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Columbine Kids |
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If there's anything that gets me going, it's people talking about the massacre at Columbine High School like the world is ending. As much trouble as I may get in for stating my opinion, I think those psychos showed kids nationwide what the oppressed minority can do. Sure, there were gun-control problems: any guns in the hands of kids is a bad idea, but what I hear a lot of is the computer and videogame violence issues. Am I the only one who thinks that blaming games like Doom and Half-Life is just a scapegoat measure? The outraged parents of the nation say "It's not my fault, it's everyone else! It's the movie and videogame industry thats corrupting my kids! I don't have any control of how they interpret these violent images!" Whine whine whine. The sad fact is that our society is to blame. Every parent and teacher who ignores the bullied student is to blame. Every child who is pushed around because he's different in some form or another. I know how it is; discrimination and humiliation is not just color boundaries. People discriminate on clothes, accents, odd mannerisms, everything and anything you could possibly do. I was picked on in elementary school because my socks were "too" tall. That was the basis of five years of exclusion. It made me stronger and more resistant to criticism, but I don't feel the ends justified the means. No one punishes the bully. I've never heard of a person who got his just desserts by the academic punishment system. Oh sure, the bullies are usually troublemakers in general and occasionally get detentions, but why are these kids still in school? They annoy the bright kids in school and are protected by the so-called "Code of the Schoolyard," where no one tells on each other. I bet that's what happened to Eric Harris and Dylen Klebold. To get to their level of isolation the bullies must have started early. If you want to prevent these killings from taking place, then treat the disease, not the symptoms. Counsel the bullies, not the bullied. |
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Idiotic Maxims |
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Here I will keep a list of all the stupid sayings I hear everyday. These are quotes which don't make sense period, or are only effective if the listener is too ignorant to disassemble the quote. "There's no I in team. -- Go to France. There, "team" is spelled "equipe," where I definitely see an "I." This quote is supposed to promote teamwork, but I've never heard it used on anyone in high school or above. By that time people understand that an arbitrary spelling of a word doesn't validate something like teamwork. If you want to promote cooperation in a group, begin by respecting the intelligence of each member, and not by exploiting their faults. "Life isn't fair." -- This one I hear a lot from teachers. Students complain about grading differences, rounding errors, and whatever else. Given, not every complaint by a student is valid, and those can be dismissed simply because the kid is trying to manipulate the teacher and get a better whatever. But here's my retort. If the teacher really is being unfair and responds with this comment, I have but one question for them. Who made it that way? God didn't make the world unfair. He gave everyone and everything a chance to succeed. Those people with power over others make the rules, and they are the ones who make things unfair. Again, people like to blame others. And that's just not fair. |
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