<p>Hey, Terrygreg! - I love the Jim Croce reference. Do people still know of Jim Croce? Am I saying something about myself that I used to know all the lyrics to every song of his but that was such a long time ago, I’ve forgotten many of them (though not the one about my beloved South Side)?</p>
<p>Anyway, I have a question for Corranged and/or Unalove, whose careful consideration of everything we throw at them has been nothing short of inspirational.</p>
<p>Here’s the question: the elder SmilePup is a first year at the U of C and just began assistant teaching at an elementary school one and a half blocks into “the place you shall not go”, which is to say south of the Midway. He is there twice a week during school hours, so it would seem pretty safe. But when I walked it with him on the Friday of Family Weekend, it was fairly deserted, and he did relate one slightly “sketchy” (as he put it) encounter with a group of kids (not students at the school where he’s teaching, but older kids). So my question is, how dangerous is it really, just a little south of the Midway? Should I look into getting him police escort? Or should I just stop fretting (out loud - there isn’t much I can do about what goes on inside my head!), and let him lead his own life, as I’m sure he would prefer? Or perhaps something in between?</p>