Journal 32 - My Holiday

Beah's experience and my holidays, especially the spring break, could be compared in a lot of ways. Baeh had just a holiday from his sick life as he was a child soldier. His life was pretty sick, killing innocent people and burning villages and when he was finally sent to Freetown, he got a potentially permanent holiday from his sick life. I also got a holiday during spring break from my sick life at school. My life at school is very sick because of some sick teachers at school that are just complaining and talking trash without concrete evidence. This is just like how the lieutenant said the rebels are responsible for everything. This teacher holds me responsible for everything. I know I am responsible for somethings but just holding me accountable for everything even while I am shutting up and doing homework is just a no. Beah heard a lot of new stories and witnessed the killing of thousands of people. I myself played in a MMORPG and killed thousands of NPCs to gain experience, getting up to level 37. Baeh became a child soldier while I became a monk so we were both subject to change. Baeh was seeking for the war to end while I was seeking for my monkhood to end so that I could begin to do my usual things again. The difference was that there were no drugs, there was no violence, his killings were in real life while mine was in a game. I obeyed my parents while Beah obeyed the lieutenant. This is my comparison.