Comments | richa: I guess I let their facades get the best of me.

richa

I guess I let their facades get the best of me.

Aug 01, 2002 17:26

Today I finally realized something. That the kids I have been working with are not your ordinary kids. They are put under a lot of stress and I guess I let the fact that they do not have a stable home slip by. I forgot they are living in a homeless shelter. Of course, not to say that I should dwell on that, but I realized how much of an act they ( Read more... )

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no title anonymous August 1 2002, 23:52:59 UTC

i agree; everytime I hear a desire for homeless people, or anyone with a "disadvantage," to have the opportunities of ordinary people, the first thing that comes to mind is that ordinary people throw away so many of their opportunities. when someone has an F in class, i think it's so strange to see that person raise his hand to talk about feeling bad for people that don't have the opportunities he or she has, in particular, getting entrance into college. i've seen things like this happen a couple of times. at the same time, i think that maybe they have a better use for their life, but then again, this is high school not even college; failing high school is probably bad for most people regardless of what they do afterwards. by the way, just to clarify, i'm not saying i take all of, or even most of, my opportunities given to me; in fact, i wasted a couple of years of my life, and i'm still suffering in almost all ways i can think of to make up for it. plus, sometimes, i still don't do things i should be. but there's a degree of ( ... )

Re: no title richa August 2 2002, 00:20:05 UTC

Well, I understand that no one has a perfect life. Life is what you make of it, and you can have in essence, everything, but it wouldn't matter if you weren't happy with it ( ... )

Re: no title anonymous August 2 2002, 22:38:43 UTC

=). this just made me smile:

It's not easier necessarily for a rich kid w/ lots of friends and good grades and a good family to be happy, even though it seems like it should be. This is b/c they don't have as many negative experiences to make the good times REALLY good.

=). it even made me happy while reading it. your probably wondering why... i am not too sure, but my guess is, well first off i never thought of it that way and i totally agree, that it gives me hope to be happy

oh btw richa, you know how you were saying that a passion is critical. for some reason, things have changed for me since the last time i posted. now i really wish i had a passion, a reason to live.

Re: no title anonymous August 2 2002, 22:42:27 UTC

argh, the way i worded one sentence in the above post made my meaning unclear. here's the clarified sentence.

OLD: i am not too sure, but my guess is, well first off i never thought of it that way and i totally agree, that it gives me hope to be happy

REVISED: i am not sure, but it's probably because i never thought of it that way but i totally agree. most of all, it gives me hope to be happy.

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