My teenage daughter wants to be a journalist. She showed me one of the reasons she was inspired . Daniel Pearl . Why and how he became famous. I researched further last weekend. Eugene Armstrong . the Nepalese construction workers.
I didn't know what happened at the time . I felt shocked and angry now for a few days now. I understand now why Bush was voted in for a second term. I feel very angry.
I feel very angry at the injustice of what happened to these human beings.
ugh, I feel angry ! don't be a journalist ! I want to tell her !
I am angry !! It's not fair.
Don't want to change the world, don't want to tell the truth. This is not right.
look at the videos. I think and feel anger about this. do fashion journalism. :(
Do any of you know what I'm talking about ? this isn't the first or greatest of human suffering ever known. But this bothers me right now.
Thank you for being a safe place to put my feelings .
Hi Mary,
I have heard of this before. There is actually a movie about Daniel Pearl I think.
I understand how this might be a cause for some frustration as you see your daughter not making the right decsion, but no matter what you say she is going to make her decision with or without your support.
It is obviously hard for you at the moment and you are clearly angry but even if she were to become a journalist the chances of this happening to her are less than her getting hit by a car.
You also have to remember that we live in a very complicated climate at the moment with what is going on with senseless killing going on on both sides of the story. Sure a journalist may never have killed anyone but neither did the innocent islamic family who were killed in a bombing raid.
Take care.
Thank you ((abstract)). I understand this isn't about the odds of whether this will happen to my own daughter.
I don't know why I feel angry. Eugene Armstrong back in 2004 was a contractor. I feel angry about him.
How to express the anger I feel for his loss of life. Yes and many others.
I wish for worldwide peace. I don't want this to ever happen to another human being.
Mary,
Clearly you have nothing but good intention and yes it does hurt to see such pain and suffering in the world.
Perhaps though the only way world peace will be gained is if we stop playing the blame game and have compassion as much for the killers as the killed. I suspect that if we looked at the stories of the killers you would find they often started with someone getting killed, or at least mamed.
Anyways gots to run.
Be well.
Journalism is a good profession, but she has a long way to go to get to that
point. Perhaps a newspaper..first...lots of writing, watching, tears and learning,
and perhaps it will not be so much fun as she thinks it might be.
And perhaps life might intrude...
perhaps she just wants to travel and get paid for doing so...thinking it to be romantic.
I found out with children that the more you oppose, the stronger opinionated
they become. That's when they find your weak places and use them. She is toying
with your love right now, trying to find out how much you love her. And boy did
you react...
"ugh, I feel angry ! don't be a journalist ! I want to tell her !"
Mary, I know how you feel. The anger, the pain, the love you have for your daughter and the concern for her life...
That is similar to the feelings I had when my son/nephew announced he felt that due to the economy, he had no choice but to enlist in the army. I have been a pacifist for most of my life, and have felt some guilt for my own military service. I do not want him to go.
But I realized that I can not live his life for him, any more than you can live your daughter's life.
When our children reach the age where they must make their own decisions, we must allow them to do so, counseling them, if they will allow us, honoring the decisions and hoping they make these decisions for the right reasons.
For me, the ultimate goal when raising a child is to raise a caring, loving human being who makes a contribution to society. It sounds like you have done a fine job, Mary.
Love her as if she were worth it...she'll turn out worthwhile. You might say,
"Journalism is not my choice, but...if that's what you want to be, I'll help you
in any way I can."
That's what you'd want for yourself; someone to help you out...
My children decided what they would be and went after it; I was amazed at their
strength and determination...
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