About a week ago, a kid in my school (he was in 7th grade) was in a big air competition at the local slopes. He attempted a 720, crashed down to the ground on his head, cracked his helmet in half, and fell into a coma.
Yesterday, at the ski center, we sort of had a "ceremony", I guess you could call it. The ski patrol lit some flares, and some people brought flashlights and turned them on. Nearly everyone on the slopes were there. We were instructed to follow the ski patrol in the pattern that they took. It was pretty chaotic, considering how many people there were, but that's not the point of this post.
Personally, I just don't see the point of mourning the fact that someone fell into a coma. It sure as hell can't help his close family, why not start a fundraiser or something like that to get him better? I wouldn't mind a "Welcome Back!" ceremony if he comes out of the coma, and I wouldn't mind a mourning ceremony if he ended up dying.
It's not that I'm not sorry that he fell into a coma, nobody should have to go through that. It's just the fact that there was a public ceremony concerning it... it just didn't feel right.
Anyone care to share their feeling on this? Is it a common occurence to do something like this? :/
- Forums
- Cross Site
- The Asylum
- Mourning a coma?
Mourning a coma?Follow
Dodo I think you have a great idea there with the fundraiser. It's more of a way to show you care because you're getting people to donate time and money, as opposed to sitting there on the slopes with a flashlight in hand. It's touching they had a ceremony, but for what purpose? Unless the kid is 100% going to die it seems quite sad and preassumptious to have a mourning ceremony.
Talk with someone in your school and see if you cant come up with some sort if fundraiser for the kid and his family. The money could pay for what the insurance company will not pay, and also help with food and such for the parents, as they wont have time, nor the inclination, to cook right now. It could also be beneficial to get a card drive going as well. Having kids at your school create or send cards to the kids hospital room. It would make the room more cheerful, and also if he wakes up, a wonderful thing to wake up to.
Just some thoughts
Talk with someone in your school and see if you cant come up with some sort if fundraiser for the kid and his family. The money could pay for what the insurance company will not pay, and also help with food and such for the parents, as they wont have time, nor the inclination, to cook right now. It could also be beneficial to get a card drive going as well. Having kids at your school create or send cards to the kids hospital room. It would make the room more cheerful, and also if he wakes up, a wonderful thing to wake up to.
Just some thoughts
Ya gotta admit, it'd be pretty funny if they passed out a bunch of flares to everybody, got in a line, and everybody tried doing a 720 in his honor. Especially if they were wearing non-flame retardent winter wear.
It'd look like the mass start of the first annual Richard Pryor Winter Marathon...
Totem
It'd look like the mass start of the first annual Richard Pryor Winter Marathon...
Totem
Actually, considering how many people were there, I'm surprised nobody crashed into somebody else head-first and fell into a coma. (now THAT'S irony!)
Recent Visitors: 108
All times are in CST
Anonymous Guests (108)
- Forums
- Cross Site
- The Asylum
- Mourning a coma?
© 2024 Fanbyte LLC