Tommy Walker A Philosopher Of Wisdom
During my school days at Jones County High School in Gray, Georgia a bunch of us football players perhaps searching for an easy class, found a Philosophy course taught by Tommy Walker.
Mr. Walker introduced us to the great philosophers Aristotle, Socrates, Confucius, Ralph Waldo Emerson. However, the greater philosopher we found in that class was Tommy Walker.
The philosophy, according to Tommie Walker was not so much of what he said, it was the way he made you feel. Mr. Walker did not talk to us like the boys or the jocks or even young men that we were. Mr. Walker talked to us like the men he expected us to be.
In that expectation Mr. Walker listen more than he talked. He asked lots of good questions because he really wanted to know. He wanted to know your views on politics, sports, life and so much more.
Tommy Walker wanted to hear your thoughts not so he could tear them down using his authority as an adult and a teacher. He wanted you to hear your thoughts so that we as students could start the process of learning about ourselves, a skill that would serve us well into adulthood.
The philosophy of Tommy Walker is to be curious about the world, is courteous to other people and is to be caring spreading love to the communities he lived in, the students he taught and to his family. His wife of 49 years Marie, and his sons Michael and David, and his grandchildren. I am certain they have benefited much from Tommy’ s philosophy.
The word philosopher comes from Greek, by way of Latin and it means lover of wisdom. Proverbs 3:13 says “Blessed is the one who finds wisdom.” The Lord blessed us football players who were searching for an easy class for we found a philosopher named Tommy Walker.
Now half a century after we found his class, we are laying this good man is laid to rest. And on this day the Lord is still blessing us to be curious, blessing us to be courteous, and blessings us to be caring as we live out the philosophy of wisdom taught to us by Tommy Walker.
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