Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Mid-term Malaise
Something about mid terms really takes it out of me when it comes to writing. That's where I ended last semester's blog and just couldn't get inspired for it anymore. However, this semester appears to be a little bit different, as I experienced a comp class that really hurt my chin, as it slammed against the bottom of my desk. Currently, we are workshopping our speculative cause and effect essays. One of my fellow jailbird's paper is on teenage pregnancy. There was an interesting speculation brought up that some "parents" push their young daughters into having babies, so they will experience some sort of love in their lives. Really, that's a very bare bones definition of child sex trafficking. What was astounding, and frankly chin bruising, was the amount of my fellow inmates who seemed quite all right with that idea, and could rationalize it. Wow, just blew my mind to bits. How are you ever okay with that in any demographic, or culture, or class, or caste? This was such an eyeopener to how uneducated, one can be in America. We should change our nation's motto to, "Welcome to America. You can be as stupid as you want to be here."
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*sigh*
ReplyDeleteThen along comes you ruining the curve with your impecable observations, well thought out descriptions and uncompromising principles. Folks do not know how stupid they seem until someone accustomed to thinking critically tells them. I suggest they are not stupid, just shallow. On the other hand, shallow is the opposite of profound. Probably, half of those who think in that manner could not get pregnant at any age, being male. Therefore, I can understand their lack of attention. However, those who could be in such a predicament have no excuse for such a lack of courage. How much of this comes from the abject political correctness that we find today where cowards will do and say anything to avoid offending anyone?
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