The other day, I read an extremely interesting article about a girl named Roxy, who lived her life in the gypsy culture.
No, she did not wear puffy dresses that couldn't fit through doorways, she didn't go shopping every day, and she wasn't searching for a husband at age 13, though that may be the case for some other gypsy girls.
Instead, Roxy worked in the fields all day and never spent a second indoors. Instead of learning multiplication times tables, she learned about nature and more importantly, how to survive with nothing. I was extremely impressed; this girl could most likely live through any tough situation thrown at her while some people in our society don't even know how to do their own laundry! Her own mother taught her how to read and by the time she was a preteen, she was reading literature pieces by F. Scott Fitzgerald while some people don't even know who that is!
After I read this article, I thought about the society that we live in; we have outstanding resources when we're in Pre-k (smart-boards anyone?) while Roxy enrolled in a school for the first time in her life when she was twenty two.
Another interesting fact that I found out was that her family taught her about art and that she had a passion in flamenco dancing. She worked hard at her dream and now travels around the world being a flamenco dancer. It's interesting because she didn't let her gypsy lifestyle get in her way of success. She could have easily given up and said that she won't succeed because of her limitations and all of the taunting, but instead it made her work harder. It's rare to hear about a gypsy like this instead of hearing about their horse and carriages.
What do you think about this lifestyle? Is it what you expected?
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