Monday, November 12, 2007

Mrs. Cheney's students write

From a personal narrative written by an 8th grade girl:

"Everyone wanted me to blame myself for my parents' divorce so they could feel good about telling me it wasn't my fault. The only problem was I never blamed myself. I blamed a random girl at church."

I thought this was such an interesting perspective: a child who understands what the adults are thinking without being explicitly told. She's probably right about people actually wanting her to blame herself so they could feel like they had done something good for her by correcting her misconceptions. I think most kids are smart little stinks.

1 comment:

Christian said...

I love it when you share these writings. This one is funny, sad, and insightful all at the same time. I'm going to start blaming a random girl at church for my woes. It's a great idea. :)