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Unfair Treatment

Dad and Carol gave me a Clivia plant.  It finally flowered although it is not as robust as the plant at my dad's house.
This afternoon I had a PT (physical therapy) appointment.  As I was getting out of the car and grabbing my crutch, a young man came out limping carrying his crutches.  I asked my PT if that was her patient, and she affirmed.  After this affirmation, I asked why he could walk without crutches and a limp while I was told to remain with the crutches with my limp.  It seems he needs to push it a bit more, and I need to push it a bit less.

Last night my knee locked up causing intense pain.  It is still sore today although it gets better as the day continues.  The PT seems to think it could be related to the hip or perhaps floating cartilage although she doesn't really know.

Today a seventh grader explained why he wasn't going to attend tomorrow's "Courage Retreat".  We try to get all students on this field trip because it speaks to having heart and behaving with integrity.  The space for this retreat (gym connected to church) is donated, making it a good location.   After last year's uncomfortable conversation with a group of Muslim students who had legitimate concerns about the cross on the building, we made sure to acknowledge this on the permission slip form.  Since tomorrow is the field trip, we have been talking to kids all day about getting in their forms.  One young man told another teacher he wasn't going because "he wasn't Christian".  I talked to the student and explained he didn't need to be Christian that it had nothing to do with the field trip.  The irony came because he was wearing a cross around his neck.  "I'm not Christian; I'm Catholic," he stated emphatically.  Although I didn't ask him to explain the difference, I did point to the cross around his neck and explained the cross on the building would be a problem for some, but obviously not for him since he had a cross around his neck. 


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Anonymous said…
What an interesting statement "I'm not Christian:I'm Catholic" I know many Christians who don't consider Catholics to be Christian. Christians follow Christ which some Catholics do but many also follow the Church over Christ.
He may be wise beyond his years or sadly misinformed - its hard to say.
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