12.01.2010
There are more ways than one that our society teaches kids at a young age what’s considered to be “good” and what’s “bad.” Pick the topic: white is better than black, thin is better than not, rich is better than poor, taller is better than shorter etc.
Imagine yourself coming from the future to today’s world and think about what values you’d see our culture have. Our TV is filled with beautiful, rich people in the latest fashions, talking trash and/or looking for ways to exploit something or anyone for their own gain. What I wish is that we’d hear more stories like the one found in the Sports section of the LA Times from last week titled Finding Purpose.[1]
The story revolves around a high school student who came from a broken home, bounced back and forth from one home to another and eventually tried to kill himself but didn’t succeed. With the right help, he is one of the lucky ones to find himself today flourishing in high school, playing football.
We all have our troubles and we all have stories of obstacles that we overcame, and, obviously, that doesn’t ever stop but I wish we heard more of these stories in the media instead of how many babies Octomom has or what purse Paris Hilton has now. With all the bad news constantly bombarding us, it’s nice to know that there are real people trying to figure it out. It’s especially important, I think, for all teens, not just the troubled ones, to hear stories of those who worked through adversarial forces. Not giving up builds character, not how many parties one can go to in one night.
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