I think this is the best topic for blogs~ I get to see another side to everyone~ I feel like it's the deeper desire of everyone wanting to help in a way. Reading everyone's deep desires, I have yet read one that was just about them. I've never done blog homework... I'm a rebel, I was a goody goody when in school as a student with homework and extra credit, now that I'm close to 30, I'm like "naaaaaaaaaaah". But this topic, I cannot ignore since I've enjoyed reading everyone's passion. It's been a long time since I've done any homework... I may come back to fix my obscene amount of typos. Remember, I am now that rebellious student in the back of class shooting spit balls at everyone. So there will be grammar, spelling, runon sentences problems everywhere!
I will divide it to different parts to you can read parts and come back later because this is going to be long.
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My first priority would be helping prepare the youth for their future.
Parents and schools main focus is good grads to get into better schools to get into better colleges to get a better degree and not end up in the middle to lower classes. But I feel not all of us come from a background to cover other essential needs in life you must learn when having to care for ones self once you move out.
I would bring back home ec, tools workshop (whatever the handy dandy tools building one was), sewing class, basically all the "old-fashioned" classes back to schools. I would also like a financial class added, that covers taxes, home ownership issues, debt, all that "adult stuff". With these classes starting in middle school, I would want to host events as students learning to cook, but hosting cookouts to help those that are struggling to make ends meet for meals. The students that are on the hand dandy home ec class will build small homes for the homeless. The financial classes will be offered to all students mandatory started in late middle to early high school years to prepare them for the real world. I didn't learn how to make an okay meal until my late 20's... The moment when I tried to make rice like my grandmother , looked like scrambled eggs. The first dish I cooked for my BF.....he ate it... I struggle with home essential stuff, plumbing issues, crack in the wall... Wouldn't it be great to be able to fix the smaller things in home on your own? Buying my first house and having no clue to all the discussions I've had with bankers and cooperatives when it comes to getting an appraisal and the mortgage and all these new words. I'm almost 30 and can barely do or understand any of these things... Wouldn't it be nice to have an idea how adulting will go before you're an adult?
I am tired of reading the term "adulting". I disliked not really knowing much about stuff I should know to survive in this world. I feel as if I am ignorant. Preparing our youth, our kids, so when they are on their own, they can actually be on their own.
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An end to shelter homes... Make a program that house regular housing for people that are struggling to make ends meet. This program will help these folks with job placements that will help ends meet. I know many friends that have become homeless temporary due to family problems and domestic abuse and so much more and not feel safe at a shelter home. Some of them even slept in the streets because they get as a burden to slee at their friends house. I've slept in the street before, on New Years Eve... coldest night ever for me physically and emotionally. This program requires at lot more info that I can write down because every dream requires a plan and I already have a 50 page prestantion in slide show mode to show you.
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Provide free health classes to everyone, every age. Classes to help with rehabilitation, defense fighting class, just regular workout classes, to help everyone to know how to care for their bodies and protect themselves.
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Make elderly homes not sad or scary. I've seen so many grandparents of friends beg their kids to not send them there, but why... What is the fear. I'd want to have one that involves teens and animals visiting to bring life. I want dance class, art class, music class, gardening class and more. Even people in their 80's want to learn to play the piano. We treat the elderly as babies in the opposite form. Stop them from doing anything since they are no longer good, we should push them to be their very best until the end. Everytime my grandmother returns to Puerto Rico, our garden comes back to life, she can longer cool as amazing like she used to, but that woman can garden. Why stop her from doing what she loves. Just supervise her until the very end. I would like that for all elderly, not all of them have kids or grand kids to watch them and care for them.
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I would own a ranch, or ranches for homeless animals and prepare them for adoption, if never adopted, this will be their furever home. Somehow everytime I see folks "shop" for animals, I get sick to my stomach. We have so many other animals that are begging for a home... Let's leave the babies that are still sucking on their mommies tits alone. It would be a perfect place to let veterinary students to come work with hostile animals and help et them back to health physically and emotionally.
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Now after all those previous desires are taken care of, my selfish side.
Pay of all of my family's debt, make sure my folks each have a good home to live in. Have a home for myself. Help my close friends. Make sure we are in good health, so I will have a chef come in everyday to cook for me tasty healthy meals and a trainer to always give me great workouts to help with my muscle spasms... Not just for me, but my family as well. I mean, I may cook on occasions... I prefer my bf's cooking more. So I'll pay him lol.
Someone to help at home, so I can focus on drawing my cartoons, color in my coloring book, play my instruments, play with my client's hair, love with my lover and be able to do volunteer work . Yea, I would still work, but living at home would be easy as hell!!!
If you read all this... thank you... I wrote this starting around 3:15 in the morning, it is currently 4:31 now... I'm in a bit of pain so I cannot sleep. Thank you for writing beautiful blogs and reminding me that there are good people in this world that riot want to help. It makes me feel warm inside. Love you guys
~Nanette
PS~ I gave myself bangs now