Sunday, September 11, 2011
UMYF Clewiston: Youth group 9/11/11
UMYF Clewiston: Youth group 9/11/11: Because this was the 10th anniversary of 9/11 that made the math pretty easy for me tonight. The kids, in 6th - 12th grade, would have been...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
A kids view of leadership and the economy.
Below is an exert from my son's application for a scholorship to attend a leadership conference. I thought it was amazing!
"My experience as a volunteer coach for AYSO is the most meaningful experience to me. Mostly because I get to teach kids younger than me about something I love doing. I like to teach the kids about teamwork, and sportsmanship. I like to teach the kids to love something physical, in this corrupted world of junk eaters who don’t do anything, and just sit all day. I’d want to see those kids grow up physical, and active and learning how to work with others toward a common goal."
"I am most concerned about the economy and feel our leaders are not addressing the issue adequately. I live in Hendry County which has the highest number of people without jobs in Florida. Florida has the highest number of people without jobs in the United States. People don’t have enough money as they use to. People are also losing jobs, and as a matter of fact my dad has not worked for a year because no one needs concrete for houses because they don’t even have enough money for the house itself.
On the news I hear about how the economy is going to change, but I really don’t see anything happening. Barack Obama even said he was going to put us back on track but really it is not changing anything. People are losing there homes left and right. If you walk around our block, you will even see about three or four houses empty because people either lost them, or had their house foreclosed.
I hear people talking about having to spend their savings and their retirement savings just to buy gas and groceries. My family even started buying from goodwill, and yard sales. We buy no name brands, and me and my brother’s back to school stuff cost us a fortune. We really can’t buy stuff like we use to anymore. A lot of my friends are moving like every month, because of the economy.
What our leaders need to do is understand what’s going on, because they’re not like us and are not ready for a leadership role that they have no idea it is to live in our life. They need to step into the real world and see how it’s like to live the life we live, where health insurance and retirement benefits are a luxury not a guarantee. I’m looking forward to doing the leadership conference and am ready to learn so that we, the future leaders can teach our current leaders what needs to change."
"My experience as a volunteer coach for AYSO is the most meaningful experience to me. Mostly because I get to teach kids younger than me about something I love doing. I like to teach the kids about teamwork, and sportsmanship. I like to teach the kids to love something physical, in this corrupted world of junk eaters who don’t do anything, and just sit all day. I’d want to see those kids grow up physical, and active and learning how to work with others toward a common goal."
"I am most concerned about the economy and feel our leaders are not addressing the issue adequately. I live in Hendry County which has the highest number of people without jobs in Florida. Florida has the highest number of people without jobs in the United States. People don’t have enough money as they use to. People are also losing jobs, and as a matter of fact my dad has not worked for a year because no one needs concrete for houses because they don’t even have enough money for the house itself.
On the news I hear about how the economy is going to change, but I really don’t see anything happening. Barack Obama even said he was going to put us back on track but really it is not changing anything. People are losing there homes left and right. If you walk around our block, you will even see about three or four houses empty because people either lost them, or had their house foreclosed.
I hear people talking about having to spend their savings and their retirement savings just to buy gas and groceries. My family even started buying from goodwill, and yard sales. We buy no name brands, and me and my brother’s back to school stuff cost us a fortune. We really can’t buy stuff like we use to anymore. A lot of my friends are moving like every month, because of the economy.
What our leaders need to do is understand what’s going on, because they’re not like us and are not ready for a leadership role that they have no idea it is to live in our life. They need to step into the real world and see how it’s like to live the life we live, where health insurance and retirement benefits are a luxury not a guarantee. I’m looking forward to doing the leadership conference and am ready to learn so that we, the future leaders can teach our current leaders what needs to change."
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