from earlier this week on Hankschannel…
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John Green went to my high school, Indian Springs School. That’s the school my dad taught at and where I grew up.
John’s first book, Looking for Alaska, is set on the campus of my high school.
He is about 10 years younger than me; I never met him.
He’s spoken about the school quite a bit.
Here he is talking about his class’s campus prank. This is a school tradition, but his class did it waaaay better than mine.
My dad wrote a book about the history of Indian Springs and it’s was a goal of mine to get John Green involved in promoting and rewriting the book (not him rewriting it, but I have a person who knows the history of Birmingham, AL, and his a good writer who could do the work; he is also closely tied to the school). However, after putting some effort into reading it, I decided I didn’t want to spend my energy moving the project forward, even though I felt it had commercial appeal, especially to his audience.
I’m so proud of the VLOG Brothers and the great work they are doing and my tangental relationship to them.
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One question about fame is about how one uses it… some can focus on self-aggrandizement or one can focus on community improvement. I don’t regret spending money each year for pizzamas and for some fun socks, if they really do improve the lives of other people on this weird rock spinning through space… plus, I love my socks. I wear them almost every day.
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I’m super impressed with how they have taken their modest fame and spun it into such a force for good. They are trying to cure tuberculosis and that is amazing. Amazing.
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For sure… We need systemic change, but if we can save lives in the meantime, I’m okay with that… It’s not about purity, but about doing good where you can.
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Yeah, people use IRL quite a bit now too…
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