tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990292000799444923.post33952839050064210..comments2023-06-04T06:47:54.146-07:00Comments on You Do Too Much 365: November 14: West VirginiaSally Bridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888582125823088850noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990292000799444923.post-37192908204187530822018-11-19T14:18:28.622-08:002018-11-19T14:18:28.622-08:00Excellent post.Excellent post.Indigo Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990292000799444923.post-66307495685721405472018-11-18T18:53:27.215-08:002018-11-18T18:53:27.215-08:00Absolutely.
I was thinking about my own job, in ...Absolutely. <br /><br />I was thinking about my own job, in a high poverty urban school, and how the only stories you hear about these sorts of places are the heroic teacher biopic or the pull up your own bootstraps student story. But there's hardly any of that. And there's a lot of everyday sorrow, violence, frustration, and burnout.Sally Bridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888582125823088850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990292000799444923.post-29213412851764513922018-11-18T16:22:51.128-08:002018-11-18T16:22:51.128-08:00Lots of books/historical facts etc are changed in ...Lots of books/historical facts etc are changed in movies to make Americans (US of A's) more comfortable.<br /><br />It's something I am familiar with. So I agree - it's wrong for people's truths to be hidden. I also feel that way every time an infertility storyline ends in an IVF success. In fact, I might link to this post from my No Kidding blog, if that's okay?Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836580783987031975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990292000799444923.post-12725264019758140212018-11-14T05:32:42.275-08:002018-11-14T05:32:42.275-08:00I agree about the movie vs book. I think the movie...I agree about the movie vs book. I think the movie makers didn't think a film that showed the poverty as it was in the book would sell as well as the toned-down version.<br /><br />I've been to West Virginia many times, but have not gone to the places where there is much poverty. I have seen it in Mississippi and rural Pennsylvania though.Cedarwaxwinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644657373513518914noreply@blogger.com