Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Reason: Today in my journalism ethics class we watched a piece that aired on CBC's Fifth Estate called The Trouble With Evan. The episode was meant to be about an 11 year old boy who got into trouble and his parents who were taking classes to try to learn how to raise him better. It turned out to be a horrible story of verbal abuse along with lots of other problems and obviously the trouble was not at all with Evan but with his parents (who each had very abusive up bringings as well.) It was a heart-wrenching story through and through and I was on the verge of tears throughout the whole thing. The part where I actually cried was a scene where Evan's Mom and Stepdad were yelling at him about a dime that he had stolen from a change jar in their room. It was recorded by cameras that the family had agreed to have set up in their home and we are told that the fight went on for about an hour and a half! It was actually much less a fight and more of Evan being yelled at and silently taking the accusations. Only a few times did he quietly say, "I didn't take it." When Evan still wouldn't admit to stealing the money even after being yelled at repeatedly, his Mom went to recount what was in the change jar (she had counted it that morning and written the number down) and found that she had miscounted. She went back to Evan and had him stand on a chair while she kneeled below him and apologized. This is the part where I cried and I'm not really sure why it got to me more than all of the other awful things that had happened. I'll have to think about that. If you have a chance please watch this piece. I haven't been able to find it online yet but if I do I'll post it. It has emotionally exhausted me for the entire day.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
48. Got me again!
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Time: 7:46 p.m.
Reason: Undercover Boss got me again! This time the mayor of Cincinnati went undercover as a city worker.
Time: 7:46 p.m.
Reason: Undercover Boss got me again! This time the mayor of Cincinnati went undercover as a city worker.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
47. Undercover Boss
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011
Time: 10:35 p.m.
Reason: CTV has a brilliant new show where bosses of major companies go undercover as an employee to find out what is happening at the ground level. I was excited to see the show because I thought it would be funny and interesting. What I wasn't expecting was for it to be so emotional. In the episode I watched, the CEO of Mack Trucks disguised himself as a factory worker and tried several different positions, meeting lots of different people. Most of the people he met had a heart-wrenching story about why they were working for Mack and at the end of the show, after the CEO had revealed himself, he presented a few special workers with a gift relating to what they needed in their life. Almost all of them cried which of course got me started too! Great show though.
Time: 10:35 p.m.
Reason: CTV has a brilliant new show where bosses of major companies go undercover as an employee to find out what is happening at the ground level. I was excited to see the show because I thought it would be funny and interesting. What I wasn't expecting was for it to be so emotional. In the episode I watched, the CEO of Mack Trucks disguised himself as a factory worker and tried several different positions, meeting lots of different people. Most of the people he met had a heart-wrenching story about why they were working for Mack and at the end of the show, after the CEO had revealed himself, he presented a few special workers with a gift relating to what they needed in their life. Almost all of them cried which of course got me started too! Great show though.
Friday, March 4, 2011
46. The King's Speech
Date: Friday, March 4, 2011
Time: 10:30 p.m.
Reason: Marc and I went to see The King's Speech tonight. I cried basically for the last 20 minutes. I want to tell you why, but I really want you to go see it for yourself so I'm going to keep quiet. I will tell you they were mostly happy tears though. Such an amazing movie!
Time: 10:30 p.m.
Reason: Marc and I went to see The King's Speech tonight. I cried basically for the last 20 minutes. I want to tell you why, but I really want you to go see it for yourself so I'm going to keep quiet. I will tell you they were mostly happy tears though. Such an amazing movie!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
45. Gossip Girl
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Reason: Gossip Girl hasn't been able to get me in a while. But today I watched the latest episode, Empire of the Son. If you don't follow the show this is not going to make any sense but the part where I cried was when Lily turned herself in for forging the affidavit. They asked her why she was in such good spirits when she would potentially be going to jail and she said it was worth it because Serena had smiled at her for the first time in so long!
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Reason: Gossip Girl hasn't been able to get me in a while. But today I watched the latest episode, Empire of the Son. If you don't follow the show this is not going to make any sense but the part where I cried was when Lily turned herself in for forging the affidavit. They asked her why she was in such good spirits when she would potentially be going to jail and she said it was worth it because Serena had smiled at her for the first time in so long!
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