Why Is This Such Sensational News?
I love my job as a writer for The Beehive. I have met some pretty awesome individuals over the years as I have done interviews. I have decided my favorite people to write about are the youth. I like to get people excited about the future generation and what they have to offer.
My latest article is about Chy Johnson (no relation), who is a special needs student at a nearby high school who was struggling with bullies. You can read it here.
The one thing that I like about my blog is that I can express my opinion where in the article I cannot. What I wish I could have said (besides how awesome I think these boys are), is that I wish this didn't have to be such a unique story...I wish this was just an every day, run of the mill news article we watched on the television every single day. Why is it so sensational to hear that a boy and his teammates were nice to this girl who was being bullied? I would like to think that this happens every day all over the world. The truth is, that I know it happens, but why don't we hear more of these kinds of stories? My theory? Because people are reading or hearing about it and thinking to themselves, "this is too good to be true." Well I know Chy and her family and I know this story is for real.
Carson was the football player Chy's mom sent an e-mail to asking for names of who he thought was doing the bullying. No names were given, he decided instead to take action. He invited Chy to eat at his lunch table and she had an escort to each class from that day on. According to Carson's mom, she didn't even know there was anything monumental going on until she read about it in the local paper. That says to me, that Carson and his friends were just doing what they knew was right. It wasn't something they really thought about or planned, they just went and did it, with no idea that it would turn into a news story covered across the nation and in other parts of the world. They did it because it was the right thing to do.
Is it really too good to be true? I say no. I say this is just one of the many stories of compassion, friendship and love that goes on every single day around us. Think about it. Really consider the kindness showed to you as you went about your day today. Someone smiled at you or said thank you, maybe held the door open for you. Those are seemingly small things that make a big difference not only for the recipient but for the giver.
You know what would make me start watching the news again? (I stopped several years ago because I was sick of the hatred and violence and narcissism ). I would love to write an article about the lady at Circle K who occasionally gives my kids their drinks for free because she likes them, or the man in front of me in the drive thru who paid my bill anonymously. I'd like to turn on the news and hear the news anchor ask a homeless person, "what were you thinking when the pizza delivery guy handed you the pizza and told you it was already paid for?" I want to hear stories about kids who learn to play the piano despite having no fingers on one hand or blow everyone away on America's Got Talent t.v. show despite the fact that they have never had a formal voice lesson but sing like an angel. I want to hear about the good feeling the older woman in the post office had when the teenagers offered to carry her packages inside for her. Yep, that's what I want to be sensationalized on television news broadcasts. That might get me watching the news again...
Do you have a great news story? One you think needs to be shared? Let me know, I'd love to spread the word.
My latest article is about Chy Johnson (no relation), who is a special needs student at a nearby high school who was struggling with bullies. You can read it here.
The one thing that I like about my blog is that I can express my opinion where in the article I cannot. What I wish I could have said (besides how awesome I think these boys are), is that I wish this didn't have to be such a unique story...I wish this was just an every day, run of the mill news article we watched on the television every single day. Why is it so sensational to hear that a boy and his teammates were nice to this girl who was being bullied? I would like to think that this happens every day all over the world. The truth is, that I know it happens, but why don't we hear more of these kinds of stories? My theory? Because people are reading or hearing about it and thinking to themselves, "this is too good to be true." Well I know Chy and her family and I know this story is for real.
Carson was the football player Chy's mom sent an e-mail to asking for names of who he thought was doing the bullying. No names were given, he decided instead to take action. He invited Chy to eat at his lunch table and she had an escort to each class from that day on. According to Carson's mom, she didn't even know there was anything monumental going on until she read about it in the local paper. That says to me, that Carson and his friends were just doing what they knew was right. It wasn't something they really thought about or planned, they just went and did it, with no idea that it would turn into a news story covered across the nation and in other parts of the world. They did it because it was the right thing to do.
Is it really too good to be true? I say no. I say this is just one of the many stories of compassion, friendship and love that goes on every single day around us. Think about it. Really consider the kindness showed to you as you went about your day today. Someone smiled at you or said thank you, maybe held the door open for you. Those are seemingly small things that make a big difference not only for the recipient but for the giver.
You know what would make me start watching the news again? (I stopped several years ago because I was sick of the hatred and violence and narcissism ). I would love to write an article about the lady at Circle K who occasionally gives my kids their drinks for free because she likes them, or the man in front of me in the drive thru who paid my bill anonymously. I'd like to turn on the news and hear the news anchor ask a homeless person, "what were you thinking when the pizza delivery guy handed you the pizza and told you it was already paid for?" I want to hear stories about kids who learn to play the piano despite having no fingers on one hand or blow everyone away on America's Got Talent t.v. show despite the fact that they have never had a formal voice lesson but sing like an angel. I want to hear about the good feeling the older woman in the post office had when the teenagers offered to carry her packages inside for her. Yep, that's what I want to be sensationalized on television news broadcasts. That might get me watching the news again...
Do you have a great news story? One you think needs to be shared? Let me know, I'd love to spread the word.
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