Between The Lines
Blogging behind bars.
(US) Check out this weblog, written by a group of 12 to 18 year olds all serving some time in Loysville Youth Development Center (LYDC), a juvenile correctional facility in Pennsylvania, USA.
Overseen by a visiting teacher and fellow youth professional whom I just spoke to on Skype. Every few days, the young people are posed questions and their responses are posted on this blog.
Here are a couple:
If I was to die tomorrow, I would want my family to think that I was a good person and I would want my people to think I was a good person, but made a few mistakes. I don’t want anybody to think that I was a bad person. I amm going to get out and turn my life around and show everybody I am not a bad person. AB
The most important person in my life is my Dad. He is a hero because he’s in the army and fights for his country and he’s my Dad. He likes to be a leader and he is a great person. He is a hero to me because he takes care of me and gives me what I want. He cares for others other than himself and is willing to help others any time help is needed. BW
The most important person in my life is my little girl. She is everything to me because she has made me open myself to try to help people. My little girl is my #1 hero. She is my heart and I love her. She is a helpful person because she has changed my life. If somthing happens to my hero I will go crazy. When I get out I am going to change now because I need to do that for her and me. I am going to be a better dad than my dad was. To be a better dad to my little girl I have to get away from people that did not help me in the past. DW
Please take the time to comment on their writing if you have a Blogger account. I would like to pose them this question: what are you going to do to make your dreams come true?
What a bold way to create ‘Digital Capital‘.
