The subject of this article is a friend of mine. I’ve been following this whole drama unfold through his posts on Facebook. He quit a job at Goldman Sachs and left his native New York to teach in the Mississippi Delta through Teach For America; he still works with the students in that small town despite his two-year contract being long over. The last time he was in Philly, I asked him what moved him to stay at his placement school; he spoke of his commitment to his community in the Delta, and his desire to remain there and watch it flourish. I understood the feeling; I myself remain rooted to Philadelphia despite the friends who’ve moved away and the family back in Chicago. Maybe you understand the feeling too.
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