Right when the man introduced Ishmael Beah to the audience on Wednesday night, I didn't know how to react to seeing him. After inspecting him and such, I came to the conclusion that Ishmael looks pretty normal. I imagined him being some really tall, skinny guy with short hair. To my disbelief, he was on the shorter side, with a muscular build ( I think ), and had bigger hair! Anyway, he said a lot of powerful things and one one of them really caught my attention. Ishmael talked about how resources at school were very scarce. There would usually only be one copy of a textbook, which the teacher would have, they would share pen ink, and write extremely small and in the margins of their paper. When I heard this, it made me feel bad for always wasting paper, throwing away pens that don't work and wanting to burn my history book. Through his book and speech, Beah has influenced me to not judge people so quickly and cherish everything because you never know when it will be gone; a long way gone. I would like to somehow raise money for education supplies for the children at schools in Sierra Leone. Everyone deserves the chance to learn.
Here's a good quote I found...“I would always tell people that I believe children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.”-Ishmael Beah
I found that quote at A Long Way Gone's website...http://www.alongwaygone.com/reviews.html
-Britt
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