Humans of Homestead: Got Aloe?
The "Humans of Homestead" blog is modeled after the well-known "Humans of New York" site run by Brandon Stanton. Stanton features street portraits of people in New York City, along with snippets of conversations. Humans of Homestead aims to tell the stories of staff and students alike.
“Freshman year, I vacationed in St. Thomas and fell asleep in the sun. My face and legs turned a pinkish red; it hurt so bad and I couldn’t move. When I came home it was all cracked and peeled. I went to the doctor and he ‘diagnosed’ me with a third degree burn on my face. I still had to go to school as a little freshman with my face looking like I had a disease and everyone laughed at me. Everyone laughed and even my teachers made jokes. I walked around school with an aloe vera plant and broke off leaves through out the day to rub on my burns. I was mortified. I don’t even know how I went to school. When I look back on it, it’s funniest thing I’ve ever had to deal with.”
Allie Haddad, junior
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