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Posted by Mrs. Kirk on 10/22/2009, 7:16 am
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Here's what students from Team Cardinal wrote on the message board last year after Challenge Day...
¡à I just wanted to give a HUGE thank you to Mrs. Kirk for setting Challenge Day up for us. I am very serious when I say I think that was the greatest day of my life! If you didn¡¯t see I bawled like a little baby! And I am not one to usually cry!!! It was such an amazing experience and I would do it again and again!!!
And for everyone reading this that didn¡¯t go, I am SO sorry if I ever did anything mean to you and I hope you can forgive me!!!
¡à Challenge day was awesome! I thought it would be just a bunch of tears, and it was, but it was good to cry in front of people. Even those who said, "i probably won't cry, things like that don't really effect me", cried. it was totally life changing, and i strongly encourage everyone to go next year if you didn't this year. And thanks Jen! (It¡¯s still Tuesday, I¡¯m allowed to call you that!)
¡à I know that I already apologized to Jen (hehe) for not wanting to go at first. That is seriously the only thing I regret about today. Sometimes it so easy to build up an emotional brick wall, and hide your true feelings from the rest of the world. Challenge day totally broke down that wall, in case you didn't see me, I cried soooooo hard. I felt this amazing, loving vibe come off of EVERYONE in the room after everything was said and done, and it was so awesome! To see that every time I crossed the line, I wasn't alone, and there were all of these people sending love my way, felt amazing. I thought that I had had some rough times in my life and I now realize that I¡¯m not perfect- but no one is. And so many more people have been in worse or similar situations. I wanted to reach out to all those people and make them feel safe and secure. I know all that sounds wayyyy corny to everyone who didn't go to challenge day, but those of you who did go, you know what I¡¯m talking' about. Yeah, so there is my rant. Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much Jen (again, hehe) for making it possible. It was truly an amazing experience.
¡à Wow. Today was absolutely indescribable. I don't even know what to say about it. I want to thank everyone who went for being so supportive of each other. I¡¯m just...I¡¯m still speechless about it. It was the most incredible experience of my life. At the end, when I was at the front of the room talking, I was this close to just breaking down in tears because that is something that's really difficult for me to talk about. But when I looked out at the room and saw all the "I love you" hand signs, knowing that everyone was listening to me and supporting me was the most amazing feeling in the entire world. It made me want to cry for an entirely different reason. So THANK YOU for listening to me and letting me get that off my chest, I feel this huge relief now. If you didn't go to challenge day this year, you really should go next year. It will honestly change your life for the better. I¡¯m making this all long and drawn out so I¡¯ll stop now (: I love you guys so much ¢¾ *hugs everyone*
¡à I agree with all of you. I know, especially after reading the previous replies to this subject, that all Challenge Dayers (Mhm, I did say "dayers") of us love and are immensely appreciative of Jen, (Yeah, never again... that's so awkward lolol), and the entire day to come face to face with everything going on in our lives. I was also one of those people who didn't think I was going to cry, but I definitely did, as did most other people. I didn't even know that I could be that open to things like that, and I definitely want to do it again if at all possible. If you're one of the unfortunate people who didn't get a chance to experience Challenge Day, you're probably thinking that all of this sounds cheesy. It so isn't.
I love you all :D I don't even know how many times I've said that to people today, haha. It feels good
¡à One thing that really surprised me about all of this was how easy it was to talk to complete strangers about things that would be really hard to talk about to anyone else, even if that other person were really close to you. (Not that it wasn't hard to talk about some of those things) I know that if some people were in my "family circle" I wouldn't have said the things that I did. I just thought that was a little funny/weird.
¡à Challenge day was sooo fun! I didn't think it would be as fun as it was, and I thought I wouldn't cry. I haven't cried at school before and I was crying like a baby yesterday, at the end of it my eyes hurt. I love what some of the students who spoke said. I want to have another one this year! I realized yesterday just how much I say mean things to people, and I¡¯m going to try to be nicer from now on. Anyone who's ever been hurt by me, I¡¯m really sorry!!
¡à Before yesterday, the only time I can ever remember crying at school was in like first grade when I got hit in the face with a soccer ball in gym. I didn't think I was going to cry yesterday, but I did. Even the few times when I DIDN'T cross the line, looking across and seeing so many people I was close to and what they had experienced...I can't put it into words. It was a very rewarding experience.
¡à Challenge day was so amazing...I went there thinking it was just a way to get out of classes and it became so much more! Thanks so so much Mrs. Kirk!!!!! Love you all!
¡à Wow. It was so completely life changing just to cry in front of people. My family group was amazing! I feel so much closer to these people now! I don't know if this is legit or not, but sometimes I feel this way, so here goes¡¦
If I have ever ignored anyone, or not said hi or anything like that and hurt you, I wasn't trying to, I just like to stay in my comfort zone and only talk to people I¡¯ve known for a while. If I have hurt you, I¡¯m so sorry! I love everyone!
¡à Alright, so I know it might be kind of late to talk about Challenge day, but after getting so many more hugs and apologies and love today, I realized that maybe this will start to cause a change. Challenge day was very refreshing to me, and to many other people. I don¡¯t even remember the last time I cried as much as I did yesterday. It was just so amazing to feel like no mater what you said in that room, no one would judge you, and to have met so many amazing people who I otherwise probably wouldn¡¯t have even said hi to. To be able to feel so safe and secure with complete strangers was the best feeling in the world, and to see that you weren¡¯t alone and somewhere someone else was feeling the exact same way. I think it was very eye opening to everyone.
Sometimes we lose sight of what¡¯s really going on in people¡¯s lives. We are so accustomed to judging people before we meet them that it is very difficult to see past their outer being. When meeting people, we really only see the tip of the iceberg. In today¡¯s society, people are put under so much pressure and forced to hide themselves so that they will fit in. its very hard to open your heart to someone and really let them see who you are, for fear of what they'll think. I think that if we all just learn to see past each other¡¯s flaws and imperfections, we really can make a change. If we just see people for who they are, there would be no fighting, people would never be afraid to be 100% themselves, and there would be no waterlines.
I¡¯m finally done with that and glad I got that out. Lastly I¡¯d like to apologize to anyone I¡¯ve hurt. I think I¡¯ve hurt people to hide from myself, but now I feel like I don¡¯t need to. So I¡¯m truly sorry.
¡à I agree with everything you said, it felt good to know that people wouldn't judge me yesterday, and I wish everyday at school was like that.
¡à I totally agree! I think everyone who went to challenge day should try to make that happen. Eventually I think others would see the change in us challengedayers(?).
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