Just last week one of my Latino students wanted to make a comment. (Our discussion was about pursuing an education and making good decisions.) I said he could and then he said (I am paraphrasing)....
"Ok, this is a message for all the guys in the room." The teenage boys look very curious at what he is going to say.
"You guys need to get a good education so you can have money to support your families. You need to make a good life and help your wife. You should help her with the chores and be a good dad." They are looking pretty surprised at this point.
"Have you guys seen 'The Joseph Smith Movie'? Well, in that movie Joseph Smith teaches the other guy to help his wife beat the carpet and to help her in many things. We need to be good fathers and good husbands..."
Part of my class is Catholic and they were pretty confused about what he was talking about but I was so touched. Here is this young man who is investigating the church and learning lots of good lessons. He was really serious and wanted his peers to understand his counsel. The other boys were probably more concerned with what time lunch was starting but it seemed that some of it sunk in. I was so impressed with his knowledge and his conviction of what it takes to make a good family. :) What a great kid!
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