<p>After spending countless hours in the classroom with his students and witnessing their personal achievements and tragedies high school English teacher Xavier Pastrano set out to create a collection of poems inspired by his students. In hopes of building emotional connections empathy understanding and encouragement <em>Hey Kid</em> reminds teenagers that they're not alone in their thoughts and experiences and calls upon adults to remember what it was like to be a kid navigating through a complicated world.</p>