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Originally Posted by graciegirl
AND there are children who will be born into families that cannot afford certain things that will grow up to change the family they live in to be able to have the things they long for.
I grew up reading book after book after book on ballet and ballerinas and drew pictures of them and danced around our living room a lot..but our family didn't have the money for dance lessons, my friends families didn't either. I don't think the world lost a gifted ballerina in me, AND we were able to give our girls dance lessons and that made me feel better although they weren't too shot down with dancing in tutus. 
I don't think it is a big deal. I don't. Dreamers will dream and plan to get where they want to go. There are things that are a right and things that are a privilege and doing without some of those fancy things as kids makes you appreciate them when you are able to get them for yourself.
I think Doug is a great guy and I applaud his efforts, but in the scheme of things, missing out on going to Disney as a child is not a huge, HUGE thing. Some parents are putting that money in a college fund and that is the choice they are making. Just think how much one of those big tattoos cost and how everyone can't afford them.
Be nice, Gracie. |
I agree 100%. Nothing wrong with going to Disney but getting a good education is much more important. On a regular basis I hear where Grandma and Grandpa or Dad and Mom paid for a trip to Disney and complaining or bragging "it cost us three thousand or five thousand dollars" when they added up all the cost of hotel, plane tickets etc. etc. Maybe we got our priorities all wrong. The same people turn around and say "college cost two much----Junior is just going to have to work and take out a loan.". Disney does a great job of marketing and every kid and most adults want to go but Disney is not near as important as some other "things" in life. Boy Howdy Gracie---- How I loved to save my pop bottles, pick wild berries and sell them, mow yards and carry in coal to save for the County Fair!! That Williamson County Fair---now that was the place to go!! OP, the tickets are too darn high!! I'm taking the kids to the County Fair to see the guy wrestle the Alligator.