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Casi Morris
Приєднався 12 жов 2011
Please No Book Bans in Bixby - An Open Letter
As I know you are aware, there is a public conversation going on about book banning and censorship. I am offering my thoughts as a parent of children who would be directly affected by a book currently under review by this district. First, you need to know about Ben. Ben was 4 and his older brother was 7 when I got a phone call on a Thursday morning that the virus Ben was fighting was no virus - he had leukemia and we needed to get to Saint Francis Hospital immediately so he can begin what would turn out to be years of chemotherapy. With no immune system, we had to stay at home and wear masks WAY before it became the norm. It was isolating in so many ways beyond the physical. On his first day of Pre-K Ben came home and told me all about how wonderful school was, but asked me where the other kid’s poles were. “Poles?” I asked him. “Yeah, you know their poles with bags!” He was talking about IV Chemo poles - every kid he’d been around in the previous two years had chemo poles. These experiences shaped him and his brother - altered their life. There are not many fairy tales or stories where a kid fights cancer, so when one comes along I am always ready to read it and when appropriate give it to my kids. It helps them to feel less isolated - less weird. Like maybe their traumatic experience doesn’t also have to be a lonely one. That there are people - even pretend characters - who understand what it’s like. PTSD, anxiety, and depression are common for children and families who deal with childhood cancer and a book that tells the story of that experience arms my children with the words to talk about how they felt then or are feeling now. All children deserve access to books that reflect their experiences and identities. Orphans deserve to read about an orphan who saved the wizarding world from Voldemort. Children with absent fathers deserve to read how a boy with an absent father made friends with a centaur and prevented a war of the Titans by stopping a Lightning Thief. Ben and Ethan, 6th and 10th graders at Bixby Public Schools deserve access to a book about a kid fighting cancer. Censorship removes that access and therefore steals an opportunity for healing and growth. Now, is Me & Earl and the Dying Girl appropriate for my 12-year-old? Not quite yet. That’s my call as his mother. But I am not so arrogant to think that it’s my right to make that call for every other kid in the district. In fact, that book is appropriate for my 15-year-old - illustrating that WITHIN MY ONE SINGLE FAMILY there is variance in what’s appropriate and what’s not. I trust our librarians who hold higher degrees in Information Science and Literature and have access to international media guides and expert resources to make the call on what books are age-appropriate for our libraries - based on reading levels, educational psychology, developmental psychology, and neuropsychology. And I’ll take it from there. I make the final call on what they consume. I have no right to make that call for anyone else. I wouldn’t dream of demanding that every 10th grader read The Emperor of all Maladies so they can immerse themselves in childhood cancer. Not every 10th grader can handle it and I have no way of knowing which kid would be harmed and which would benefit. The same is true when we remove a book from our library - we have no way of knowing which kids would be harmed. No one is saying that the parents don’t have the right to ban books they feel are inappropriate from their children. I’m saying they don’t have the right to ban books from MY children. They don’t have the right to ban books from ALL children. I’m worried about sexual content and how women are exploited in media, so I teach my kids to be firm in the morals and then trust they'll put the book down when they come across something I wouldn't approve of. I'm worried about indoctrination, so I teach my kids to think critically (be critical) of things they read and evaluate whether they agree with what they've read or not. I'm worried about slanted literature, so I teach my kids to research context and background information about what they're reading so they can make the call on whether to trust something as factual or not. I'm worried about making children feel guilty about the actions of their ancestors, so I teach them that the sins of their fathers are not their own, but they should always be willing to learn how to be better than their parents - that should be our goal always.I share the same worries as the parents who want to ban a book. But I have a better solution. We have even uncovered a gap with parental access to our district catalog so that we can ALL make better-informed decisions for our individual children. I support more transparency and resources for our librarians to make our district catalog more accessible to the public so I can review content as needed, and remove access to that content for Ben and Ethan (but no other child) when I feel it is appropriate.
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Ben Beats Cancer
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After 1,167 days of treatment, Ben got the news that his bone marrow showed no signs of cancer and he will be able to end treatment in 34 days (July 5, 2016). Jukin Media Verified (Original) * For licensing / permission to use: Contact - licensing(at)jukinmediadotcom
Ben and Ethan Ride in a Fire Truck
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Benjamin and big brother Ethan got to ride in a fire truck as a part of the 2014 Battle of the Badges fundraiser, which donated proceeds of the softball game to Make A Wish in Ben's honor.
Imagine Dragons - It's Time Dedicated to Tyler Robinson Foundation
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TylerRobinsonFoundation Imagine Dragons performed to a sold out crowd at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 22, 2014. They donated their concert and profits to The Tyler Robinson Foundation to support families fighting Pediatric Cancer. This is Dan Reynolds telling us about Tyler during the concert. We were so honored to volunteer at the concert, meet the Robinson family...
On Top Of The World - Thanks Imagine Dragons
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Four-year-old cancer fighter Ben Morris is ON TOP OF THE WORLD after achieving remission and finishing frontline treatment for Acute Lymphoblast Leukemia in February 2014. He will be on Maintenance chemo until July 2016. Follow Ben's story on his facebook page: BenMorrisUpdates On February 22, 2014 Imagine Dragons sold out the BOK Center in Tulsa and donated proceeds to the Tyler R...
This song was so important to Boston after the Boston bombing.
I bet other bands wouldn't do this today as they're selfish as you can tell Imagine Dragons knows.
thank you for this it means a lot to me even though I never knew him I still cried this a is a beautiful thing thank you for posting this lets all not forget Tyler Robinson
Beautiful song! Congratulations! RIP Tyler R.
I’m happy Tyler had his last moments of life having happy memory’s and him being friends with his favorite band rip Tyler Robinson 1995-2013🕊️
Heart breaks for the kid at 7:08😢.
So sad especially the two kids who are sleeping through this concert as they must have been so exhausted 😪.
Poor exhausted kid sleeping towards the end of the video. I hope you're doing ok.
Haven't watched this in years and still makes me cry just like when I watched it the first time😢.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is still the best version. Breaks my heart. Came across it years ago for Tyler Robinson - & when Tyler was on stage. / what an amazing time. We donated. Imagine Dragons played Leeds Festival this year. My son was there. We very much respect Imagine Dragons.
Just watched the dragons for first time in my hometown reading festival 23 an no words.but these. Epic rock gods performance- lov this bands message an local mailman spreading the music- dan is an incredible guy ❤
Sad times cancer
Am I the Genius is why I’m here
W moment
Tyler 💙
I lost me aunt and grandma with in two years to cancer. This song means a lot to me.
Love this song so much
For TYLOR!
I love you
A well thought out and reasonable request. If I might add two additional thoughts; some of America’s greatest literature - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, Red Sky at Morning not to mention works by Raymond Chandler, Hemingway and Kerouac - to name a few, have language that is objectionable. Secondly, historically totalitarian regimes have a thing for banning (and burning) books. I didn’t think we were there…
WE ALL LOVE T!......WE ALL LOVE ID.......WE ALL LOVE YALLL FAM!
Love it when the band you like are actually good/cool people. <3
So this is what you meant when you said that you were spent? And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit Right to the top, don't hold back Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain-check I don't ever wanna let you down I don't ever wanna leave this town 'Cause after all This city never sleeps at night It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now, don't you understand that I'm never changing who I am? So this is where you fell, and I am left to sell? The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell Right to the top, don't look back Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain-check I don't ever wanna let you down I don't ever wanna leave this town 'Cause after all This city never sleeps at night It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now, don't you understand that I'm never changing who I am? It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now, don't you understand that I'm never changing who I am? This road never looked so lonely This house doesn't burn down slowly To ashes To ashes It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now, don't you understand that I'm never changing who I am? It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Don't you understand that I'm never changing who I am?
god bless every soul❤️
I wish every single celebrity was as wonderful and as selfless as these guys. It would be a much better place to live. 😢
Tyler Robinson, a true legend, he fought hard, the trooper didn’t deserve cancer. Rest In Peace man
Kids dying from cancer is so fn tragic. Young people please make part of your life fighting the real enemy the pharmaceutical companies and the politicians who are bankrolling billions of dollars treating cancer but not curing cancer. I am old now but when I was a kid the argument was back in 1969 you could put a man on the moon but you cannot cure cancer WTF.
I've never seen anything emotional and inspired like this. Thank you Imagin Dargons.
RIP :( amazing souls!
Those 69 people that disliked this video deserve to get what Tyler suffered with
The more I watched of Dan the more and more I respect him. 2:33 was surreal to watch.
I lost sooo many family members and friends to cancer….it sucks more than anything! To those who “disliked” this video you guys are buttheads who have no heart. My family members right now are fighting cancer and it’s heartbreaking.
I'm crying so fucking hard
Your a angle tylor fly
i actually cried a lot
Sadly, im here again....
I just like the fact that some people aren't thinking about the Porsche, but about paying it forward, because they can. Much respect <3
Emotional inspired me a lot.
3:41 fun is begining
I had cancer. Ewing Sarcoma, fortunately I am still alive and able to listen to this masterpiece. RIP Tyler
Imagine disliking this video...
Tbh my faith in humanity is restored now I can finally be a happy person
My friend passed away 3 days ago suddenly at the age of 28. My dear friend, smile as always in the sky and never change who you are. I love you...
r. i. p. 😔
So this is what you meant When you said that you were spent And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit, right to the top Don't hold back Packing my bags and giving the Academy a rain check I don't ever want to let you down I don't ever want to leave this town 'Cause after all This city never sleeps at night It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand I'm never changing who I am So this is where you fell And I am left to sell The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell right to the top Don't look back Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain check I don't ever want to let you down I don't ever want to leave this town 'Cause after all This city never sleeps at night It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand I'm never changing who I am It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand I'm never changing who I am This road never looked so lonely This house doesn't burn down slowly To ashes To ashes It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand I'm never changing who I am It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand I'm never changing who I am
Por eso imagine dragons es grande independientemente de su música genial Son unos grandes artistas con mucho tacto y gran corazon💜💜💜💙💙💙💙🌌🌌🌌🌌
I always wondered what he felt until I got it in 2016
Absolutely great video. RIP Tyler. Imagine Dragons are first class.
Wtf is wrong with this peole ou dislik this
Nobody really is gone once someone has been on earth, they will never be forgotten by loved ones.