“I’ve always been a rule follower. When they said not to chew gum, I didn’t chew gum. When they said not to use your cellphone, I didn’t use my cellphone. But today, in the spirit of defying expectations, and for perhaps the last time at this podium, I say..."
Geography teacher, Scott Beigel, was too one of the MSD High School heroes who sacrificed his life to protect others. His fiancée, Gwen Gossler, grieved his death and tried to honor how he wanted to be remembered.
"God isn't Republican and he's not a Democrat. He's not black and he's not white. He is the light. And our schools need light in them like never before."
"If He is God in crisis is He not also God in peace?! If he is worthy of our desperate cries in distress is he not worthy for us to seek Him and submit our lives to Him daily?"
"I internally went from 0 to 100 real quick. My child is one of only 2 black children in a class of 23. Being transparent, I immediately went to the 'why is my black son being put on the front line?' (Just being real)"
"This was my teacher. I was in that closet. Having to feel that fear and see all those people think they’re going to die is something no person should experience."
