Paper Clips *
I recently watched a life changing film, “Paper Clips.” It is an extraordinary documentary that focuses on an experiment in Holocaust education. It takes place in a rural town of 1600 people in Whitehill, Tennessee. The students in the town’s middle school are learning about the Holocaust. They are struggling to grasp how six million Jews were killed just for their religious beliefs.
The students decide to start a campaign to collect six million paper clips so they can better understand the enormity of this human calamity. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors from around the world and how the experience transformed them and their entire community. This is not just a film about the 6 million Jews that were killed in the Holocaust. It is a powerful example of what happens when you accept each human being for WHO they are. There are so many moving scenes in this film. My tears were flowing profusely throughout the movie. As the story unfolds, you see how the program catches on all over world. There is so much more to learn from this documentary. This film is focused on teaching the world about intolerance and prejudice towards all human beings. It is about learning to accept people for their beliefs and their place in the world. This movie reminds me how important it is to not judge people for their differences. Four percent of the world’s population has adult ADHD. Every day they are judged by a world ignorant of their unique brain wiring. Until the world learns what Whitehill, Tennessee learned, individuals with ADHD will continue to suffer. We need more people to watch “Paper Clips.” They need to see how beautiful the world can be when we are tolerant, accepting and embracing the uniqueness in every human being. When four letters, A D H D, conjure up negative images of stupidity, laziness and craziness then we will continue to witness prejudice, ignorance and intolerance. People, with ADHD, are beautiful, creative, intelligent, divine human beings who need to be accepted and understood not judged and ostracized. Whitehill, Tennessee represents one of the few places on earth where an entire town made it their mission to show the world how human beings need to be treated. I can assure you if you watch this movie you will never look at a paper clip in the same way.
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