All we can conclude is that instant virality doesn't mean failure, and what we post online lives for a very long time," he said. Mr Tapene said he had received emails from around the world. Some he answered and some he moved straight to the trash. However, it's there to challenge people's thinking, to spur discussion.
My answer is this: Go home, mow the lawn, wash the windows, learn to cook, build a raft, get a job, visit the sick, study your lessons, and after you've finished, read a book.
Gilliam of Denver, Colo. The website seems to sugget that the letter originally appeared in the South Bend Tribune a few weeks earlier. The full text of what may be the original letter can be found on the Pierce County Tribune's website and it ends with different words than those presently circulating on the web -- ones that might cause more of a stir:.
You're supposed to be mature enough to accept some of the responsibility your parents have carried for years. They have nursed, protected, helped, appealed, begged, excused, tolerated and denied themselves needed comforts so that you could have every benefit.
This they have done gladly, for you are their dearest treasure. But now, you have no right to expect them to bow to every whim and fancy just because selfish ego instead of common sense dominates your personality, thinking and request. Well done Doris!!!
Ideas, notes, reflections on articles, travel plans, in-progress thinking, poetry and stuff about my books … from Share this: Tweet. Like this: Like Loading Wow, thanks for that link Jude — very interesting. And very cool to read the original too. Such a good blog. Thanks for your energy and commitment. I have substantial documentation. Follow Following. Disturbed in fact. And no doubt many things are their fault. But here's something the Judge doesn't have The Judge knows who he is.
This hypothetical kid But worse than all this basic life development stuff is the fact that today is an era crying out for role models that actually inspire kids. Who do they turn to? Action heroes? Comic book stereotypes? With divorce rates as high as they are, marriage and parenthood are probably not being modelled.
With alcoholism and gambling and TV addiction and substance abuse as high as they are in the adult population these kids are meant to look up to… is it any wonder kids today look for the easy quick fix, and long for entertainment and escape?
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