Wow, Kate. What a beautiful story. I’m so glad you got to meet him again, to see how he turned out, and what an effect you had on him. And how, in turn, your positive effect now ripples out, through him, to a new generation of troubled young men, magnified.
The once-troubled 15-year-old girl of this post subscribed to this Substack today …
Wow, Kate. What a beautiful story. I’m so glad you got to meet him again, to see how he turned out, and what an effect you had on him. And how, in turn, your positive effect now ripples out, through him, to a new generation of troubled young men, magnified.
The once-troubled 15-year-old girl of this post subscribed to this Substack today and emailed me back this evening with more detail of the magnitude of what those workshops meant to her and how she still carries things she learned then into her daily life. It’s extraordinary to have these ‘reconnect’ moments and as you say, they are likely only a fraction of the good that was done. Such a travesty that arts education has been stripped out of UK schools (and now universities) and condemned as useless.
But like you, I see enormous good coming out of the fully human connections that seem to be happening here on Substack.
Wow, Kate. What a beautiful story. I’m so glad you got to meet him again, to see how he turned out, and what an effect you had on him. And how, in turn, your positive effect now ripples out, through him, to a new generation of troubled young men, magnified.
The once-troubled 15-year-old girl of this post subscribed to this Substack today and emailed me back this evening with more detail of the magnitude of what those workshops meant to her and how she still carries things she learned then into her daily life. It’s extraordinary to have these ‘reconnect’ moments and as you say, they are likely only a fraction of the good that was done. Such a travesty that arts education has been stripped out of UK schools (and now universities) and condemned as useless.
But like you, I see enormous good coming out of the fully human connections that seem to be happening here on Substack.
Your sub is is one of them!