The middle school held their annual "Career Day" today. I had convinced Douglas to participate since I don't have a career and most people find his career pretty darn interesting. I also thought it was important that those suburban, upper middle class, white kids heard from a blue collar guy - along with the Director of Marketing for Lego, the news anchor from a prominent Boston television station, and the President of the Boston Celtics. How hard could it be? I wiped away the cobwebs that had been forming in several regions of my brain and created a presentation for him, complete with gorgeous pictures of the coolest things he's built - in-home theaters, sports courts, elevators, swimming pools, full swing golf simulators, and a multimillion dollar carriage house to house Ferraris and Lamborghinis. Then I sat at home, waiting and wondering. He walked through the door with a smile on his face. He'd pulled it off and had a great time doing it - and was delighted to have teaching behind him and get back to the far simpler task of building big houses.
