Fact or Fiction? Friend or Foe?

Over March 6th and 7th of 2008 Mr. Mayo’s and Ms. Drexler’s blog to raise awareness about Darfur got six hundred and seventy-seven comments! I am really glad to see such a good turnout and also am really happy that I was a part of it. I was recently looking through the comments left and there was one posted by an 8th grader in Virginia named Macy. She used the same prompt I used about sitting down with a darfurian our age and I have to really agree with what she said. She talked about how she would basically congratulate them knowing that she could have never survived what this person went through.  One part of her comment that I thought was really moving was when she said “We are so privileged and ungrateful in this country compared to others that we don’t even see what is going on in the rest of the world. I bet that all of the teens in this country would be shocked to see how much we have and how little they do, and I think we need to begin to stop being so ungrateful and help the people in Darfur.” After reading this, it really did get me thinking and made me realize how much I take for granted. It’s funny how what started to be a small classroom project could get so many people talking.