Originally posted by mokkoNice story, remind me to tell you about the inside-the-park, wrong-way home run I saw once during a kid's game.🙂
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning
disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.
"When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature
does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as
other children do. He cannot unde ...[text shortened]... y or do we
pass up that opportunity, and leave the world a little bit colder in the
process?
Personally I thought it was badly written and somewhat nauseating. I've read it before more than once in those annoying chain letters I seem to get through e-mail and quite frankly if it did actaully ever happen, who gives two fricks? It's so 'Run Forest, run!' I nearly vomited on my keyboard.
Originally posted by mokkoOk, so this kid is "learning disabled". What does that mean? He can't count to ten? He's got ADD? He keeps forgetting to do his homework? This story is crap, boring, stupid, and wrong. It's a smack you in the face with a moral bed time story for little kids. So little Timmy hit the ball and made the run. Yay. Here's some advice for my friend little Timmy:
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1) Get off your lazy learning disabled arse
2) It doesn't take much 'learning' to play a sport like baseball
3) They treated you special because they feel pity for you
4) They feel pity for you because they feel superior to you
5) Stay at home and study because you obviously suck at baseball
Mokko, unsolicitedly posting someone else's writing on a public forum without giving credit is called plagiary. Look it up, then write your own posts.
Originally posted by hopscotchThat's the kind of gender equality I'm looking for. I too was wondering if the kid was so dumb to not know the rules or game of baseball to think a slow grounder up the middle would be enough to round every base.
Ok, so this kid is "learning disabled". What does that mean? He can't count to ten? He's got ADD? He keeps forgetting to do his homework? This story is crap, boring, stupid, and wrong. It's a smack you in the face with a moral bed time story for little kids. So little Timmy hit the ball and made the run. Yay. Here's some advice for my friend l ...[text shortened]... a public forum without giving credit is called plagiary. Look it up, then write your own posts.
I give more credit to the father in the story though. Too many times I see parents protecting their children and accepting their "disabilites" as an excuse to not teach them anything people should know. A high-schooler I know has a disability similar to down syndrome, but he wasn't properly raised or educated at home, and as a result, he doesn't have the basic knowledge to even be presentable in public. Constantly insulting and scratching himself, eating his socks and used tissues. Hopefully this father knows that his son isn't a waste of space, and can be taught to be as normal as possible with his situation.
Originally posted by StarrmanWell I for one give two fricks as I'm sure that little boys father gave two fricks as well. With all the bullying and tormenting that kids are becoming famous for these days it's a glimmer of hope for the future to believe that there are still children being taught love and compassion. My own daughter had a horrible experience in only grade two of an oder boy throwing rocks and spitting at her after school everyday. Needless to say the little boy will surely be missed.It's discusting to me how mean and cruel some children appear to enjoy being to other kids. You were one of those mean kids weren't you starrman. It was a nice story and for anyone has any empathy at all it was heartwarming as well.
Personally I thought it was badly written and somewhat nauseating. I've read it before more than once in those annoying chain letters I seem to get through e-mail and quite frankly if it did actaully ever happen, who gives two fricks? It's so 'Run Forest, run!' I nearly vomited on my keyboard.
Originally posted by hopscotchI wasn't posting it as my own story I was simply sharing it for those people who have hearts.
Ok, so this kid is "learning disabled". What does that mean? He can't count to ten? He's got ADD? He keeps forgetting to do his homework? This story is crap, boring, stupid, and wrong. It's a smack you in the face with a moral bed time story for little kids. So little Timmy hit the ball and made the run. Yay. Here's some advice for my friend l ...[text shortened]... a public forum without giving credit is called plagiary. Look it up, then write your own posts.
I think the objections have more to do with the fact that the story is likely a fabrication more than the sentiment.
It is typical of the mass email fodder that fills our inboxes all too often. The “If you care you’ll forward this to ten people”, story has become so common that real stories (I’m sure there must be a couple floating around out there) are instantly categorized as falsehoods.
It is the 21st century’s version of the boy who cried wolf, tenfold. We become desensitized to it much like the once rare but now common site of the “homeless vet” willing to work for food at an intersection near you. Some of these people are probably legitimately the down on his luck common man, but more are likely just too lazy to work and looking for a handout that will be spent on their addiction of the month.
People are so fed up seeing the con job that we don’t recognize the real need when it confronts us.
It’s the world we live in…