tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post116282853391104448..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: Swallow StormCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-1162918422777921842006-11-07T10:53:00.000-06:002006-11-07T10:53:00.000-06:00I do believe some people can be helped, and others...I do believe some people can be helped, and others are a lost cause, a waste of energy. I sometimes wonder how often I'm wrong in my decisions, and yet I must make them because, even as a teacher, I don't have the lifespan to help everyone.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-1162862658377274932006-11-06T19:24:00.000-06:002006-11-06T19:24:00.000-06:00I once interviewed two criminals both nearing age ...I once interviewed two criminals both nearing age twenty one. One of them had shot a kid in an alley. Apparently the victim had been bugging his friend. The friend had the gun, but chickened out. The killer took the gun from his friend and shot.<BR/><BR/>I spoke to him and he seemed remorseful. Remorseful or not, I had the sense that I could work with him in an independent living situation. <BR/><BR/>The second interview was with someone who had raped his own mother. This occured after the rape of an eleven year old girl.<BR/><BR/>After talking with him, I spoke with the representative from the locked facility. "I'll take the killer," I said. "I can't work with the other one."<BR/><BR/>This story surprises people. My rationale at the time was that the killer appeared remorseful and his thought process helped me come to a plan for him to come back into society. The other person was too disturbed. He had to be released, having committed his crimes as a juvenile he was hitting twenty one.<BR/><BR/>I believe that they are probably both back in jail somewhere. I'll bet the killer lasted longer than the rapist.<BR/><BR/>I worked for eleven years with kids like these. Always had to detach myself. You can't show emotion when you are working with kids who have been sexually or physically abused. I remember though, I would go see a Disney movie and cry my eyes out from start to end. Apparently, it was the one place I felt it okay to let go of the pent up horror and emotion. Maybe I was just crying at the lost childhood.Stewart Sternberg (half of L.P. Styles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00895152179113722902noreply@blogger.com