Every year, my friend and colleague and I co facilitate our school’s anti bullying program and each time, I am reminded of why I love working with teenagers and all the goodness that comes with them.
Last night, we held our first training and one of the diversity exercises was to get to know a potato up close and write a story about their life. They were quite funny and insightful, but one in particular touched my heart…so of course, I have to share.
“Once upon a time, there was a demented potato that no one would buy. Every day the potato hoped someone would buy him. One day, a woman was making some potato salad and needed five potatoes. She picked out four, admiring them delightfully. But when she got to the demented potato, she winced in horror. “Hideous.” She shook her head.
The next day, a blind man felt the potatoes and the demented potato thought, “Yes! This is my chance!” However, the blind man shunned the potato for its big holes and bumpy stature.
Finally, a little boy ran up to the potato stand and picked up the demented potato. “This one Mommy!” he said excitedly.
“No honey, that one is a dud,” she replied.
“But Mommy, they all taste the same!” the little boy exclaimed. And with that, the demented potato was on his way home with them for dinner.
Through the eyes of a potato and its teenage friends.