The Yoders

When I read Jane Yoder's story, I didn't think much of what she had said. Yes coats do keep us warm in the winter and having boots to wear every day is something to be thankful for, but I was really curious as to what this really meant to a regular teenage kid like me. Then I thought about everyone else in the world, like the children in Libya and Africa that might not have boots or coats, like Jane. In the beginning, it said that she was from Evanston which isn't a ways far from here. Even though we are in the stereotypical, "North Shore", there still was a time in history, that we didn't have anything. Looking at the time and the environment we live in now, we need to be more thankful for everything we do have. We have a free education, food, clothing, housing, and resources. After reading her story and reading her son's excerpt, I think very highly of him because he has so much respect for his mom and what she had gone through. A quote that really touched me was, " I've never gone to bed hungry- I wish I had. I haven't, and I probably never will." I think that if students, especially in the North Shore start appreciating what they have more, then they will be able to fan out and help those that don't have what we have.