Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Cedars Speaker
Today the man from Cedars came and spoke about the youth in this area. I knew a lot about this already because of where I am currently employed. My office works closely with Cedars but with a different branch than what we talked about. I think that the most interesting part of the whole discussion for me was when he showed the pictures of where some teens were living here in Lincoln. The girl that was living in a hole in the middle of winter with no coat! I can't imagine. I also think that it is important to think about what he was talking about because some people think that people choose to be poor. While this may be true for a FEW people in this world with the economy the way it is and seeing that these are teens with no shelter we need to think about what we can do to help them.
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I really like our guest speaker and the information he presented too. I didn't realize I have that much limited knowledge on this subject and I agree to what you said. It's harsh to see those teen living on the street and the reason behind it vary tremendously between each person. But whether it's by choice or not each still have a story to tell. so hopefully we will see changes soon because this matter is not easy to dig for solution, especially during this depressing economy.
I also thought that the speaker was very interesting. He had a really cool charisma about him, and fun to listen to. But yea, when he showed us those pictures, I mean we've all seen those before and after pictures of the meth addicts, like when they show them before the movies. But when he showed us thos pictures where people had been picking at themselves, or the stories about a nickel size whole in a girl's leg or how another girl picked at her finger to the bone. That is just unimaginable to me.
I agree with all of you! I really enjoyed our guest speaker on Tuesday. He made his presentation very enjoyable with all of his stories and enthusiasm. Dr. Hollist was right about how straight forward he would be when talking about homeless life. I think other people should have a chance to hear him speak to become aware of how serious of a problem homelessness is and how meth can lead up to this problem. His message, I thought, was very inspiring and worthwhile.
THis is the second time I've seen this guy and he gave the same exact presentation. And although it was good it was the same thing so it was hard to get much out of it again. However, his presentation was well put together and I really wish he could have stayed longer for all of you guys because the last 15 minutes of his speech was good also. I kind of felt this presentation was out of the blue but maybe tomorrow's class will tie it in together. The slide where he talked about reasons why teens ran away really stuck with me because I could never think of leaving my house and family for 'fun'. I know that is probably true but I think that's is more of what they say then the actual truth. I could see somebody leaving because of an abusive home or to get away from their strict parents' authority but just for a fun experience? I don't know it just seems like that's something one would say to look cool. What do you think?
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