Re: [PLUG] Community Service Project (Devil's advocate)

["Jon Nelson" <quincy@linuxnotes.net>]

M.Simons said:
>
> Motivation.. I've seen some things Jon has said.. but I'm not entirely
> sure what sparked this initial project interest.. Is this a requirement of
> the job?  Did you go and get arrested for jaywalking and then sentenced to
> community service?  :D Are you just bored with plenty of time and decided
> to do something good?  Did you talk to someone (say, maybe someone who
> works at teamchildren) and they sold you with a fever pitch on the idea?
> Do you have kids in this school district?  What is it?

When I first saw your post I started replying to it by answering the
majority of the questions in your email.  Then I figured that you were
putting these questions out as food for thought and not necessarily for
direct comment.

When I hit the "Motivation" paragraph though, I had to respond. I'm sure
you didn't mean to offend me but you did.  I really didn't appreciate that
you insinuated that I'm forced to do it out of a job requirement or my
"sentence".

Many people probably don't believe it but the majority of cops are good
people and have taken their positions because of their interest in public
service.  I am one of those cops.  I have made many sacrifices and endured
a great amount of stress in my 15 years of public service to be where I
am.  And I wouldn't change anything.

As far as how I came up with this idea...  I worked as a road Trooper for
three year in Delaware Co. and saw how bad it could be for kids in
Chester, which is probably the most depressed municipality in the area.  I
have a friend who is a teacher in the school I am trying to target and
have listened to the horror stories of how really bad it is in Chester for
these kids.  I found out about Team Children through an article in a local
paper, and due to my love of computers and Linux I eventually put two and
two together.  Mostly I believe that it is because I am a good person and
a truly care about my fellow man, isn't that enough?

I feel like I am Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl" having to justify
myself to Mr. Task.

</rant>

Thank you very much for your comments and I believe that they will be very
helpful to this project.

Jon
--
Trooper Jon S. Nelson, Linux Certified Admin., CCNA
Pa. State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Computer Crimes Unit
Work: 610.344.4471 Cell/Page: 866.284.1603
jonelson@state.pa.us
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