77,000 for act of kindness, why do we think violence is popular?

Note the article below. This is the first line.

A US school wrestler, 12, let another boy with cerebral palsy pin him to the mat and win.  The emphasis in the article is kindness.

Go to the original article for the video. 
 
I might just add after the video on cerebral palsy boy wrestling there was a video article talking about fighting cerebral palsy, I found it a strange irony ‘fighting’ rather than playing.  In my mind the kid who had cerebral palsy was simply different from those we call ‘normal’.  Who is to say what is normal, for a person with any disability it is normal for them and it has ripple effects on others in respect of life experience.  Who is to say cerebral palsy is not a good thing, look what it did for the kind boy below who was acknowledged for kindness. 
 
Life is not what it seems on the surface, we are learning from a range of people in different situations, which I call diversity.  Diversity is meant to be different.  There are teachers in all walks of life and I ask how many normal people are unkind and cold!  Is that normal.  It is interesting to explore.   If you allow the film clip to go there is another good video choice cut of a snow man, check it out, it is funny.
 
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2012/12/05/17/09/12-year-old-wrestler-lets-boy-with-cerebral-palsy-win
 

School wrestler, 12, lets boy with cerebral palsy win

Alexandra Pleffer, ninemsn
5:09pm December 5, 2012
 
A US school wrestler, 12, let another boy with cerebral palsy pin him to the mat and win.

But a video of 12-year-old Justin Kievit’s sportsmanlike act has received received more than 77,000 views since it was uploaded three days ago.

The wrestling match came about after extroverted 13-year-old Jared Stevens, who has cerebral palsy, told his coach he wanted to have a bout.

“It wasn’t about weight class,” Mr Mayes told The Tennessean.

“I told [another team’s coach] to point me toward the kid who has the kindest heart.”

After Jared was gently laid on the wrestling mat by a coach last week, Justin bent down to shake his hand.

Jared Stevens (left) wrestles with Eli Copeland during practice at Sunset Middle School.

Jared Stevens (left) wrestles with Eli Copeland during practice at Sunset Middle School.

When the whistle blew, Justin slid underneath Jared, pulled his arm over him and was pinned to the mat.

Jared practices with a wrestling team every day and recently told his coach Clay Mayes that he wanted a match.

“I think a lot of people are scared to put kids like me on the mat, but they don’t need to be,” Jared told the Franklin Home Page.

Jared’s father said he had the physical capacity of a six-month-old child but was close to his age level in intellectual ability.

“There’s a limit to what he can do but something like wrestling, he can do that as much as he can do,” he said.

“He just enjoys being out there participating.

“He doesn’t mind trying anything.”

Source: The Tennessean, Franklin Home Page

Author: Alexandra Pleffer, Approving Editor: Nick Pearson

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