Because Saturday Morning Is For Crying Join Me In Getting All Weepy Over This Coming Out Paper For An AP English Class
I can’t even imagine how much harder it is for a teen who is gay. Not only do they have to worry about judgement from their peers and families, they also have to live in fear of being ostracized and bullied because of their sexuality. Which is why this post found on Reddit has me weeping at my desk this morning.
What a brave young man and what an amazingly great educator for leaving him this note at the bottom of his assignment. The teacher could have easily just graded it and handed it back, but the comments they left are really endearing. Yeah, the world is a sucky place on occasion but things like this give me hope in the goodness of people. I hope the young man who wrote this shows his family when he comes out. And I hope they are proud of him. And if they are not, I agree with the teacher who ended the note “Their loss, my friend.”