I am inspired to work on this piece because of some personal events that exploded into my world and because of this course I am taking in school that is about inclusion. For this course we read the book, Freedom Writers and in it, it states that too often cruelty is met with cruelty and hate is matched with hate. When fire is fought with fire there is only a larger fire to contend with. The only way to combat inhumane acts of violence is to meet this violence with kindness. I intend to do this in the future as a teacher and for this piece I will be doing it by marking acts of inhumanity I witness with my 'pieces of humanity'. Each instance I encounter where I sense hurt, I will document on this blog or in my journal. I will let these acts of shameful cruelty accumulate. I will then create a chain made of a translucent, delicate paper marked with the words I write in my journal. Each link in the chain will be a mark of injustices, tied together these words will resound anew as what I hope to be voices for change. I will commence this project today August 3, 2010.
Injustices:
A boy at camp called another camper gay as a derogatory term.
My dad is suffering.
My friend is suffering and in pain for things she did not ask for nor does she deserve.
A girl at camp called another boy a retard.
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