Originally Posted by GiantGnome

Hey Hal,
First of all, Whats that youre on?

Second of all,
I have great respect for you for the work you did with troubled children. My parents spent over 25 years helping mentally handicaped children. Growing up in the same house as these children it was easy for me to accept them and respect them for who they were. I wish the world could see these kids the same way you and I saw them.
Once I grew up, I started working with Adults in the same condition. Sure it was a great challenge but always rewarding.
I then went on to work with Adults who were not considered menatlly handicapped but mentally ill. That was an even bigger challenge. Its not every day you get attacked my a man almost 7 feet tall tryting to bite off your ear so he can replace it with the one that was bitten off of him. Then theres the one who didnt like seeing me there on a friday night after work. That one ended up putting me in the hospital for a second back surgery.

Anyway...After this long post, Id like to say this world needs more people with compassion for troubled children like yourself.