Okay, so I have a Facebook friend whose special-needs daughter is the unfortunate target of sadistic bullies and it sickens me. It really does, but I am too far away from those friends, so I cannot do anything but hope and pray that things will turn out all right for this dear woman and her wonderful family.
This dear friend goes to the cops and guess what? The cop is as laissez-faire as a cop can get; serve and protect, not protect your ability to serve.
Wait...harassment isn't against the law? What is it gonna take for the officer to get a clue? Eggs on your house's windows or a fire on your front porch? Both happened to my family because I was bullied to hell and back in school.
I was always nice when I knew what was going on...that was and still is my nature.
Kindness can sometimes work, yes; however, it sometimes makes things worse.
It doesn't matter where people are from; there comes a point where humans finally say 'enough is enough' concerning bullies and they feel prompted to fight back for themselves or others who cannot.
Bullying is a flipping epidemic and that is a REALITY that has gotten worse with time and 'normal' people especially like to pick on the special needs people in some areas because the 'normies' feel somewhat superior over others because of their money, social status, and all the bullcrap that doesn't mean SQUAT in adult life.
The normal kids think that their popularity from their school days will carry over into the 'real' world, but guess what? Respect has to be earned and given in the REAL world and as (Whoopi Goldberg) Sister Mary Clarence said in 'Sister Act 2', "You wanna go somewhere and you wanna be somebody, you better wake up and pay attention. Honey; cause the real world is out there and they don't care how hip you think you are or who you kick it with. It don't matter. If you don't have an education, you don't have anything. And that's the truth. Honey."
Kids today are seeing less and less of what education there is in being an example to others, avoiding catching the epidemic of bullying, and proactively stopping it when it begins.
They think that their status will save them in the bigger world, but guess what? Status will not save them, but their character, attitude, and how they carry themselves day to day and what choices they make will either help them grow to their potential or sink them so low that even the worms wouldn't want em for their last meal.
The bullies are making their choices today, the consequences WILL come in a tomorrow and tomorrow may come sooner than later, depending on a variety of factors.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Memoir on 'A Hunt For Information'- by Heather Cameron - January 3, 2012
After helping a dear Facebook friend find some information pertinent to her writing, I am going to give a very brief, yet very detailed memoir on a memory that was triggered by this impromptu search for information...
The whole hunt for the information brought back memories of Introduction to Reporting class in college taught by a very skilled professor named D'Arcy Kavanagh; the class would be given a set of questions and a time limit to find the answers using whatever resources they could...sometimes we weren't allowed to use the Internet, which made it interesting....of COURSE there was confusion and borderline chaos in this hunt, but that made it more FUN!
What's even more interesting is that I didn't even really USE the internet for education purposes until 2005; I just used the offline parts of the computer for assignments along with notebooks, textbooks, paper, and pen....
I didn't even have access to a computer until I was 10 years old and didn't use them in school until I was 13/14....it's amazing how easy it is to find information these days on the Internet; I think a lot of people take for granted that the Internet makes accessing information so easy...
I don't use the Internet everywhere I go, as it's NOT everywhere...I am a writing professional like AmyBeth and I only lug my laptop on trips (it's HEAVY after a while) because of my love of writing and the ideas I get on trips for current/future projects...
Yes, I use the internet for terminology, emails, promotion, and information seeking, as well as daily devotionals...but I wouldn't die if I didn't have it at home (as McDonald's and other public places have it) and information is accessible in other ways and I can do devotionals and have them in storage for several days if needed....I've done it before.
I guess the relevance to this little spiel is that people should be grateful and not take for granted the advances in technology or boast about it excessively, as some places are not as technologically advanced, but they are still wonderful places to visit where wonderful people reside and where wonderful learning experiences can materialize...
The whole hunt for the information brought back memories of Introduction to Reporting class in college taught by a very skilled professor named D'Arcy Kavanagh; the class would be given a set of questions and a time limit to find the answers using whatever resources they could...sometimes we weren't allowed to use the Internet, which made it interesting....of COURSE there was confusion and borderline chaos in this hunt, but that made it more FUN!
What's even more interesting is that I didn't even really USE the internet for education purposes until 2005; I just used the offline parts of the computer for assignments along with notebooks, textbooks, paper, and pen....
I didn't even have access to a computer until I was 10 years old and didn't use them in school until I was 13/14....it's amazing how easy it is to find information these days on the Internet; I think a lot of people take for granted that the Internet makes accessing information so easy...
I don't use the Internet everywhere I go, as it's NOT everywhere...I am a writing professional like AmyBeth and I only lug my laptop on trips (it's HEAVY after a while) because of my love of writing and the ideas I get on trips for current/future projects...
Yes, I use the internet for terminology, emails, promotion, and information seeking, as well as daily devotionals...but I wouldn't die if I didn't have it at home (as McDonald's and other public places have it) and information is accessible in other ways and I can do devotionals and have them in storage for several days if needed....I've done it before.
I guess the relevance to this little spiel is that people should be grateful and not take for granted the advances in technology or boast about it excessively, as some places are not as technologically advanced, but they are still wonderful places to visit where wonderful people reside and where wonderful learning experiences can materialize...
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