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Learning From Hardships. The year was 1989; in a small trailer live a small country
family. The mother Sheri, had a problem, it was with alcohol. ...
... Even though the speakers went through two totally different hardships, they both
are learning to cope with them and make sense of them, rather then just trying ...
... No one needs to hear a redundant meaningless story about the hardships of
learning another language and adapting to a foreign country. ...
Hardships Of Southern Sharecro. ... These few weeks that a child spent picking cotton
was valuable learning time, and missing it could put a child too far behind to ...
Hardships of Teaching. ... Every year teachers have to deal with students who need special
attention, have learning disabilities, or attention disorder. ...
Submitted by mjstroud on June 8, 2008
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The year was 1989; in a small trailer live a small country family. The mother Sheri, had a problem, it was with alcohol. Her two sons, Robert and Gabriel, suffered the most. Robert was 12 years old and had to take care of his ten year old brother. It was hard but it was something he was use to.
In the morning the boys got ready for school on their own. They had to be very quit because Sheri was sleeping. Again she had come home late at night or maybe early in the morning. It just depended on when the bar keeper cut her off. The boys had to walk to the bus stop; it was over a mile away. They would go to school trying to ignore what they had to come home to. That happened to be nothing. On most nights the boys had to fend for themselves. They would stop by the bar; they knew that their mom would be there, to ask for a little bit of money for dinner. Some times they would get luck, but that was on days Sheri was to drunk to care.
The two years went by, and nothing change. Robert grew up and started counting the days till he could leave. Gabriel held out hope that his family could be a normal family. It was truly hard for him as Robert stopped coming home on most nights. He had to fend for himself with out help. His mother was drinking even more. She had many husbands that came and went. All ignored him just like his mom did.
One day at school the school bully started making fun of Gabriel’s mother, and her drinking. He couldn’t take it any more and snapped. Lunging at the bully, he knocked him over with ease; then started to punch him over and over again. The school principle had to pull Gabriel off the boy. The principle called both mothers to pick up their sons.
Sheri had to leave the bar early, which upset her greatly. She went out to her car, stumbling and weaving. She put the car into reverse and backed up. The car was all over the road. She was able to get to the school in one piece, but no one knew how.
She...
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