| Glenn Seaborg |
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Julie Byren
acrylic on canvas
overall: 54" x 60"
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in the blue shifted world
that is 21st century america compassionate adults more often give their money than their time with kids it’s the other way around with time on their hands they volunteer at everything their efforts make change and offer hope but even affluent kids can never get their hands on enough of that elusive substance cash so i found it amazing that julie byren responded to a teacher’s plea with money she’d received at her bat mitzvah i found it amazing that julie byren was the only one of the los angeles times 1,098,347 readers to respond to the teacher’s plea julie byren really is the girl next door so many of the folks in this series have dedicated their lives to physics or psychology to exploration or conservation their passion is palpable, relentless |
their achievements inspiring yet so extensive as to sometimes seem superhuman and unattainable for the ordinary us the ordinary me julie is thirteen she does not burst in advocating the importance of literacy she’s a girl who likes reading okay and loves volleyball this year and likes to paint and maybe wants to go to stanford it was just her bat mitzvah and she wanted to give something back to the community so she donated money and did some tutoring for a kid having trouble reading and in this thirteen-year-old californian perhaps even more than the advisor to nine u.s. presidents californian it is easy to see what a difference one can make julie byren was the only l.a. times reader to respond to a teacher’s plea but after the l.a. times ran a story on her donation numerous others turned out made donations to the school |
| Teenage Philanthropist |
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16 April 00
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