West Side Story

For the last couple of weeks I have found the song "Officer Krupke" from West Side Story running through my head.

Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke,
You gotta understand,
It's just our bringin' up-ke
That gets us out of hand.
Our mothers all are junkies,
Our fathers all are drunks.
Golly Moses, natcherly we're punks!


Gee, Officer Krupke, we're very upset;
We never had the love that ev'ry child oughta get.
We ain't no delinquents,
We're misunderstood.
Deep down inside us there is good!





Throughout the song the youth is passed from one professional to the next and each with a different idea about the youth. It reminds me of one of the youths I am working with. They have so many different diagnosis from varying professionals.


Last weekend, my partner spent the day with me. He volunteered to help cook at the Raven Project . After that we attended the Handmade Holidays craft fair at the Bayside grange. Where he bought me a very cute head band made by a very talented woman. Next we went to the library so I could do research for several project that are due next week and he could read his book. After that we went to the Arcata Theatre Lounge to view a screening of West Side Story.

I love West Side Story and was really looking forward to seeing the film on the big screen. I had forgotten that the film is really about disenfranchised youth fighting, racism, immigration, AND tragic love.

Immigration....