There are several students on the Delta college campus who are in wheel chairs, blind, deaf or have other disabilities. When I see them maneuver the cobblestone campus (who thought that was a good idea?) and the crowded halls and the never conveniently located elevators and crowded classrooms and bathrooms I think to myself "Why am I complaining?" or I see a woman who just walked up the flight of stairs and is very winded and now she has to walk another flight to her PE class and she says "Oh hell no" and throws the paper in the trash. Sister you need that PE class. Or I see the woman who looks a bit strung out and has maybe never set foot in a college classroom ever and has no clue what's she's doing and she see's the requirements for the class and says " I have two kids" and I say "I do too" and she says "They are boys" and I say "Yes so are mine" and she says "How am I going to do all this work?" and I say "You'll find a way" and she'll say "The boys are so much work with school and activities" and I say "Yes and I have one with Cerebral Palsy" and she stops and and I say "I am doing it FOR my boys to show them it can be done" . After class she says " I am dropping the class" I walked away I had nothing to say.
It's hard. It's challenging. But when it's over it's the best thing. Education can never be taken away from you and you're never too old to get it. Never to disabled, too fat or too busy. Too lazy maybe. But that is not a disability lady.
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I already know this is going to be taken the wrong way. But I have to say it. Maybe she is not lazy. You don't know what she has in her life. We all of us do not know what our neighbors have in our life. Most people don't know what I have in mine and I am not one percent referring to anything about Lucas in that statement, that's another category. Even when on the outside all seems acceptable maybe it is not. Simply saying, when judgment is passed quickly, like tagging her with laziness, it may not be fair. It may. Certainly. But it may not. Certainly. We just don't know.
I for one am very proud of you Tammy. For doing what you are doing, going back and getting it done. I will never do it. That is my choice. Your choice is an awesome one and you are making a statement and taking a stance to make a change in your life and all of your boys life. It's a hardship because of all else you have going on. I see that. And that makes it an accomplishment. I just know that we all walk in very different shoes. Even when they look similar, they may be very different. The soles could be worn through, our partner could be using them too making the sole paper thin, and we can't take much more. You never know.
Before I ramble more, I'll sign off. I'm just saying, you never know another's life. She might have been lazy. But maybe not.
Tammy......Do you know if this lady is holding down a eight hours a day job? Does she have a husband around to help her out at home? Know the whole story before you judge someone. Uncle phil
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