10/15/07
The folks over at espn.com ran what I think was supposed to be a heartwarming tale of a city rallying around a sick adolescent. Boring version here. I'll sum it up:
Sick high school sophomore, nice kid, very outgoing and upbeat. He has acute myelogenous leukemia, which is very, very bad. Homecoming rolls around, so elections for homecoming court came up, you can see where this is going. The homecoming king nominees all dropped out in deference to letting the sick kid be homecoming king.
It sounds nice, but there is a not-too-subtle message here. The homecoming court is supposed to be seniors, the kid wasn't a senior, he was a sophomore. So basically the whole school told him he has less than 24 months to live. Well thought-out.
Sick high school sophomore, nice kid, very outgoing and upbeat. He has acute myelogenous leukemia, which is very, very bad. Homecoming rolls around, so elections for homecoming court came up, you can see where this is going. The homecoming king nominees all dropped out in deference to letting the sick kid be homecoming king.
It sounds nice, but there is a not-too-subtle message here. The homecoming court is supposed to be seniors, the kid wasn't a senior, he was a sophomore. So basically the whole school told him he has less than 24 months to live. Well thought-out.
Labels: death cat, nice one guys
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