tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048405844159177205.post7463351005868109609..comments2023-10-24T09:02:49.903-05:00Comments on The Dimming Torch: Freedom and the GhettoMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856294228614073546noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048405844159177205.post-69570264196249124462009-03-26T22:20:00.000-05:002009-03-26T22:20:00.000-05:00Incredile Del! It's amazing that people go through...Incredile Del! It's amazing that people go through things like that, and even more amazing that they pull through! Good job on pulling through!Dr. Matthew Wionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250689234468638382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048405844159177205.post-14221172011354643832009-03-26T20:27:00.000-05:002009-03-26T20:27:00.000-05:00Hey Doc,I grew up in Appalachia. Coal dust everywh...Hey Doc,<BR/><BR/>I grew up in Appalachia. Coal dust everywhere; on my clothes, on the shelves...ubiquitous. Never had new clothes or shoes. Christmas was just so much trimming of the freshly cut tree (from just up the hill).<BR/>All my buddies and I thought everyone everywhere were just like us.<BR/>When we moved to Oklahoma things weren't much better, sans the coal dust.<BR/>Went to college to get the hell out. Most remarkable episode was my dad saying that I wasn't smart enough to go to college and that I should work in the factory. Sadly, I he believed that until he died.<BR/>Yep I understand the ghetto.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048405844159177205.post-19198643482712612552009-03-26T20:15:00.000-05:002009-03-26T20:15:00.000-05:00Hey Doc,My sound card is out, so I couldn't hear y...Hey Doc,<BR/><BR/>My sound card is out, so I couldn't hear your last two blogs, but this one stood out like a sore thumb.<BR/>I grew up in Appalachia. Coal dust in the home, coal dust on my clothes. Never really had a valuable keepsake and during that time I never had any new shoes or clothes ( hand-me-downs). No bike, no football, no little-league team participation, and definitely no boo-hooing about it. <BR/>I am not anything exceptional; there were thousands of us, and we all thought the whole world was emblematic of where and what we were. <BR/>When we moved to Oklahoma (trust me, I wasn't much better, sans the coal dust) I was bound and determined to "make it out". <BR/>You know the story. I went to college just to get away from the poverty and the ignorance.Alice Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505219960256113462noreply@blogger.com