Wow! I just read all of the comments & I am really sadden by all of you! Everyone here was pointing fingers & blaiming "the system" & "the man" & "the Crackheads". Would each of you go back & read the original article. We (I will include myself) get so caught up in what is wrong with this society we forget to DO something! I live in the city of Youngstown by choice! My FAMILY & I am RAISING my daughter on the eastside of Youngstown! I am the product of Youngstown City Schools & a dysfunctional family. I am what most you would consider successfully! Therefore, I feel qualified to make these comments. THE SOLUTION that everyone is looking for is to DO SOMETHING!! That does not mean throw money or stand back & judge or analyse the situation but actually TALK to some of these "poor, underpriveledged, cracked, criminals who are on welfare". Share some of your knowledge & life experience with some of these kids! Then LISTEN to some of their life experiences. I bet you will learn more that you teach! All of US need to stop being so pompus & self rightous & DO something! SAY something! Act like they are children! They are in the condition because WE THE ADULTS IN THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA have failed them! This can be corrected by getting INVOLVED! I know this will receive mixed reviews which is okay. I probably will not read them because I have a job, a husband, a 2 year old daughter, a home, a family & community that needs my attention more than this comment board. But feel free to keep talking. But the key is to start DOING! You are the ADULT be the ADULT! (Also like I said I am the product of Youngstown City Schools so please don't comment on my typos or misspelled words. My spelling is terrible but it did not stop me from EARNING 2 Master's degrees;-) Peace, Blessings & ACTIONS!
Brother and sister shot Saturday on South Side
Wow! I just read all of the comments & I am really sadden by all of you! Everyone here was pointing fingers & blaiming "the system" & "the man" & "the Crackheads". Would each of you go back & read the original article. We (I will include myself) get so caught up in what is wrong with this society we forget to DO something! I live in the city of Youngstown by choice! My FAMILY & I am RAISING my daughter on the eastside of Youngstown! I am the product of Youngstown City Schools & a dysfunctional family. I am what most you would consider successfully! Therefore, I feel qualified to make these comments. THE SOLUTION that everyone is looking for is to DO SOMETHING!! That does not mean throw money or stand back & judge or analyse the situation but actually TALK to some of these "poor, underpriveledged, cracked, criminals who are on welfare". Share some of your knowledge & life experience with some of these kids! Then LISTEN to some of their life experiences. I bet you will learn more that you teach! All of US need to stop being so pompus & self rightous & DO something! SAY something! Act like they are children! They are in the condition because WE THE ADULTS IN THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA have failed them! This can be corrected by getting INVOLVED! I know this will receive mixed reviews which is okay. I probably will not read them because I have a job, a husband, a 2 year old daughter, a home, a family & community that needs my attention more than this comment board. But feel free to keep talking. But the key is to start DOING! You are the ADULT be the ADULT! (Also like I said I am the product of Youngstown City Schools so please don't comment on my typos or misspelled words. My spelling is terrible but it did not stop me from EARNING 2 Master's degrees;-) Peace, Blessings & ACTIONS!
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