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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Forever Unassailable

I overheard a comment the other day.  The person speaking in a loud impassioned voice lamented how today’s children are taught that there are no such things as losers.  Every child is taught they are a winner.  Here are my thoughts on the subject.

For those children who live in poverty; for those children whose parents lost their jobs; for those children who lost their homes through foreclosures—how dare anyone suggest to them that there are no such things as losers.

For those children who live in broken homes; for those children whose father, mother or both abandoned them; for those children who have a parent in jail or mental institution—how dare anyone suggest to them that there are no such things as losers.

For those children who were born slow because their mother was addicted during pregnancy; for those children uprooted and on the move continuously from one tenement to another; for those children who live in high crime areas and bad neighborhoods—how dare anyone suggest to them that there are no such things as losers.

For those children who suffer from handicaps since birth; for those children who never had parents who tried hard to make them feel like winners; for those children with an alcoholic parent; for those children abused physically, even sexually, and mentally—how dare anyone suggest to them that there are no such things as losers.

For those children born in an atmosphere of hopelessness; for those children without ethical training or loving disciple; for those children who witness their parents in low esteem jobs and rebuffed by the best families—how dare anyone suggest to them that there are no such things as losers.

For those children who were never read to or encouraged to learn; for those children with disenfranchised parents who never vote or show a public spirit; for those children with arrogant parents who set impossibly high goals; for those children whose parents are rank materialists and show no interest in character or the spiritual life—how dare anyone suggest to them that there are no such things as losers.

For those children who are not good at an activity and are always chosen last; for those children who can never afford the “right” clothes or live in the “right” neighborhoods; for those children forced to live on the mean streets and fend for themselves; for those children who hate to see Christmas come because they never get anything nice or special like the hot toy they can brag to their friends about—how dare anyone suggest to them that there are no such things as losers.

My proposal is that all such children in school be informed immediately of the heretofore unknown fact that there are such things as losers.  Otherwise they will surely be engulfed in a plush fantasy world unrelated to reality in which their winning status is forever unassailable.

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