The Gift of The Present
Jonathan Blalock? “PRESENT!” As a student with perfect attendance, I became quite familiar with this ritual. In kindergarten I remember being pretty confused during the roll call. I had no idea why I had to exclaim this particular word whenever the teacher called my name every morning, because I thought that “present” only meant a gift. Gradually my vocabulary expanded, and I learned that I was wrong. Or was I? The most common definitions of present on dictionary.com are,
