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Mar. 13th, 2007 08:09 pmI have an unfortunate habit of becoming frustrated and angry at examples of simple-mindedness from otherwise intelligent people -- so frustrated that I get angry, upset, and unable to concentrate on anything, which is particularly bad two days before my big exam.
Blech. Are we really to the point now where well-educated people believe they should be allowed to not have to pay taxes for a school system if they're homeschooling their children? Admittedly, the teacher I heard this from has always been a bit of an arrogant and irresponsible idiot whose messes I've had to clean up, but his comments still riled me.
Hell, I'm a gay man who's probably never going to have children, and I don't mind paying for the education of the next generation. The reason is because I don't have my head up ass.
How did we become a society that thinks all aspects of our world are interchangeable, modular units, rather than a complex web whose every string attaches to every other? A society that believes that bombs stop terrorists, rather than making more -- rather than having consequences far beyond the crater they create? That believes that an extinct species has nothing to do with the larger web of life on earth?
How does a teacher come to the conclusion that children who are given a poorer opportunity aren't going to return to haunt society as criminals or burdens on the public system?
I hate living in an age of short-sighted sociopaths. I hate being able to see the consequences of the mess they're making, and feeling there's not much I can do except wait for them to wake up.
Blech. Are we really to the point now where well-educated people believe they should be allowed to not have to pay taxes for a school system if they're homeschooling their children? Admittedly, the teacher I heard this from has always been a bit of an arrogant and irresponsible idiot whose messes I've had to clean up, but his comments still riled me.
Hell, I'm a gay man who's probably never going to have children, and I don't mind paying for the education of the next generation. The reason is because I don't have my head up ass.
How did we become a society that thinks all aspects of our world are interchangeable, modular units, rather than a complex web whose every string attaches to every other? A society that believes that bombs stop terrorists, rather than making more -- rather than having consequences far beyond the crater they create? That believes that an extinct species has nothing to do with the larger web of life on earth?
How does a teacher come to the conclusion that children who are given a poorer opportunity aren't going to return to haunt society as criminals or burdens on the public system?
I hate living in an age of short-sighted sociopaths. I hate being able to see the consequences of the mess they're making, and feeling there's not much I can do except wait for them to wake up.