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You never realize
Oct. 5th, 2007 11:42 pmToday was insane at work. It must be a full moon or something like that. All I know is that there are somethings that I never realized...
I never realized how lucky I am because I have lived a safe life and never suffered an attack on my body. I spent a large chunk of my day dealing with the a student who was raped and all that it entails. All things considered, she's handling things well. She knew her rapist so he has been arrested and is awaiting trial, no bail granted. We are trying to get her into an alternate placement until she has time to heal from this, both physically and emotionally. She is having trouble focusing on her classwork, which comes as no surprise. I just want to be able to help her survive this.
I never realized how much of an impact that I had made on this girl's life prior to her rape. Her mother called me to tell me about it all. She told me that she wanted me to know because her daughter had talked about me several times. She said that she could tell that her daughter thought a lot of me and liked me. I have spoken to this student twice before. Our meetings were very routine for me, but they made in impact on her. It goes to show that every contact that you make with every person has the potential to influence their lives even if it seems insignificant to you.
I never realized how lucky I am because I have lived a safe life and never suffered an attack on my body. I spent a large chunk of my day dealing with the a student who was raped and all that it entails. All things considered, she's handling things well. She knew her rapist so he has been arrested and is awaiting trial, no bail granted. We are trying to get her into an alternate placement until she has time to heal from this, both physically and emotionally. She is having trouble focusing on her classwork, which comes as no surprise. I just want to be able to help her survive this.
I never realized how much of an impact that I had made on this girl's life prior to her rape. Her mother called me to tell me about it all. She told me that she wanted me to know because her daughter had talked about me several times. She said that she could tell that her daughter thought a lot of me and liked me. I have spoken to this student twice before. Our meetings were very routine for me, but they made in impact on her. It goes to show that every contact that you make with every person has the potential to influence their lives even if it seems insignificant to you.