Thursday, November 18, 2010

Lowest point of my service

I don’t know if it’s a good idea to post this on my blog. I did promise not to post any more sad posts but I feel I need to get it out. Today, I had a staff meeting. It started out like any other staff meeting, slow and redundant. Then without any knowledge before hand, I found out that a few days ago one of my class 8 boys raped one of the class 2 girls. This is a boy who I thought was a caring, sweet boy. He was always there to help me and I respected him. He always worked hard and even helped me during my girl empowerment class where I taught the girls how to say no to boys when they ( the boys) ask for sex and how to fight off a boy if they ever grabbed her. I even taught his class about rape and how wrong it was. I thought I had made an impact, I thought I was protecting them for what’s out there. I thought it had sunk in and I was actually doing some good. But I was wrong. I also had been working with a local athletic club and the boy was the first person I thought of. He is an amazing runner and hard working. I even had people come out and see him. One of the coaches really was impressed with him and wanted him to join. This was his ticket out of here. He would have gone to meets around the country and then hopefully around the world. But knowing he raped one of the girls we now can not have him in the club. So his future is ruined. I even had to tell the headmaster, he should not be allowed back at the school. These life skills classes, guidance classes I am teaching, I am starting to think they are not doing any good. So why am I even here? What impact am I really having?

2 comments:

  1. One day, one person, one moment, one heart. You are making a difference. Look in the mirror and you'll see that you have grown wiser and more caring. The rest will follow.

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  2. Much more of a good impact is what you are making. Thanks for all that you are doing.

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