Rick_Garcia's Blog

And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? - Christ
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I think that your Unity Award will help. "Tolerance" and "Inclusive" are interesting words to put together but I think that connecting those words in an essay would cause students to look at the whole picture. I remember the first time reading these words...
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"You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.' I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best—the sun to warm and the rain to nourish—to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that.
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Matthew 5:43-47 (The Message - Bit of an interpretive translation but helped me be less judgemental and more tolerant and inclusive.)

Here in lies the problem. Schools are different today! The kids have the control and not the schools. Blame it on a lot of factors, but I disagree totally with you on your openness and tolerance policy. I want my kid to avoid kids who participate in counter -productive behavior. Who are into weird things and views about society. Today, there is no excuse for an 11 year old to be pressured or persuaded to be friends with someone who tells her or him to do something because everyone else is doing it .And if they don't, then ,they will spread rumors. Also, she or he shouldn't have to deal with other kids who are F77ck up in the head! They should only tell that person to seek help indirectly and leave it at that! It's stupid and dumb and I can t understand why someone like you don't get that! Your way of thinking is exactly why there is a "anything goes" policy in Schools today. Pandora's box has been blown wide open because of foolish liberal thinking such as yours! Where we see 10 and 11 year old performing sexual acts (in the classroom)while others film it! Where we see 15 year olds girls given each others horrific beat downs and filming it on you tube. That's why we see so many young people ruining their lives and letting other ruing their lives before they are 18! It's due to you liberal and your out of control view! There is no longer accountability for one's self! If a person is a weirdo today, it's more than likely, it's only the tip of the iceberg. And it's up to them to prove they are not and is a mentally stable person,not other way around. Kids must learn

drerunner, i think after reading your post, i'm gonna take your advice, and advoid you because of your anti-social person, with potential of being dangerous to me and your self, and i think your a weirdo. get mental help as soon as possible because i believe you are smart enough to be able to seek the help you need. do whatever you can to become a normal citizen like me and the rest of us in this fox blog. just practicing what you preach man.

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You! ..."and when they told me such things they now only thought of me as a friend. totally sucks."
Memo to you!: When a girl says she just want to be friends ,it really means you aren't doing it for her because you are strange....

ha! I just had a friend read your post. She smiled and said...loser. Ha!

Ok samo ,I am being just told to settle down. I was (and still am) under the impression you might think this is TMZ and not fox news.Not for the thinned skin. So, if you truly read my post (and your friends) you would at least see my key point.( Life is too short to miss out....) Actually ,If you read the feature blog , it said someone committed suicide. In my entire life ,that thought has never crossed my mind, not even when I got a speeding ticket(LOL). But you (and your friends) seem to think that the part about the "strange" guy, who committed suicide, was something to relate to ,where I found it to be something I could never accept. But I guess you and your friends could. So, I apologize for your pain. I didn't meant to be mean . I have been pretty lucky in my life ,so I sometimes take things for granted. I live life with no regrets and no excuses. What i lost I lost and what was won I make it known , that's all. Life is too short for pity and to worry about the in between stuff . That's something I will never accept. So, I apologize to you(and your friends) who might have encounter some pain during high school. Hard to believe, but I guess for some ,it wasn't really fun.

Hey no worries. looking back , I just assumed everyone was having a great time. I like to think,however, if I came across such a person ,I would have pated them on the back and say "hey just get out there", but things went really fast for me in HS. Anyway man, alls well!

Great story Rick, I think as members of the human community we owe it to our selves, current, and future generations to treat everyone the way we would want to be treated. In reading your post it reminded me of the movie “Bowling for Columbine” when Michael Moore asks Marilyn Manson what he would say to the kids if he had a chance to talk with them before the incident. He responded, "I wouldn't say a single word to them, I would listen to what they have to say and that's what no one did."

I've had/have friends who have attempted suicide. I've known of people who were horribly anti-social. I must admit, I didn’t talk too many of the people who were extremely anti social because I was a bit of a quiet and shy person myself. I wasn't by any means anti-social but you catch my drift. I've always been a person of few words; I'm just mellow that way. But my point is, those people are here today because of social support and now they don't have the issues they had before or are working hard and are determined to fight their depression.

We're not all built the same. Some of us find it easy to socialize; some of us find it very difficult. Some of us are fragile; some of us are tough as nails. Those of us who have a thicker skin should put that to use by helping people who aren't so fortunate. Personal responsibility is very important, but social responsibility is equally important.

Oh and I meant to say

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Extremely well said.

what i did not like about high school was the competition. i could get excellent grades in my classes yet i was not good enough for the sports teams, the drama teachers would not give me parts in the plays they organized. not that i really wanted to do anything after shcool except go home and watch TV. i resented the administration and felt embarassed that i had to show up everyday to sit and listen to the teachers whom i did not respect since they were "teachers" rather than movers and shakers in the world. oh and surprise to me was whent he list of cum laude for graduating students was posted, i was amazed how many students came and told me they had no idea i was a serious student. they thought i was just a stoner.