Less+Fortunate

By: Karategurl45 What's your typical day like? Hanging out with friends, making plans, or talking about how hard last night's math homework was? Do you ever wonder why your friend can't make it to the shoe sale or they can't come over to play video games? Maybe, you don't know as much about them as you thought?!? Going to school could be the worst or the best part of their entire day! Did you ever think about that? Everyday, I see students sitting in wheelchairs, girls on crutches, or boys with slings around their necks supporting their arms. Although, most will eventually recover, some do not. I am friends with people that have been in deadly car crashes, shot in the face, literally stabbed by pitchforks! I am not proud of what my friends and I have experienced. If you complain that your hair is messy, your shirt is ripped or dirty, or you got grounded for a week, reconsider how lucky you are. Have you ever thought about why your parents tell you not to do certain things? Why they tell you not to be too public on Myspace, Facebook, and other places like that? What’s the point of them telling you what to do if you get into a dangerous situation? How come your parents are always telling you not to do drugs of any sort? It’s because they are trying to protect you from being scarred as a child. If you are physically, mentally, or emotionally burdened before or even after you are an adult, it will haunt you and affect you in every which way for the rest of your life. The people I’ve mentioned that have had a harder life then you may have thought are the people who don’t always wear the latest styles, always go to the movies, or gossip and talk instead doing their work. These people stand out in their own unique and clever way. They could be the quiet and shy students that sit by themselves, or they could be the people who do their work and try to be friends with anyone and everyone and always have fun. At least, that’s how you see them at school. At home, they could be a whole new person that you wouldn’t recognize.
 * // The Less Fortunate //**