The Marilyn Denis show is having
a 10 Day Christmas Contest with each day having tons of prizes to be won. It is
time consuming to enter the contests each day (you can enter once for each of
the prizes at least that seems to be what I am able to do so I sure hope I am
not accidentally eliminating myself by entering once daily on each of the prizes!) The point is that one should always try to do
more than just hope and wish; if you want something you actually have to enter
the contest, try out for the team, or whatever it is you are yearning for. No
one is going to come riding up on a white stallion, sadly.
Yesterday Mom and I watched “Freedom
Writers” which she had never seen and it has been years since I watched it. Mom
was getting mad at how terrible the teenagers were behaving and was saying “I
would throw them out of the class” and I kept patting her hand and saying “just
keep watching, you will see something special” and in the end she was
impressed. She has always told us how influential her own teacher had been in
her life (she had the same teacher from grade one through eight) and as far as
we know this woman walked on water for my mom. The biggest lesson my mother
says she got from her was “if you know your math you can think”.
I liked how Erin learned along
with the teens and her incredible stamina in never giving up on any of them.
But she also insisted that they not give up on themselves. Accepting status quo
was not acceptable to her and she taught them to think likewise. I just think
she was remarkable with these children. There should be more teachers, mentors
and parents like that.
Caring, not just wishing or
hoping.
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