One of the god-daughters was talking about her middle school yesterday. "What's it called, again?" I asked.
"Melvin H. Kreps," she answered.
"Who was he?" I said.
"I have no idea," she shrugged.
Perhaps I've been jaded by working in a district where most of the schools are named for notable historic people or places. "What!" I said, "You've been at that school for two years and you don't even know who it's named for? I can't believe it!"
"Maybe you're just more curious than most people," she replied, and we all laughed because she obviously knows me very well.
So last night after the girls went to bed, I did a little online research to uncover just who Melvin Kreps was. It took a little digging, too, because every simple search turned up information not about the man, but rather about the school. Still, I stuck with it until I found that his main claim to fame was that he was a former superintendent of the local school system.
I was just about to self-righteously snap my lap top shut, already imagining how I would tell the girls over breakfast what I had discovered and thinking what a paragon of inquiry I was, when it occurred to me that I had absolutely no idea who Samuel M. Ridgway was...
...other than the guy my middle school was named for, that is.
"Melvin H. Kreps," she answered.
"Who was he?" I said.
"I have no idea," she shrugged.
Perhaps I've been jaded by working in a district where most of the schools are named for notable historic people or places. "What!" I said, "You've been at that school for two years and you don't even know who it's named for? I can't believe it!"
"Maybe you're just more curious than most people," she replied, and we all laughed because she obviously knows me very well.
So last night after the girls went to bed, I did a little online research to uncover just who Melvin Kreps was. It took a little digging, too, because every simple search turned up information not about the man, but rather about the school. Still, I stuck with it until I found that his main claim to fame was that he was a former superintendent of the local school system.
I was just about to self-righteously snap my lap top shut, already imagining how I would tell the girls over breakfast what I had discovered and thinking what a paragon of inquiry I was, when it occurred to me that I had absolutely no idea who Samuel M. Ridgway was...
...other than the guy my middle school was named for, that is.
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