Day 83 (365)

Day 83 (365)
Originally uploaded by NYCmiri

My school had a drum show today as part of a series of events celebrating Black History Month. I loved this particular part of the show because it involved a good amount of the students chosen from the audience on the spot. The man on the left guided them in playing several beats while the whole audience sang, danced and clapped to the same rhythm. Ironically, shortly after I witnessed two upsetting incidents involving students that seemed to have been repeated verbatim from a parent or other adult in their life. I came to the conclusion that ignorance is a terrible sickness with no hope for a cure any time soon.