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一个让我非常感动的网站---Humans of New York

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https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork
Humans of New York, HONY

不知道什么时候开始关注这个网页的，Humans of New York，那个网页的主人随性采访纽约的街头。从小小孩子的滑稽照片，到老人充满睿智的话语；从苦闷的学生，到骄傲的父亲；从成功的律师商人，到无家可归的流浪汉，这个采访者总是有那个能力采撷到精彩的故事片断，发人深省，或会心一笑。每次上班很累的时候，会看看这个网站，得到一些温暖和鼓励。

"My wife has been teaching me to express my emotions. She's even got me being romantic. We walk to the park. We lay down a little blanket. We make a little picnic. We have a little chit chat."

这是一个在城市的钢筋水泥里辛苦工作的的男人，但是他会陪着自己的妻子去公园，躺在毯子上野餐，然后细细私语。那种反差，体现出一种质朴的爱.

"I want to be a doctor, but I can't pay tuition at the moment because I support my parents back in Egypt. But in six months, I will have my license to work for a car service, which should give me enough money to also go to school."
这个帖子也很让我感动，一个阳光的青年，和我们平时在街角商店看到的许多青年一样，心里承载着这样的责任和梦想。更让我感动的是下面的这个跟贴：
I'm Egyptian. I can support your parents here and you go make your dream come true. Believe me, I'm the one in need to do so not you. Connect with me through facebook please to see if that could work. Admin if you know how to reach him as well Humans of New York ??

"Who's influenced you the most in your life?"
"My principal, Ms. Lopez."
"How has she influenced you?"
"When we get in trouble, she doesn't suspend us. She calls us to her office and explains to us how society was built down around us. And she tells us that each time somebody fails out of school, a new jail cell gets built. And one time she made every student stand up, one at a time, and she told each one of us that we matter."
这个孩子所在的区是纽约最危险的居民区之一，孩子们没有机会得到更好的教育机会，而那个Ms Lopez，却坚持工作在这样的地方，给孩子们带来一点安全和希望。

这个帖子引起了巨大的反响，在人们的要求下，HONY找到了这位杰出勇敢的校长。许多花被送到了学校，感谢致敬她的勇气和坚毅。这是她在老师工作会议上的发言记录，她的楷模精神，鼓励着许多老师留下来和她继续一起奋斗。
It's hard, it's hard, it's hard. And it's OK for you to feel like you want to give up. You can quit anytime you want, and I will pick up the phone and recommend you for a new job, because every one of you could succeed anywhere. But these kids need you. Our girls don't feel honored and respected. Our boys are being recruited into gangs. Your classrooms may be the one place they feel safe and respected. If we give up, there is nobody else.

因为这个帖子，这个备受经费困扰的学校，在几天之内得到三十多万的捐款，他们将这笔款项用于给每个孩子去一次哈佛参观学习的机会，让他们看到，在这个充满毒品和暴力的贫穷区之外，还有希望，还有美好的生活等着他们去开发。

HONY网页的Brandon，自己也没想到，他随手一张照片，会给整整一个学区的孩子们带来这样的变化，而在那些孩子里面，我相信一定会有人作出更多善良美好的事情。