This week, we were fortunate to have Pulitzer Prize winning
author Jeffrey Marx who wrote the New
York Times Bestseller Season of
Life: A Football Star, a Boy, and a
Journey to Manhood speak at our school.
His book is very motivational and explores the concept of masculinity in
a reflective way. The book is about a
football coach, Joe Ehrmann, who used to play for the Baltimore Colts but is
now a minister and coach for a high school team in Baltimore. His program is called Building Men for Others
and its mission to teach boys to live with love, empathy, responsibility, and
integrity. Coach Ehrmann and this book
by Jeffrey Marx remind all of us that it is our relationships with others that
define us, not what we have or what we make.
In addition to our relationships, having a cause bigger than ourselves
is an integral part of what defines us.
Our school has an Academic Integrity Code and this book as chosen to mirror some of the tenets in the oath for our students. It was an excellent choice. The messages in this book are important for any boy, teenager, college student, athlete, coach, teacher, parents, etc. If the ideas and beliefs of Coach Ehrmann can keep reaching larger audiences, I think the idea of masculinity can swing in a different direction and produce a genuinely happier generation of men.
I highly recommend this book as it will make you focus on your own relationships with others and how you would want to be remembered by others and perhaps starting putting the many things in your life into a better perspective.
Thank you Mr. Marx for coming and for inspiring all of us.
I hope Mr. Marx’s talk resonated with our students in a way that makes them think differently about how they want to be defined and what impact they want to make on others and the community they are a part of. They are already a great group of boys, but I know that they can be exceptional men.
Our school has an Academic Integrity Code and this book as chosen to mirror some of the tenets in the oath for our students. It was an excellent choice. The messages in this book are important for any boy, teenager, college student, athlete, coach, teacher, parents, etc. If the ideas and beliefs of Coach Ehrmann can keep reaching larger audiences, I think the idea of masculinity can swing in a different direction and produce a genuinely happier generation of men.
I highly recommend this book as it will make you focus on your own relationships with others and how you would want to be remembered by others and perhaps starting putting the many things in your life into a better perspective.
Thank you Mr. Marx for coming and for inspiring all of us.
I hope Mr. Marx’s talk resonated with our students in a way that makes them think differently about how they want to be defined and what impact they want to make on others and the community they are a part of. They are already a great group of boys, but I know that they can be exceptional men.
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