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Marqise Lee's tough road to stardom
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04:22 PM ET 12.26 | The country's best wide receiver also has one of the country's most inspiring stories, overcoming family losses and countless other hardships to become the Marqise Lee we know today: "What you don???t see are the seven tattoos, high on his arm and shoulders so they???ll be hidden by a shirt, the ink of his grief. There is a tattoo for the deaf mother who was ordered to relinquish custody when he was a child. There is a tombstone tattoo for the brother who was murdered by a rival gang who shot him five times in the back."
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Good kid. His play on the field speaks for itself. He may turn into one of the best college WR's ever.
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The message from Chip Dumais, the principal of Newtown High School to the students, staff and parents:
"Newtown High School Students, Staff, and Parents,
Our collective strength and resilience will serve as an example to the rest of the world. Be strong, Newtown.
We are taking school (and life) one day at a time. As much as I would like to be able to say that each day will get easier, that is certainly not the case. What we have witnessed is incomprehensible and the only certainty in our recovery is that we will do it together.
While we were all tired yesterday, we are exhausted today. Some came to school hoping that we would be able to just process our feelings while others came to school hoping for structure (and perhaps distraction). Every teacher in every classroom tried hard to figure out what would be best for the students with them.
... We will observe a moment of silence at 9:30...
Our students are AMAZING. Our faculty is AMAZING. Our staff is AMAZING. The support that each has shown for the other brings me to tears as much as the pain of this horrific event. To everybody who has reached out to help us in this time of need, we thank you.
Yesterday, I spoke of envisioning the future. If you have not done so already, please take a moment now to think about what you wish the future to look like. We had no control over this senseless, cruel, horrific act, but we do have absolute control over our response to it. We must have the courage to envision a future that is noble and bright.
Isolation is the enemy. Isolation is the engine of all of the destructive consequences of the pain that we are feeling. Isolation feeds fear and anger. But you can fight isolation. The response that is healthy and helpful is to weave some recognition of a good quality into every conversation with friends, colleagues, and loved ones. It helps to create a sense of safety and value that supports long-term personal and organizational health. Through this sharing you will see the AMAZING that I see among us.
In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln closed with ???that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ??? that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom . . .??? To begin to make the future that you envision closer to a reality, we all need to ???highly resolve??? to do something so that the children and adults of Sandy Hook Elementary did not die in vain. I will be resolving to perform three acts of kindness over the holiday break on their behalf. I ask you to do the same (you should write them down now).
I am sure that one of the thoughts that crossed your mind this week was ???Will people always associate me with this horrific event when they find out I am from (or work in) Newtown???? We can choose a future now that will bring us recognition as a community that took a terrible tragedy and turned it into a movement for a better world.
Our collective strength and resilience will serve as an example to the rest of the world. Be strong, Newtown.
Charles Dumais
Principal
12-0 deal with it…
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Who paid for the tattoos?
Dr. B-f-G
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A booster from Columbus.
ICEnSoCal
Earthquake Central, CA
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+1. He has skills.
Leprechaun Flotsam
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Good quote....looks like Chip might be one of the ones to lead them out of the mess..let's hope so. Something good has to come from this tragedy...please
BackRoads
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True
12-0 deal with it…
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Wow...read the whole article. He had a tough upbringing, but he appears to be very humble and down to earth.
Stay healthy and make your millions on 2014......
LA Boy
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