R.I.P Robin Williams

 

 R.I.P Robin Williams

 

 

On August 11, 2014, this world lost one of the most beloved and talented comedians by the name of Robin Williams. It was reported that he committed suicide by hanging himself. Allegedly, he was suffering from depression and he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, the same disease that actor Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with.

America, I’m not going to make this a very long blog in regards to this topic and I most certainly am not going to make it sappy. However, I will say that depression is a relentless demon that no one should take lightly. If the reports are correct that Robin Williams suffered from depression, let me be the first to say that this is serious business.

I’ve experienced depression twice and it makes you not want to live…at all. I didn’t care about life because the problems seemed like they were too much to bear and I wanted nothing to do with this world. Yes, I had suicidal thoughts because I felt that leaving this world was the only answer to getting out of the mess that I was in. I just simply didn’t care about life anymore and I just wanted to be in heaven with God.

But then I started to think about the people that I would hurt if I chose to take my own life. See, if you choose to commit suicide, please remember that it’s not all about you; it’s about the other people that you hurt in the process. They have to live with the hurt that their loved one is no longer around. They have to deal with the pain of wondering what it is that they could’ve done to stop this act from happening and some people even go as far as to blame themselves, believing that they should’ve paid attention to the signs.

Let me be the first to say that I am NOT here to judge Robin Williams on the decision he made to take his own life. That’s between him and God. But speaking from my own personal experience, I had to seriously look for God to save me thru the turmoil that I was going thru. I still had a little bit of ‘fight’ left in me and because of that reason, I continued to look for God to fix the situation…and He did. My faith in God was the thing that kept me going and that’s why I’m here today.

For those of you that are contemplating suicide, please know that professional help is available. There are trained therapists that can help walk you thru whatever situation that you might be facing. God put them here for a reason so don’t be ashamed to reach out to them for help. Besides, once you realize how temporary your problem is, you’ll start to realize how beautiful life is.

 

Sonica

 

Was She Wrong?

A school teacher by the name of Lekeshia Jones was fired in Georgia, after some of her students hacked into her phone and posted her nude selfies online. Not only did they post her selfies online, they also shared the pics with their friends. Of course, all of this was done without Jones’ permission and as a result, she lost her teaching job.

Many people, such as myself, were outraged that the school officials didn’t punish the students for their wrongdoing of hacking into Jones’ phone and sharing her personal pics without her permission. Instead, the school officials blamed the whole incident on her by saying that she was “negligent” with property. However, the question that stems from my mind is that, ‘How was she being negligent if, according her, the phone was put away INSIDE of her desk?’ Allegedly, that’s where the students found the phone. Furthermore, her phone was password protected but the students hacked into it.

Oh, but the tee-hee-hee is that allegedly, Jones’ knew about the incident about a month ago after someone informed her that her racy photos were loaded online. However, Jones’ didn’t report it. According to the news, she tried to handle the situation herself by tracking down the students and confronting them about the matter.

America, what do YOU think about this matter? Do you think that the school board was fair in terminating Lekeshia Jones? Honestly, I don’t believe that Ms. Jones should’ve gotten fired for the simple fact that her phone is HER property and if she wanted to take naked pictures of herself, it’s her life and that’s her business. She’s an adult whereas the students are not. In fact, the students should’ve been the ones to get reprimanded for not only stealing someone else’s property but also hacking into their private information.

At the present moment, Jones is pressing charges against the students and suing the school board for what happened to her. However, I don’t think that the lawsuit will be as easy to win as she might think. Why? Well, although the students were completely wrong for their actions, I’m sure that any judge and/or attorney will point out that Jones was the one that chose not to report the incident when it first happened.

She chose to handle it herself, not realizing that the school board would still find out about it. Had she reported it immediately, she probably would’ve still had her job at Myers Elementary school. Even if the school chose not to punish the students involved, at least she would’ve had something on paper that showed that she did go to the proper authorities to get the manner handled. In this day and age, when there’s no paper trail or camera footage, you will have a hard time winning a case.

Although I’m not a teacher, I do know that you have to handle students with care and only trust them to a very limited degree because unfortunately, the school board will mainly support the actions of the students versus the actions of the teachers. They will mainly protect the students, leaving teachers defenseless. This situation is rather sad because as hard as it is to find AND keep a job, this teacher has to now regroup and try to put this matter behind her as much as possible.

Sonica