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"My brother-in-law shared a true story with me about a ryoung man he knows who was a terrible nuisance on the school bus when he was a youngster. Every morning and every afternoon, the 9 year old was in a fight on the bus. Finally, one day the school-bus driver ha enough of the rowdy behavior, so he pulled the bus over to the side of the road and stopped.
'Jimmy, come here,' he demanded, wiggling his finger. 'You and me need to have a talk.'
With head down and lips pursed, Jimmy made his way to the front of the bus.
'The fighting has got to stop,' the bus driver said strenly. 'Every morning and every afternoon , you're in a fight. I can't have it anymore. It has to stop.'
'Jimmy jerked his head up and looked at the school-bus driver with hearbreak in his eyes. With the greatest desperation possible in his voice, he pleaded, 'But Mr. Jackson, you don't understand! One day, I'm gonna win!'
At nine years old, that young boy knew what it took me three decades to learn--that if we fight long enough and hard enough, we will win. However, if it had been a Southern girl rather than a boy, she would have known that she didn't have to fight twice a day, every day, to eventually find victory.l She would have choesn her battles more carefullly and won more quickly. Probably the first time."
-Ronda Rich
-What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should)
'Jimmy, come here,' he demanded, wiggling his finger. 'You and me need to have a talk.'
With head down and lips pursed, Jimmy made his way to the front of the bus.
'The fighting has got to stop,' the bus driver said strenly. 'Every morning and every afternoon , you're in a fight. I can't have it anymore. It has to stop.'
'Jimmy jerked his head up and looked at the school-bus driver with hearbreak in his eyes. With the greatest desperation possible in his voice, he pleaded, 'But Mr. Jackson, you don't understand! One day, I'm gonna win!'
At nine years old, that young boy knew what it took me three decades to learn--that if we fight long enough and hard enough, we will win. However, if it had been a Southern girl rather than a boy, she would have known that she didn't have to fight twice a day, every day, to eventually find victory.l She would have choesn her battles more carefullly and won more quickly. Probably the first time."
-Ronda Rich
-What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should)