Sunday, January 4, 2009

Hillary Clinton .....

In the book living history Hillary describes many parts of her life before running for president. In the most recent section of the book i read Hillary tells her readers about her trip to Arkansas, and what became of it. After Hillary and Bill returned from Europe they went on a trip to Bills hometown of Arkansas. There Hillary would meet his mother, but not his father because he had died in a car accident on the way to visit Virginia Bill's mother. After her husbands death Virgina moved to New Orleans to become an nurse anesthetist so she could make enough money to support her and her child. After getting her degree Virginia moved back to Hope, Arkansas to raise Bill. Virginia married again to an abusive alcoholic, Bill protected his mother and brother from his stepfather as much as he could. Later on Roger died from cancer. Later on Virginia remarried man named Jeff. When Hillary first met Virginia, Virginia did not like her at all, but Jeff encouraged Hillary and Bill's relationship even though Virginia did not approve, but later on Virginia came to accept their relationship because her and Hillary had one very important thing in common they apparently both loved Bill. Hillary later on left Bill so he could continue his teachings in Arkansas to work for the newly made Children's Defense Fund. There she did alot of work with juveniles and tried to help them because they were put in the same cells as mass murders and rapists even though they had only committed small crimes like stealing or trespassing, the organization led an effort to try to separate the juveniles from the other criminals, they also tried to provide them with more protection. Also at the CDF Hillary took surveys of disabled children with mental and physical disabilities who did not attend school. Hillary learned from these children that they really wanted to go to school but because of their disabilities they couldn't. Due to the survey congress passed the Education For All Handicapped Children Act this bill made getting an education accessible for all children with any kind of handicap. Bill later on ran for congress, he was also offered a job to join an impeachment staff, but Bill turned it down to run for congress. Since Bill did not take the job Hillary was the next one to be offered it, and she took it.

I think that its really nice of Bill to care about Hillary so much. The fact that they had just returned from Europe and hes already taking her on another trip to visit his family shows he really cares for her which is sweet. Its really sad that Bill never got to meet his real father and had to suffer because of his stepfather. I don't think that would be a good experience of having a father. Its sad that all three of Virginia's husbands died, she was a widow three times which is even more sad. I cant believe Jeff died that's horrible especially because he was the only real father Bill had ever known and he was so kind to everyone including Hillary. Its good that Virginia came to except Hillary though because obviously Bill and Hillary's relationship wouldn't work very well if Bill's mother didn't like her. Its really great that Hillary works for such great organizations. I agree that children who commit small crimes should defiantly not be placed in the same cells as major criminals. Its good that the CDF tried to change that so children could be separated from others and have more protection. Its also terrible that handicapped children couldn't attend school back then, its really good that congress passed that bill because i think everyone deserves an education no matter who they are or if they have problems or not. Running for congress is a really good start for a political career, i think it's really good that Bill did that, even though he turned down a great opportunity to do so. It's so funny that after bill turned down the job offer Hillary got the same one. That's a pretty weird coincidence. It's good she took the job though because that's a really good start for her career to.

3 comments:

Chélese E said...

Wow, it's interesting to see all the things she did for the people who committed little crimes. I think it's selfless of her to do that. Hearing about Bill's past is almost shocking as well, because you'd never suspect that from such a substantial man. But I do like that Hilary treats him no differently because of the circumstances he went through growing up.
Overall reading everything about what Hilary does makes her seem like a person who really cares about others and I like that.

Ms. Froehlich said...

Excellent work on your blog this quarter, Izzy! Your posts are detailed and interesting.

Izzy k. said...

thaannxxxxx :)