Just venting
Okay so I have this friend, right, and he's a really nice and smart guy. He's a really good cook and he knows how to take good care of plants (I know this cause he's got a [totally legal] healthy plant in his living room) and he's sophisticated, easy to talk to, motivated and has a good sense of humour.
I see him as a miracle. I see him as someone who has had a second chance at life and is taking his second chance at life as something not to be ever taken for granted. Mind you, he does smoke, but that's an addiction he found himself in through peer pressure to fit in a year or so ago. He's not a heavy smoker at all, and other than that he eats so well (hence him being a good cook) and exercises a lot on his bike and walks, like, everywhere.
This kid amazes me. I've tutored him a couple times and all he needs is to have someone there to be patient with him and guide him in things like math and science. When he's given the chance, he's a total genius. He's better at math and science than I am and I'm two academic years ahead of him.
You see, my friend has brain damage. A few years ago he was hit by a car while he was riding his bike, and he went into a coma for a week and came out of the coma with a 3% chance of survival.
Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the only people in this town who really see his potential. The smart, caring individual he is is seen by many as annoying, stupid and slow. He's so social that he's always out and meeting new people, but for some reason, this annoys people. His mother left him to fend for himself when he was 15 years old. His father lives across the country, and there have been problems with him too, but I'm not sure exactly what--but those problems are the reasons he had to move here. Since he moved here he's lived in atleast one or two foster homes and has been living in a facility for youths for the last few months--until June, when the government decided to help him fund his independence and have a place on his own. And yes, he has worked, but had to quit or else he would have been laid off anyway.
The only thing that really annoys me is the ignorance people have towards him, and people like him. On a microlevel, people who choose to judge others immediately are people who create hurt, depression and anger in the victim (and yes, the target of ignorance is a victim). Hurt, depression and anger that can lead to something much, much worse. On a macrolevel, these things lead to wars--and thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of deaths.
The sad thing is, no matter how many deaths there are, there are people who will still ignore the cries.
That's why there's no world peace.
It all starts with you.
I see him as a miracle. I see him as someone who has had a second chance at life and is taking his second chance at life as something not to be ever taken for granted. Mind you, he does smoke, but that's an addiction he found himself in through peer pressure to fit in a year or so ago. He's not a heavy smoker at all, and other than that he eats so well (hence him being a good cook) and exercises a lot on his bike and walks, like, everywhere.
This kid amazes me. I've tutored him a couple times and all he needs is to have someone there to be patient with him and guide him in things like math and science. When he's given the chance, he's a total genius. He's better at math and science than I am and I'm two academic years ahead of him.
You see, my friend has brain damage. A few years ago he was hit by a car while he was riding his bike, and he went into a coma for a week and came out of the coma with a 3% chance of survival.
Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the only people in this town who really see his potential. The smart, caring individual he is is seen by many as annoying, stupid and slow. He's so social that he's always out and meeting new people, but for some reason, this annoys people. His mother left him to fend for himself when he was 15 years old. His father lives across the country, and there have been problems with him too, but I'm not sure exactly what--but those problems are the reasons he had to move here. Since he moved here he's lived in atleast one or two foster homes and has been living in a facility for youths for the last few months--until June, when the government decided to help him fund his independence and have a place on his own. And yes, he has worked, but had to quit or else he would have been laid off anyway.
The only thing that really annoys me is the ignorance people have towards him, and people like him. On a microlevel, people who choose to judge others immediately are people who create hurt, depression and anger in the victim (and yes, the target of ignorance is a victim). Hurt, depression and anger that can lead to something much, much worse. On a macrolevel, these things lead to wars--and thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of deaths.
The sad thing is, no matter how many deaths there are, there are people who will still ignore the cries.
That's why there's no world peace.
It all starts with you.