Nov 1st

Visited BOYS TOWN. This is a town spread over 300 acres. It's school for the underdogs!! Children who are juvenile delinquents; those who are abused either physically/emotionally/mentally/ those who re either drug/alcohol dependent etc. All the kids are troubled, poor, angry etc. But to my astonishment the atmosphere here is so positive. there is so much of enthusiasm among the staff and students to forge ahead. The teachers work so hard to make the students believe in themselves!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Town,_Nebraska. Please visit this link to know further details.

There is also a famous old movie, by the same name, that won Spencer Tracy an oscar. He later donated the Oscar to BOYS TOWN!!

It was a soul stirring and a soul searching event for me. It led me to reflect a lot on my role as a teacher!!