JackTrade's Blog

     I will be brief and to the point.  I ordinarily do not give autobiography in my blogs, but this time, I feel compelled to do so.

     I was born with cerebral palsy, and as a result my early life was made miserable by others who ridiculed and mocked me.  I was too weak to defend myself, and  was beat up and bullied many times in my early life, and there were days when I did not think life was worth living.  When I was in school, teachers refused to help me with bullies, except for one instance.  My father tried to get a neighhbor to get his son to stop bullying me, but the neighbor just walked away.  For six years, I endured his son's bullying, at home and at school.

     A huge mistake was made in my education when i was in Junior High (now called Middle) School.  The administraton put me in a special English class which was too easy.  It was a class for people with mental retardation and other handicaps.  I am not mentally retarded at all.  As English was my bast subject, to this day I have no idea as to what they were thinking.  I was deprived of a good foundation in grammar .  It was years before I was able to undo the damage they did.

     I have had some success in my life.  I hold a Master's degree from Temple Baptist Theological Seminary  in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  I have written songs and essays which I trust have inpacted lives.  People tell me I have done good in ways I don't even know about.  I have had a modest influence for Jesus Christ and His Church.  That is the ultimate in success. 

     I did not get there by whining and demanding apologies from everyone who hurt me.  Nor did I demand an apology from families of people who were mean to my great-grandparents!  I hope this helps people see how ridiculous it is for blacks to demand an apology for what went on 150 years ago.  After all, there is no one left alive who were involved in enslaving anyone.  I certainly did not. 

    The Legislature apologised.  I hope it helps people move on.  What is done, is done.  Please people, get a life!