Blackhawk HSStephanie, Blackhawk High School Student - "This was the best assembly I´ve been to!!!" Jesse, Blackhawk High School Student - "It was amazing. Blackhawk High School has never paid so much attention to a speaker before. I´m extremely impressed. Keep up with the amazing work!" Richie, Blackhawk High School Student - "Recently you came to my school Blackhawk High School in PA on April 6th. I just wanted to tell you that at first i didn´t know if it would be another cheesy blah blah don´t do drugs seminar but just after 5 minutes of listening to you i couldn´t stop. You had such a hard life and you pulled through all of that. It just showed me that little things in high school are not really as bad as they seem. I just would like to say you really broke addiction down and talked about it to us on our level. It made me think a lot more about drug usage. Well thank you again Tim your a real inspiration to me and a lot of other teens." Jim Thorpe HSBrooke, Jim Thorpe High School Student - You were truly amazing! I go to JTHS and I thought your speech was unlike any others and I think that a lot of ppl related. "Hey Tim, after the assembly a group of my friends discussed how much we enjoyed this program. You truly inspired so many students at Tamaqua. At first, I was worried because we have had so many speakers that come in and tell us the same thing over and over again. However, you came, and told us a story that was both heart touching and truthful. It is wonderful to see, hear, and understand that tragedies and hard times could happen to anyone and at anytime. But it is how you come out of those hard times, and how you dig deep and find strength to get through everything, any tragedy, not just drug addiction. So once again thank you, and I could speak for many people that we are glad that you came." Emily @ Tamaqua HS "Hey thanks man you did a awesome job at Tamaqua maybe kids will now realize what will happen. I was surprized to hear a kid who makes fun and judges every one say how you did such a wonderful job. I wanna say thanks a lot for not just helping us but every one you talk to you truly are a inspiration keep up the great work." Jeff @ Tamaqua HS "Tim thanks for coming to my school yesterday. Your story was so sad I almost cried. You truely are an inspiration. Thanks from everyone at Tamaqua." Andrea @ Tamaqua HS "Yo Tim, thought I´d stop by and say thanks for talkin to us. To use your story to try to help us keep from making the wrong decision is amazing. Good luck with your future speeches, just one more person to look up to." Damien @ Tamaqua HS "Tim, you did an amazing job today speaking at Tamaqua. You are a great inspiration to all of us--with or without stuggles. I enjoyed hearing you speak so much. Thankyou for comming. Im sure many of my classmates will take to heart about what you said." Jill @ Tamaqua HS "Tim, you really are an inspiration. This program really helped many students become aware of what might happen if they become involved in something they shouldn´t. Thank you so much for speaking at Tamaqua. You really are an inspiration." Eileen @ Tamaqua HS "Tim, Thank you so much for talking to us tamaqua kids on Tuesday. You really are an inspiration. You really opened my eyes on how some people live rough lives with becoming involved with something they shouldn´t and it possibly take their life.. Your story will be one of the most important things I´ll always remember i...n life. I´ll always remember you.. Thank you sooo muchhh." Kimerly @ Tamaqua HS "Your program was definitely the best one Tamaqua has ever had. The government is wrong if they think that high schools wouldn´t like to listen to this program. I don´t even remember any other speakers that we had at our school except one guy I remember carried a rubber chicken with him everywhere and I don´t even remember his name. But I know I´ll always remember this and I know the rest of Tamaqua will too. Your story touched a lot of us and keep sharing it with other high schools. =]" "Tim, thank you so much for coming to Tamaqua. Your program was the best we´ve ever had - I don´t think our auditorium has ever been that silent during a presentation. The story you told us was very inspirational, and something that anyone can relate to. It will definetly be something that I will remember for the rest of my life" Tamaqua Area HS Student "Many students have commented about your presentation as being the best they have ever seen on the subject. One was my 16 year old son who delighted me by recounting your story with great detail to his mother after school. I would like to express my admiration for your perseverence and success in overcoming your trials. May you be blessed for the invaluable service you are doing." "I wanna thank you for the whole thing bc it made me think about what a life I can have if i screw up and i dont want that." "I really enjoyed your program when you came to my school. i went through a lot when i was a child. I really don´t know what to do sometimes and i was wondering if you would be able to help me to be able to handle it better instead of just breaking down in the middle of school!" "The program that you gave us was by far the best and most touching program that i have ever seen. You coming to our school and teaching us these lessons was incredible, it was honestly life changing. Doing what your doing is an example of changing lives for the better one person at a time. Every program we ever had was sugarcoated or not spoken out of experience and from the heart as yours was. You should truly consider being a drug counselor or something like that. Keep doing what you´re doing!" "Thank you for coming to North Schuylkill jr/sr high school to talk to us. What you said was life changing. I WILL NEVER do drugs. I see how it can change a person´s life. This world is very lucky to have people like you who make mistakes and tell people what they can do to prevent the same things from happening to them. Thank you again!" "Mr. Rader´s program has touched me and my classmates because we could relate to it. A great program and a must-see for students of all ages." "I´ve never been so interested in anything besides the military than like I was in your Live to Tell story. You have inspired me to do great things. Thank you so much for opening my eyes to the harmful things that could happen and the great things that can happen." "When I first heard we had a program at the high school I figured it would be another boring one, but the things you talked about down there were amazing. Everything touched my heart." "The program affected me and the other students by, telling us what could happen to us if we make bad decisions. This was like a life lesson. I thought that this was an amazing program. It is different from most because it was an actual story. We had Tim come in and tell us the story himself. Most programs we just get the same old talk about why drugs are bad. Tim´s story was touching and it caught your attention. So look around every once in awhile and ask yourself, can I do better in life? Am I making the right choices?" "I was at your assembly last week. Every other assembly no one really cared for, but yours hit us hard. Everyone even the guys left there speechless because it was really that easy to get addicted. Ya know, everyone is always saying "don´t do drugs it´s bad for you" but it never comes from the experienced. I´m glad I got the chance to hear your story and I wanted to thank you for sharing it. It means a lot to everyone." "I just wanted to let you know that you and your story meant a lot to me, and it had a great impact on me. I can´t believe how you, yourself changed your life after you hit rock bottom. Your story was crazy and since the assembly people have been saying how great of a speaker and how realistic your story was. Since your speech I have realized how much or fast somebodys life can completly change." |
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Speaking from Experience About Drug Addiction
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