Day 6: The Lottery

Tonight I saw a documentary called The Lottery. My aunt invited me to go with her and her friend(and friend’s teenage son) and after seeing the trailer for it in the Babies documentary, I knew it was a movie I wanted to see. And I’m so glad I had the chance to, although it was utterly heartbreaking. It was awesome too because we attended a special screening of it, there was time for discussion(which the four of us continued in the drive back home) about what we saw, which in this case was helpful just to process everything. Education reform is such a frustrating issue, like so many others out there, but the longer we wait on it, the more and more kids are being left behind, their futures very much potentially taken from them.

After watching it though, it just made me realize once again just how fortunate I am in just so many aspects, especially with my educational upbringing. Schools do have an incredible impact on one’s future and I’m so grateful to have gone to such a great public school that really did give me a fabulous education and also had many wonderful teachers who made learning fun and helped my love for learning flourish. And by extension, grateful for my parents because they chose to move to Edina because of the great school system, that they really did(and still do) care a great deal about my education. And now having the opportunity to go to college and study what I want to pursue in life, what an incredible thing I am able to experience. I was so incredibly lucky to be born into the family I was and then to go to the school system I went to K-12….that is something I will never ever take for granted.

If you have the chance, I would definitely recommend seeing this movie. I’ll post soon about what I have been doing out here (maybe a picture or two as well?) cause that’s probably more the point of this blog to begin with.

~Lauren