, not a science. You can tell yourself that the world makes sense, that it can be quantified, but I am telling you right now, there is a human side to this world defies logic. Above everything, we strive to remain human. And, everyday we learn something knew about the human nature.
