Relay for Life Video

Sharing is Caring Video

Sharing is Caring
by: AlexWaldrop

To (All) the Colleges That Rejected Me

I believe that Ms. Weiss is right and wrong on different levels. Students should know in advance what it takes to be in a school of your dreams. If my mother hadn't told me or pushed me to excel in every way possible I would not be where I am today. In high school I never understood and always gave her grief for making me be involved in everything, have many different leadership positions, start community service projects, and have excellent grades. For a student who was never told this, it sucks but its the way it is. So many students work their butts off in every aspect of their high school careers so why is it fair for someone who has just done the bare minimum to be accepted into the same school? What does that teach high school teens today? If everyone was just average how could you decide who deserves it more? When I received a certain scholarship and my friends, who DID NOTHING in school, received the same one I was livid. I just asked myself what was the point in everything I did.

Lalee's Kin

I was extremely surprised by this video. I honestly had no idea that this was occurring in our own state. Children couldn't go to school because they didn't have pencils or paper, where as, here we have both of those items laying around being wasted. The school district is struggling to educate these children because of their lack of funds. The children want to attend school and their parents want them to get an education as well but it is a constant struggle. Another issue is the amount of children that each person has. The mothers dump their kids on Lalee and expect her to take care of all of them when she barely has anything. We didn't see any male role models because most of the chidlren never knew their dads. I believe that that is a major issue because the man of the house is supposed to provide and set an example for their children. These boys see that the women are raising them all on their own so they are raised to believe thats the correct way to live. This video shows just how much we take for granted. A child would be so grateful for a pack of pencils, where as, we would think nothing of it and it would end up staying in our desks never to be used. Most people think that these people are "lazy" or "ignorant" but they are the complete opposite. You can see the extent they go to for their children and family. They work so hard without complaints to the point where they are worn down so that their children will have a better life.

Gapminder.org

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