before i go further, i want to thank the people who let me writabttheir lives, particularly, lip stuart, her mother, mary lori, the principal of the high school, and aiden kelly, teacher and administration at zion academy. it was not just eye opening to spend time with them, but also a lot of fun at time, and i feel privileged to have met all. just a brief word about them. people who know mary lori knows she's always athe high school. you drive by on weekends and her car is out in front of the high school. you drive by at night, and the car's out front, and drive by on holidays, and her car is out front. despite all she does, she spent many sunday morption -- mornings with me talking about hr work in life. i wonder how she found time to do something for hersf because she was always so busy doing things for others. i met lip at the start of freshman year in high school, and she's now more than halfway through her junior year. every so often, i told her, if there's something that you tell me or i observe in the course of reporting the book that you don't want including to let me know, and