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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Animals / City / Life Joseph Skillings, "Defining Honor"

Posted by on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:11 PM

Joseph Skillings was a teacher at Ballard's Adams Elementary until the night he witnessed a woman being harassed at a Capitol Hill bus stop and intervened, at which time he was beaten was badly enough he received a traumatic brain injury that left him unable to teach. Here's a video about what he's doing now. He is amazing.

 

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Jenny 1
He really is amazing!
Posted by Jenny http://www.yardsalebloodbath.com on January 11, 2012 at 2:24 PM
2
That was awesome and I never would have seen it on my own.
Posted by Finish Tag on January 11, 2012 at 2:31 PM
doloresdaphne 3
Seeing stories like this about good people like him are good influence on self serving assholes like me. I just had an "Oh yeah, being nice and doing good and shit" moment. (I forgot about that stuff)!
Posted by doloresdaphne on January 11, 2012 at 3:33 PM
4
Thank you for sharing that, it was inspirational.
Posted by Schweighsr on January 11, 2012 at 5:12 PM
5
I was an assistant in Mr. Skillings' classroom in 2007. He was a great teacher, and I am so glad to get to see this story about him. Thank you.
Posted by Quick Pack on January 11, 2012 at 11:12 PM
6
I love the collar cam on the dog.
Posted by CrankyBacon on January 12, 2012 at 10:05 AM
easternstar 7
That was amazing. What a wonderful man.
Posted by easternstar on January 12, 2012 at 10:06 AM

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