Hey Everyone!
As you all may know, today Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education. There has been many who have been AGAINST the idea of her being the Secretary of Education, me being one of them. Why? Well there are many reasons why.
But the main one is the fact that she doesn't know that the Individual with Disabilities Education Act is a federal law. This post isn't about going on and on at how this decision is not the best decision to be made so please watch the video of Senator Cory Booker's speech on his DeVos Opposition who goes in great detail about students with disabilities.
So what is this post really about? Well you can look at the title. I am writing this to thank all my teachers that I've had while I was in public school from Kindergarten to Senior Year, as well as my college professors.
I have spoken highly of the Township of Union's Board of Education many times. From the very start of my education, I have been included and treated with the same respect as my classmates.
When I raised my hand, I was picked on. When I wanted to take part in gym classes, I did. When my teachers needed to accommodate the classroom in anyway where I can take part, they did. When I had questions about what we were learning, they helped.
For so many years, I knew I was lucky to have grown up in this town but when I got older - I realized just how lucky I was as I heard many students with disabilities don't have the same opportunities in their school district as I did.
To My Teachers,
Thank you. Thank you for always including me in discussions. Thank you for moving desks around to make sure that I can get around the classrooms. Thank you for always picking on me when I raised my hand. Thank you for allowing me to speak in front of the class for speech assignments.
Thank you for letting me lead the class in the hallways (back in elementary school, we walked on the line to go to the next class). Thank you for listening to me when I needed help. Thank you for respecting me as you would any other student.
Thank you for teaching me English, Math, Science, History, Business, Music, different languages, Journalism, and so many more subjects.
Thank you to my gym teachers who always pushed me in gym class. Thank you to my case managers who were always there for me if I needed any new accommodations or needed something changed. Thank you to my guidance counselors for helping me make decisions about my classes and next step in my education.
Thank you to all my classroom assistants who were there for me when I needed help with moving chairs, taking my backpack off the back of the chair, going through the hallways, and so much more. Thank you to all the nurses who helped me when I was sick, needed to take my medications at lunch time, and so much more.
Thank you to my transition coordinator who pushed me to open myself to speak in front of over 200 people. Thank you to all the security guards for making me laugh and for protecting our schools. Thank you for all substitute teachers who filled in for my one-on-ones & our teachers.
Thank you to all the principals who were there if I needed you and to make sure that all students were getting the same respect from our teachers. Thank you to my bus drivers & aides for getting me from home to school and school to home safe & sound.
This is only some of my thank you's to all of you. You all have done so much for me over the years and I wouldn't be the same if I didn't have you all as my support system in school.
No matter what happens in the public education with this new change, just know that you have touched many lives and you will continue to touch more lives.
Caitlin
I would love for every student with a disability to have the same experience as I did. Now all we have to do is wait and see what happens with the new Secretary of Education.
Until Next Time
CGoerlich <3
Showing posts with label controversy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label controversy. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Friday, June 3, 2016
Why People Are Upset With "Me Before You"
Hey Everyone!
I am here to talk about the controversial movie "Me Before You," adapted from novel with the same name written by Jojo Moyes (who also co-wrote the screenplay), starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin, and why people are upset about the movie (and novel).
Now I don't know if you heard but there's been a lot of controversy with the movie and novel as it goes in discussion of disability and assisted suicide. There's also the controversy over the fact that the main character whose played by Sam Claflin isn't portrayed by a person with a real disability.
You're probably thinking - oh here we go again, she's complaining about disability in Hollywood again. Well of course I am - it's a big problem that is going on. But for more on that, again please go read my other posts under the Disability Advocacy tab.
Now back to "Me Before You." After you read the plot for the film and novel, you may question why there is such a controversy with the thought of it:
"Young and quirky Louisa 'Lou' Clark (Emilia Clarke) moves from one job to the next to help her family make ends meet. Her cheerful attitude is put to the test when she becomes a caregiver for Will Traynor (Sam Claflin), a wealthy young young banker left paralyzed from an accident two years earlier. Will's cynical outlook starts to change when Louisa shows him that life is worth living. As their bond deepens, their lives and hearts change in ways neither one could have imagined."
It sounds great, doesn't it? Believe me at first I was on board with the whole thing because "oh it's such a change and with a happy ending," well I was wrong after a few times watching the commercials. I was over it after the second commercial seen. It also doesn't help that the actor isn't someone who is disabled (yes I mentioned again).
There's a lot I can say about this movie and situation BUT there are other writers who wrote up better articles about their thoughts than I probably could so I recommend you to read them:
Why Are You Complaining? Some People Actually Feel That Way: A Critique of Me Befo...
Hollywood Promotes The Idea It Is Better To Be Dead Than Disabled
'I'm Not A Thing To Be Pitied': The Disability Backlash Against Me Before You
Hollywood Promotes The Idea It Is Better To Be Dead Than Disabled
'I'm Not A Thing To Be Pitied': The Disability Backlash Against Me Before You
For this post I want to talk to those who question the backlash and make comments on those articles about us complaining. There's many who don't see what's wrong with the story or what's wrong with the movie and of course to them, there isn't.
But the main problem that we have with this is not necessarily just the movie but it's the idea that it's going to put in to its viewers and readers' minds: people with disabilities don't have a reason to live or the fact that we may actually feel that way (some may do but I know a lot don't, I don't).
For your information, I love being in a wheelchair and there are many who feel the same way whether it's being in a wheelchair, being amputee, being blind, or so on. We see the world in a different way than others do but we don't see that on TV or in the movie theaters.
We see the disappointments. We see the "bad" things about being disabled. We don't see the real story of the person in the chair. There's so much more that needs to be seen than the "bad" stuff. Yes it's good to see what they go through but how about showing the whole picture instead of just one?
Life goes on. It doesn't stop because we're injured. We want to tell me that but movies like "Me Before You" doesn't let us. I know you're thinking - it's just one movie. But it's not. It's what's in the news. It's what you see trending on social media. It's everywhere. There's so much more negativity towards people with disabilities than there is of positivity and that needs to change.
You may think we're "picking" on this movie but it's what needs to be done because we need to get our point across. One. Stop casting non-disabled actors. Two. Do more research when you're writing about real people and a disability. Three. Listen to the complaints.
Now I have to say there have definitely been movies that have shown positive thoughts about living with a disability (and how to keep on living with one).
Support those movies:
Yes, these movies' actors aren't disabled but they do the movies the right way. There's also another movie about living with a disability that should be getting more recognition and that's The Fundamentals of Caring and ABC has red lit a new sitcom called Speechless (who in fact does have a disabled person playing a disabled character).
I'm hoping that this is a sign that it's moving towards the way it should be. But there still needs a lot to be done. Also I have a question - how come it's ok for groups of people to complain when they are being misrepresented in movies and television but when it's the disabled group, we're seen as complainers (and should be lucky that they're even covering a story like that)??
I don't think that's right. Do you? Think of it that way. Remember read those articles that I recommend above. I hope they make you see the side we're coming from. Because again - enough is enough. We should be treated the same as everyone and get the same opportunities.
Let me know what you think!
Until Next Time
CGoerlich <3
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Old Navy: Trending on Twitter for the Wrong Reasons
Hey Everyone!
If you have been following my blog, you know that I have been posting about Old Navy and the issues they have with their fitting rooms.
Well today (May 1st), they were trending on Twitter and I don't know if you know or not but if you're trending on Twitter then it's either a negative or positive thing. And well with Old Navy trending, it was for a negative reason. Negative reason behind the reasoning for why they are trending but a positive thing for Old Navy themselves.
Why were they trending? Well it was definitely not for the issues with their fitting rooms (wish it was) but it was because they shared a new ad of theirs for their "Thank You Event." Have you seen the ad? Well take a look at it:
I don't see anything wrong with it. Do you? Well the reasoning for the title of this post (Trending on Twitter for the Wrong Reasons) is because Old Navy was. The reason why it was trending was because there was "controversy" over the picture. What exactly was that controversy? Well...it was the fact that they have an interracial couple in the ad.
Oh my goodness! What is wrong with them?! How could they do that? Don't they know it's completely wrong to have an interracial couple on the ad? Don't they know that it's so terrible to show a couple who love each other even though they're "different"? It's not right! How dare they?!
Please. I hope you know the previous paragraph is all sarcasm. Like seriously? You're complaining that they put a couple of different color on an ad?? It's the 21st century!!! Get over it. It's life. People should be happy to be with each other no matter if they are "different." If they love each other, shouldn't that be what's important??
I still can't believe that it's 2016 now and we're still talking about interracial couples not being right and the fact that people believe that white should always be with white, black should be with black, green should be with green, and so on. You get my point. That's also saying that someone who can walk shouldn't be with someone who is in a wheelchair. Don't even get me started on that.
The whole point of this post is that Old Navy is being trended on Twitter for a wrong reason. There are those who hate the ad because of the interracial couple and then there are those defending it. BUT, there's a bigger picture here.
They are still being trended for the wrong reason. I'm going back to my reason why they should be trending - the usage of their fitting rooms. There are more important issues going on here but no is talking about them. Again, it's the 21st century and 2016, it's all about love. Get over the race, sexual orientation, disability, etc. issues when it comes to relationships.
Focus on what's important and that's the fact that there are still issues with the fitting rooms at Old Navy but you would never see that trending on Twitter? Why? I still don't know. It's the fact that media will always play the race card or the gender inequality card or any other card instead of the inequality between disabled and abled card because it's what gets the viewers.
Again, there needs to a be a change here. Go click the Disability Advocacy link above to see my other "rants" about disability in media and other discussions because it's time for that controversy to be talking.
Now going back to Old Navy - can we please stop talking about what's "wrong" with the ad they posted because Ha Ha Ha, there's NOTHING wrong with it. What's wrong is more needs to be talked about than that ad. Like fitting rooms or other situations.
I love Old Navy and I'm on their side with the ad they posted because it's a family that love each other but I'm here still wanting a change in their accessibility of the accessible fitting rooms in their stores. Please READ and SHARE my previous posts about Old Navy's fitting rooms:
Old Navy
Old Navy Update
Old Navy Update #2
This is what needs to be discussed. Not the ad. Yes there is still a problem with people believing that "different" people can't be together and the fact that there are those who are planning to boycott Old Navy because of it. Like come on.
Again even though I've been against the fittings rooms issue at Old Navy, I still support them because they have great clothes and items.
I don't know if you agree or disagree with what I have written and I'm all for different opinions so if you have a different opinion or don't like what I wrote; or you do agree, please leave a comment below!
In order for us to come together, we need to be open and listen to other people's opinions and have a conversation on how we can make things better for everyone.
Until Next Time
CGoerlich <3
If you have been following my blog, you know that I have been posting about Old Navy and the issues they have with their fitting rooms.
Well today (May 1st), they were trending on Twitter and I don't know if you know or not but if you're trending on Twitter then it's either a negative or positive thing. And well with Old Navy trending, it was for a negative reason. Negative reason behind the reasoning for why they are trending but a positive thing for Old Navy themselves.
Why were they trending? Well it was definitely not for the issues with their fitting rooms (wish it was) but it was because they shared a new ad of theirs for their "Thank You Event." Have you seen the ad? Well take a look at it:
Oh, happy day! Our #ThankYouEvent is finally here. Take 30% off your entire purchase: https://t.co/nGQ9Pji1pN pic.twitter.com/vq4mIczm6A— Old Navy Official (@OldNavy) April 29, 2016
I don't see anything wrong with it. Do you? Well the reasoning for the title of this post (Trending on Twitter for the Wrong Reasons) is because Old Navy was. The reason why it was trending was because there was "controversy" over the picture. What exactly was that controversy? Well...it was the fact that they have an interracial couple in the ad.
Oh my goodness! What is wrong with them?! How could they do that? Don't they know it's completely wrong to have an interracial couple on the ad? Don't they know that it's so terrible to show a couple who love each other even though they're "different"? It's not right! How dare they?!
Please. I hope you know the previous paragraph is all sarcasm. Like seriously? You're complaining that they put a couple of different color on an ad?? It's the 21st century!!! Get over it. It's life. People should be happy to be with each other no matter if they are "different." If they love each other, shouldn't that be what's important??
I still can't believe that it's 2016 now and we're still talking about interracial couples not being right and the fact that people believe that white should always be with white, black should be with black, green should be with green, and so on. You get my point. That's also saying that someone who can walk shouldn't be with someone who is in a wheelchair. Don't even get me started on that.
The whole point of this post is that Old Navy is being trended on Twitter for a wrong reason. There are those who hate the ad because of the interracial couple and then there are those defending it. BUT, there's a bigger picture here.
They are still being trended for the wrong reason. I'm going back to my reason why they should be trending - the usage of their fitting rooms. There are more important issues going on here but no is talking about them. Again, it's the 21st century and 2016, it's all about love. Get over the race, sexual orientation, disability, etc. issues when it comes to relationships.
Focus on what's important and that's the fact that there are still issues with the fitting rooms at Old Navy but you would never see that trending on Twitter? Why? I still don't know. It's the fact that media will always play the race card or the gender inequality card or any other card instead of the inequality between disabled and abled card because it's what gets the viewers.
Again, there needs to a be a change here. Go click the Disability Advocacy link above to see my other "rants" about disability in media and other discussions because it's time for that controversy to be talking.
Now going back to Old Navy - can we please stop talking about what's "wrong" with the ad they posted because Ha Ha Ha, there's NOTHING wrong with it. What's wrong is more needs to be talked about than that ad. Like fitting rooms or other situations.
I love Old Navy and I'm on their side with the ad they posted because it's a family that love each other but I'm here still wanting a change in their accessibility of the accessible fitting rooms in their stores. Please READ and SHARE my previous posts about Old Navy's fitting rooms:
Old Navy
Old Navy Update
Old Navy Update #2
This is what needs to be discussed. Not the ad. Yes there is still a problem with people believing that "different" people can't be together and the fact that there are those who are planning to boycott Old Navy because of it. Like come on.
Again even though I've been against the fittings rooms issue at Old Navy, I still support them because they have great clothes and items.
I don't know if you agree or disagree with what I have written and I'm all for different opinions so if you have a different opinion or don't like what I wrote; or you do agree, please leave a comment below!
In order for us to come together, we need to be open and listen to other people's opinions and have a conversation on how we can make things better for everyone.
Until Next Time
CGoerlich <3
Sunday, January 17, 2016
John Scott > NHL
Hey Everyone!
Recently, there has been controversy with the National Hockey League (NHL) and the 2016 All-Star game.
The NHL decided to have a fan vote to name Captains of each division (Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central, Pacific) so that fans can get an opportunity to give their ideas on who should be in the All-Star game and be the captains.
So the winners of the vote are as followed:
Atlantic Division - Jaromir Jagr of the Florida Panthers
Metropolitan Division - Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals
Central Division - Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks
Pacific Division - John Scott of the Arizona Coyotes (at the time of voting)
At the time of voting? What does that mean? I'm going to get to that. So as you see, there are four names that are listed which is corrected but apparently only three of them deserve it. Jagr, Ovechkin, and Kane are the three that deserve it. I mean, yes I agree they do and I'll admit I didn't necessarily know who John Scott was when they named him but he's deserving too.
Well there were a lot of people who didn't believe it. So it became a funny thing. Like people were making jokes about him being in it. Making memes. There were other things as well so it was kind of becoming like a mockery or however you would like to call it.
But apparently even at the beginning of the votes when John Scott was in the lead that he didn't want to be in the All-Star so to stop voting or whatever but fans didn't listen and continued voting. (Jagr did the same thing but of course, fans weren't going to listen to him.) But anyways, even though he didn't necessarily want to be in it - he started coming around to the though of it especially when his family started telling him that he has to do it. That it'll be fun.
But there's just one problem. He can't take part in it anymore. Why? Because the Coyotes traded him away to Montreal Canadiens and they sent him down to the AHL (minor league for hockey) making him illegible to participate.
This created an uproar!
Most of the fans and writers of NHL has come together because it's not right even if he originally shouldn't have been voted in (he wasn't that great) but that shouldn't have mattered. He was voted in. He should be able to play.
And he or the fans had no say in whether he should take part in the game or not.
If that's the case, then why was there a fan vote in the first place?? If you're not going to let the players that were voted in to play. If you don't like how the fan vote came out then change it next year and don't give us one. Don't ruin a guy's one chance to take part in something that he may not get a chance to do again.
This is a sad time for the NHL and it's not great for the league. I already heard that there are a lot of people who are not going to watch the game because of this because they support John Scott and the fan voting. There are many writers who support John Scott and are asking the NHL change the mistake they made because that's what it was. A mistake.
As you can tell by the title of this, I am also in support of John Scott because it's only right that he gets a chance to take part in this. For his career. For his family.
If you support John Scott and want to tell the NHL that they are wrong and they need to let him play the game, you can go SIGN THE PETITION that someone made up. It already has more than 4,000 signatures. Let's keep it going and see if NHL listens to its fans. (There's also a #FreeJohnScott campaign on Twitter than you can take part of as well.)
What do you think of this controversy? Do you think John Scott should play in the All-Star Game? Are you going to watch the game whether he's in or not?
Until Next Time
CGoerlich <3
Recently, there has been controversy with the National Hockey League (NHL) and the 2016 All-Star game.
The NHL decided to have a fan vote to name Captains of each division (Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central, Pacific) so that fans can get an opportunity to give their ideas on who should be in the All-Star game and be the captains.
So the winners of the vote are as followed:
Atlantic Division - Jaromir Jagr of the Florida Panthers
Metropolitan Division - Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals
Central Division - Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks
Pacific Division - John Scott of the Arizona Coyotes (at the time of voting)
At the time of voting? What does that mean? I'm going to get to that. So as you see, there are four names that are listed which is corrected but apparently only three of them deserve it. Jagr, Ovechkin, and Kane are the three that deserve it. I mean, yes I agree they do and I'll admit I didn't necessarily know who John Scott was when they named him but he's deserving too.
Well there were a lot of people who didn't believe it. So it became a funny thing. Like people were making jokes about him being in it. Making memes. There were other things as well so it was kind of becoming like a mockery or however you would like to call it.
But apparently even at the beginning of the votes when John Scott was in the lead that he didn't want to be in the All-Star so to stop voting or whatever but fans didn't listen and continued voting. (Jagr did the same thing but of course, fans weren't going to listen to him.) But anyways, even though he didn't necessarily want to be in it - he started coming around to the though of it especially when his family started telling him that he has to do it. That it'll be fun.
But there's just one problem. He can't take part in it anymore. Why? Because the Coyotes traded him away to Montreal Canadiens and they sent him down to the AHL (minor league for hockey) making him illegible to participate.
This created an uproar!
Most of the fans and writers of NHL has come together because it's not right even if he originally shouldn't have been voted in (he wasn't that great) but that shouldn't have mattered. He was voted in. He should be able to play.
And he or the fans had no say in whether he should take part in the game or not.
John Scott was previously asked by both NHL and Arizona Coyotes to bow out of NHL All-Star Game. He refused. Trade likely takes care of that
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) January 15, 2016
If that's the case, then why was there a fan vote in the first place?? If you're not going to let the players that were voted in to play. If you don't like how the fan vote came out then change it next year and don't give us one. Don't ruin a guy's one chance to take part in something that he may not get a chance to do again.
This is a sad time for the NHL and it's not great for the league. I already heard that there are a lot of people who are not going to watch the game because of this because they support John Scott and the fan voting. There are many writers who support John Scott and are asking the NHL change the mistake they made because that's what it was. A mistake.
As you can tell by the title of this, I am also in support of John Scott because it's only right that he gets a chance to take part in this. For his career. For his family.
If you support John Scott and want to tell the NHL that they are wrong and they need to let him play the game, you can go SIGN THE PETITION that someone made up. It already has more than 4,000 signatures. Let's keep it going and see if NHL listens to its fans. (There's also a #FreeJohnScott campaign on Twitter than you can take part of as well.)
What do you think of this controversy? Do you think John Scott should play in the All-Star Game? Are you going to watch the game whether he's in or not?
Until Next Time
CGoerlich <3
Monday, December 28, 2015
Old Navy
Hey Everyone!
As you see, there was a big problem here. They blocked the two accessible fitting rooms that someone who needs it wouldn't have been able to get in there which goes against ADA and many other situations. I have received feedback for this post: 13 comments (all supportive), 15 shares, and 31 likes. This was great feedback and one of the comments suggested that I post it on Old Navy's Facebook page and another suggested to share it on Twitter, both of which I did.
On Twitter, Old Navy did respond which I think was a step in the right direction.
But there still needs more to be done about these situations. Why are these situations still happening in this day and age? I'll never know. But I'm sure one of the main reasons why these things are happening frequently because they aren't being brought up in the media or shared as much as other situations are. Don't get me wrong, the other situations (shootings, terrorist, inequality with race, gender, and sexual orientation, etc.) that are brought up in the media and on the internet are important but YOU can't cover some of the types of discrimination and not all (especially leaving out one).
So about a month ago, while shopping for Christmas gifts - my mom and I had decided to stop at Old Navy to do get some gifts there and I also wanted to try on some clothes. Let's just say my experience with the Old Navy's fitting rooms wasn't so great. After my experience, I took it to Facebook and wrote a post about it using a picture that I saw hanging up in the fitting room. Want to read what I wrote?
Here it is:
Here it is:
IMPORTANT ------ So today while being at Old Navy in Livingston Mall, it took awhile to see the inside of the accessible...
Posted by Caitlin Goerlich on Saturday, December 12, 2015
As you see, there was a big problem here. They blocked the two accessible fitting rooms that someone who needs it wouldn't have been able to get in there which goes against ADA and many other situations. I have received feedback for this post: 13 comments (all supportive), 15 shares, and 31 likes. This was great feedback and one of the comments suggested that I post it on Old Navy's Facebook page and another suggested to share it on Twitter, both of which I did.
On Twitter, Old Navy did respond which I think was a step in the right direction.
 |
| Old Navy's response on Twitter |
But there still needs more to be done about these situations. Why are these situations still happening in this day and age? I'll never know. But I'm sure one of the main reasons why these things are happening frequently because they aren't being brought up in the media or shared as much as other situations are. Don't get me wrong, the other situations (shootings, terrorist, inequality with race, gender, and sexual orientation, etc.) that are brought up in the media and on the internet are important but YOU can't cover some of the types of discrimination and not all (especially leaving out one).
In one of my previous posts about adaptive sports programs needed in schools, I wrote about how 20% (49 million people) of the United States' population has some type of disability so why isn't there more spoken about things that happen in this group of people? I don't know. I can write another post about that which believe me I will. Look out for that one!
This post is about Old Navy. I love Old Navy. It's a great store, has great people who work there, and love the clothes that I buy but this situation needs to be fixed. I was told by one of my friends that this store in particular was the same way for about three months (could have been more) because she was there around Thanksgiving and spoke them about the fitting rooms, well as you can read from above, it wasn't fixed!
Has it been fixed? I don't know. I haven't returned. But I will. If you have visited the Old Navy store in Livingston Mall and has seen a change or have not seen a change, let me know in the comments below. We need to seriously have these types of conversations.
Now, I did go to another Old Navy at another mall and I have to say their fittings rooms was slightly better (they had one of the accessible rooms open but did have the other one blocked off). I'm not upset with theirs. At least they had one open but both need to be open especially if I had one of my friends with me or there was someone else with a disability in the store.
Was this store like the one in Livingston Mall before I had my Facebook post? I'll probably never know. Had Livingston Mall changed? We'll have to see and don't worry, I will update you all after my return visit!
Let me know what you think by writing a comment below.
Until Next Time
CGoerlich <3
Friday, September 19, 2014
Kanye West...
Hey everyone!
Now, moving onto this year, actually this week. If you haven't heard what happened, here we go. During one of his concerts, in Sydney, Australia - Kanye stopped his concert to tell everyone to "Stand up!" His direct quote is "I can't do this show until everybody stand up. Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s**t." That's not all but I want to stop here for a moment. How can you say that? Especially when there are fans of yours who are disabled and need that "special parking". Also, when he mentioned "special parking and s**t, his whole audience started laughing. Great role model there.....
Now, let us continue. Shall we? Kanye then goes on and finds two people still sitting and he looks at them and starts basically "taunting" (Don't like the word...too bad) them. Everyone even started booing and chanting "Stand up! Stand up!" at the two who couldn't. Kanye also said "Do you all want the show to continue or boo the people won't stand up." He spent four minutes, halting his show, just because people wouldn't but couldn't stand up, or even those who didn't want to stand up. He kept saying "If he's a wheelchair, then it's fine." but he wouldn't stop there. He had his security guard CONFIRM that he was in a wheelchair. Would you like to see the video? Here it is:
You can take the video however you want but watch it closely because everything I said above is what really happened.
Now. I'm not done. There are people out there who defend Kanye saying it was all just a "misunderstanding" and that he "apologized." Well newsflash, saying "It's fine" and then continuing the show is not apologizing. Also, it was NOT a misunderstanding. I watched the same video everyone else did. First, if I pay to see a show and if I was able to stand up, but didn't want to stand up then I wouldn't stand up just because someone who I PAYED to see, wanted me to stand up.
If you are to pay your own money to see someone "entertain" you, would you really stand up if you didn't want to? Like I said, if I could, I wouldn't. If I was everyone at the concert, I would've either sat down or walked out - not booing and making Kanye's ego even bigger.
Now, let's get back to the apologizing situation. Here's a hit about how to apologize. "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry for humiliating you in front of thousands of people." "I'm sorry to the audience for stopping my concert for stupid reasons." and so on. That's how you apologize. Sincerely apologize. Now say "It's fine" and then just continue on the show like nothing happened.
Now I know you are probably wondering why I put "victim" before Kanye West above before I started talking about everything. It's because Mr. Kanye "perfect" Kanye thinks he's the victim here. He thinks the media targets him. Well another newsflash - if you don't want the media to "target" you then stop opening your mouth and having these unnecessary rants.
A few days after the Sydney incident, he is now at another one of his shows where once again he stops his show midway so that he can rant about the media. This time it's for about five minutes. He claims "I'm a married Christian man with a family." Yeah, I can tell with your rants and your music. Idiot. Here is another video that you can watch which is the video where he "defends" himself and calls himself a target and tell the media to pick another one:
As you can see, he never apologizes about the incident. It's all about "me, me, me, me" and never once "I'm sorry that I did what I did." And he never does. Ok, he "apologized" for the Taylor Swift situation but we all know how that was...Not only was he defending himself, but so was his wife. Kim Kardashian-West (she deserves her own "special" post but that's for another time) tweeted "Its frustrating that something so awesome could be clouded by lies. Kanye never asked anyone in a wheel chair to stand up & the audience videos show that. He asked everyone to stand up & dance UNLESS they were in a wheel chair." Well then, she and I must not be watching the same videos and once again he never said "unless they were in a wheel chair," he said " Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s**t," which is a HUGE difference.
There is more that I can say about this situation but I believe someone else had written a great thing to this and that was Harshada Rajani who wrote an open letter to Kanye. Everyone should read it and share it!
Now, I think that's all so far I can say about this. Like I said, there is more that I can say to this but for right now, this is all I have.
If you have defended Kanye, I hope you rethink who you are defending because you should be defending the fans, not the "artist" who claims that he's the greatest thing that God has created, which he isn't at all. "Genius," "Jesus," "God," "President," and whatever else he calls himself is not who Kanye is. He is a narcissist, idiot, moron and is self-absorbed and I can tell you that you will never see me buy anything that has something to do with him. (Also, I rarely call people names so you know that I'm serious about this)
I hope others follow lead because that is the only way you can prove to someone that enough is enough.
Feel free to leave a comment to this, whether you agree or disagree.
Until Next Time,
CGoerlich <3
It's that time where I bring out the passionate side of me back out.
So as you can tell with the title, who this is going to be about. "Victim" Kanye West...
Now, before I explain why our dear friend, Kanye is getting his own "special" post - the 5th anniversary of the MTV VMAs where Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift as she was getting her first VMA for Best Female Video. If you want a recap, here is the video of it.
Now, let us continue. Shall we? Kanye then goes on and finds two people still sitting and he looks at them and starts basically "taunting" (Don't like the word...too bad) them. Everyone even started booing and chanting "Stand up! Stand up!" at the two who couldn't. Kanye also said "Do you all want the show to continue or boo the people won't stand up." He spent four minutes, halting his show, just because people wouldn't but couldn't stand up, or even those who didn't want to stand up. He kept saying "If he's a wheelchair, then it's fine." but he wouldn't stop there. He had his security guard CONFIRM that he was in a wheelchair. Would you like to see the video? Here it is:
You can take the video however you want but watch it closely because everything I said above is what really happened.
Now. I'm not done. There are people out there who defend Kanye saying it was all just a "misunderstanding" and that he "apologized." Well newsflash, saying "It's fine" and then continuing the show is not apologizing. Also, it was NOT a misunderstanding. I watched the same video everyone else did. First, if I pay to see a show and if I was able to stand up, but didn't want to stand up then I wouldn't stand up just because someone who I PAYED to see, wanted me to stand up.
If you are to pay your own money to see someone "entertain" you, would you really stand up if you didn't want to? Like I said, if I could, I wouldn't. If I was everyone at the concert, I would've either sat down or walked out - not booing and making Kanye's ego even bigger.
Now, let's get back to the apologizing situation. Here's a hit about how to apologize. "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry for humiliating you in front of thousands of people." "I'm sorry to the audience for stopping my concert for stupid reasons." and so on. That's how you apologize. Sincerely apologize. Now say "It's fine" and then just continue on the show like nothing happened.
Now I know you are probably wondering why I put "victim" before Kanye West above before I started talking about everything. It's because Mr. Kanye "perfect" Kanye thinks he's the victim here. He thinks the media targets him. Well another newsflash - if you don't want the media to "target" you then stop opening your mouth and having these unnecessary rants.
A few days after the Sydney incident, he is now at another one of his shows where once again he stops his show midway so that he can rant about the media. This time it's for about five minutes. He claims "I'm a married Christian man with a family." Yeah, I can tell with your rants and your music. Idiot. Here is another video that you can watch which is the video where he "defends" himself and calls himself a target and tell the media to pick another one:
As you can see, he never apologizes about the incident. It's all about "me, me, me, me" and never once "I'm sorry that I did what I did." And he never does. Ok, he "apologized" for the Taylor Swift situation but we all know how that was...Not only was he defending himself, but so was his wife. Kim Kardashian-West (she deserves her own "special" post but that's for another time) tweeted "Its frustrating that something so awesome could be clouded by lies. Kanye never asked anyone in a wheel chair to stand up & the audience videos show that. He asked everyone to stand up & dance UNLESS they were in a wheel chair." Well then, she and I must not be watching the same videos and once again he never said "unless they were in a wheel chair," he said " Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s**t," which is a HUGE difference.
There is more that I can say about this situation but I believe someone else had written a great thing to this and that was Harshada Rajani who wrote an open letter to Kanye. Everyone should read it and share it!
Now, I think that's all so far I can say about this. Like I said, there is more that I can say to this but for right now, this is all I have.
If you have defended Kanye, I hope you rethink who you are defending because you should be defending the fans, not the "artist" who claims that he's the greatest thing that God has created, which he isn't at all. "Genius," "Jesus," "God," "President," and whatever else he calls himself is not who Kanye is. He is a narcissist, idiot, moron and is self-absorbed and I can tell you that you will never see me buy anything that has something to do with him. (Also, I rarely call people names so you know that I'm serious about this)
I hope others follow lead because that is the only way you can prove to someone that enough is enough.
Feel free to leave a comment to this, whether you agree or disagree.
Until Next Time,
CGoerlich <3
Friday, November 15, 2013
Rutgers Bus Driver Fired Controversy
Warning - Here is my first of many very opinionated posts!
So in the past week, there has been a controversy about the firing of Pastor Stan McNeil, a "beloved" bus driver at Rutgers University in NJ.
Stan McNeil claims that Rutgers only fired him because he touched a disabled girl on the head, praying for her to heal. He has done it before and was asked not to do it again. But in reality, people, there is more to the story which many just have skipped right over. Even journalists skipped over it! Which makes me even more mad but let's get to the bottom line shall we?
Here's some background if you don't know what's happening. Stan McNeil was a popular Rutgers University bus driver who is also a Pastor and every day on the bus, McNeil always had inspirational speeches. I never experienced these speeches personally, well because I don't go to Rutgers but that's the not reason of this post. Many students say that always looked forward to getting on the bus because he would always lift up their spirits if they are having a bad day.
Well good for them, but what about the students who are in wheelchairs that are bouncing around on the bus because he didn't tie them down? Because that's the REAL reason why he got fired. Not because he was praying on a girl who was in a wheelchair, to be healed. Yes, that may play some role since well she did complain and he was told not to do it again. But, he wasn't tying down the chairs which is a big safety hazard!
Sharp turns = student with chair bumping their head on the side of the bus or even they end up at another part of the bus. A short stop = the chair going harshly forward where the person could land on their front and/or banging their head. And if the person doesn't get a seat belt put on and they don't have a seat belt on their chair (because not everyone has one!), the person could be knocked out of their chair if any of the previous things happen.
All of the above could have happened if McNeil kept on with the job because he wasn't tying down the chairs and you want to know why? Here is a quote from a newscast NBC did on him:
"Personally I was a little concerned about the time because you're spending time putting them on the bus and getting them hooked up so you're losing time," says Stan McNeil when asked about tying down the chairs.
Like really? Did he really say that? I have been saying that since the moment I heard him say that. Right after he did, my mom and I looked at each other and just asked at the same time, "Did he really just say that?" So, of course I was expecting many people to talk about it and do a report of what he said but it's been two days now and nothing. Many people are still supporting him and there are already over 6,800 signatures on a change.org petition to bring him back. You know why? Because they think he was just fired for religious reasons, not because of the safety reasons.
Time? Like really? Time was the reason you couldn't tie someone down? I hope you all realize that it probably doesn't take more than four minutes to get a person with a wheelchair on the bus plus strapping in. And you're losing time? What time is exactly lost? Four minutes. Wow. That's a lot of time....Not. If you notice in the quote, he does say "them" so meaning he hasn't just not tied down one person, but he has done it numerous time.
As a student with a disability, I am definitely upset. I rode the school bus throughout all of 13 years of public school and do you think there was once where they didn't tie me down? Nope. And you know how long it took to get me on the bus plus tying me down? I'll say it again - not even more than four minutes. I don't understand how someone can say that time is why they weren't tying down a chair down. That's like saying you're not going to take a moment to put on your seat belt.
I mean, come on people. There were more than religious reasons for this man being fired. But did you research all of the reasons? Of course not. Only NBC, that I know of, has gotten something about safety reasons. Yes, I noticed other news reports that do mention safety reasons were for the reason but you know where in those article that information was? At the bottom, oh and not to mention, no where in the title of the article which is normally the first thing readers see and remember.
As you can tell, I'm very passionate about people knowing the real reason because I want to make sure that this does NOT happen again and that others learn to read EVERYTHING before they make assumptions. I know that some already know the real reason and agree what I have said in this blog post but there are still so many who still don't understand the real reason behind this.
I hope you all understand where this is coming from and that you will share this with your friends because this is a very important subject.
Here is the link to the video of where Stan McNeil says the quote above - Video to NBC newscast of Stan McNeil's Firing (It is the top video that auto plays itself)
Feel free to comment on this post what you believe (whether you agree or disagree) and please share this post! :)
Thank you for giving me your time and listening to my opinion about this matter!
Until Next Time
CGoerlich <3
So in the past week, there has been a controversy about the firing of Pastor Stan McNeil, a "beloved" bus driver at Rutgers University in NJ.
Stan McNeil claims that Rutgers only fired him because he touched a disabled girl on the head, praying for her to heal. He has done it before and was asked not to do it again. But in reality, people, there is more to the story which many just have skipped right over. Even journalists skipped over it! Which makes me even more mad but let's get to the bottom line shall we?
Here's some background if you don't know what's happening. Stan McNeil was a popular Rutgers University bus driver who is also a Pastor and every day on the bus, McNeil always had inspirational speeches. I never experienced these speeches personally, well because I don't go to Rutgers but that's the not reason of this post. Many students say that always looked forward to getting on the bus because he would always lift up their spirits if they are having a bad day.
Well good for them, but what about the students who are in wheelchairs that are bouncing around on the bus because he didn't tie them down? Because that's the REAL reason why he got fired. Not because he was praying on a girl who was in a wheelchair, to be healed. Yes, that may play some role since well she did complain and he was told not to do it again. But, he wasn't tying down the chairs which is a big safety hazard!
Sharp turns = student with chair bumping their head on the side of the bus or even they end up at another part of the bus. A short stop = the chair going harshly forward where the person could land on their front and/or banging their head. And if the person doesn't get a seat belt put on and they don't have a seat belt on their chair (because not everyone has one!), the person could be knocked out of their chair if any of the previous things happen.
All of the above could have happened if McNeil kept on with the job because he wasn't tying down the chairs and you want to know why? Here is a quote from a newscast NBC did on him:
"Personally I was a little concerned about the time because you're spending time putting them on the bus and getting them hooked up so you're losing time," says Stan McNeil when asked about tying down the chairs.
Like really? Did he really say that? I have been saying that since the moment I heard him say that. Right after he did, my mom and I looked at each other and just asked at the same time, "Did he really just say that?" So, of course I was expecting many people to talk about it and do a report of what he said but it's been two days now and nothing. Many people are still supporting him and there are already over 6,800 signatures on a change.org petition to bring him back. You know why? Because they think he was just fired for religious reasons, not because of the safety reasons.
Time? Like really? Time was the reason you couldn't tie someone down? I hope you all realize that it probably doesn't take more than four minutes to get a person with a wheelchair on the bus plus strapping in. And you're losing time? What time is exactly lost? Four minutes. Wow. That's a lot of time....Not. If you notice in the quote, he does say "them" so meaning he hasn't just not tied down one person, but he has done it numerous time.
As a student with a disability, I am definitely upset. I rode the school bus throughout all of 13 years of public school and do you think there was once where they didn't tie me down? Nope. And you know how long it took to get me on the bus plus tying me down? I'll say it again - not even more than four minutes. I don't understand how someone can say that time is why they weren't tying down a chair down. That's like saying you're not going to take a moment to put on your seat belt.
I mean, come on people. There were more than religious reasons for this man being fired. But did you research all of the reasons? Of course not. Only NBC, that I know of, has gotten something about safety reasons. Yes, I noticed other news reports that do mention safety reasons were for the reason but you know where in those article that information was? At the bottom, oh and not to mention, no where in the title of the article which is normally the first thing readers see and remember.
As you can tell, I'm very passionate about people knowing the real reason because I want to make sure that this does NOT happen again and that others learn to read EVERYTHING before they make assumptions. I know that some already know the real reason and agree what I have said in this blog post but there are still so many who still don't understand the real reason behind this.
I hope you all understand where this is coming from and that you will share this with your friends because this is a very important subject.
Here is the link to the video of where Stan McNeil says the quote above - Video to NBC newscast of Stan McNeil's Firing (It is the top video that auto plays itself)
Feel free to comment on this post what you believe (whether you agree or disagree) and please share this post! :)
Thank you for giving me your time and listening to my opinion about this matter!
Until Next Time
CGoerlich <3
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)