Doesn't get much clearer than that, does it?
I was sitting in front of my computer this 4'th of July, kind of bored, not wanting to do anything due to the heat and pretty bitter about, well I don't know. As I began to go back through episodes of Bullshit! that I've easily watched 2-3 times each, already, something really started to click in my head. That "something" really pisses me off.
Over the years, until recently, I have been inundated with conservative talk radio. My dad listens to it all the time (though more recently out of humor more-so than actual political preference). I personally prefer punk rock, it just has a better beat. Anyway, on the subject of conservative talk radio there is a second-tier personality/host by the name of Neil Boortz. (boortz.com). Now, I really hate listening to conservative talk radio or any kind of mindless overweight flap-jaw with an agenda, and this doesn't exclude Boortz. One thing about Boortz, though, a part of his argument against public schools.
Boortz: Public Schools are BAD–
Me: Public Schools are BAD
See? We agree. But notice the two hyphens at the end of Boortz's sentence, he wasn't done talking yet.
Boortz (continued): Take your kids out of school right now (probably against their will) and put them in a private school (most of which are Christian, and cost as much, if not more than a school of higher teaching) where they will not be inundated with liberal propaganda–
Fuck it, I'm stopping him here. This dumb-fuck excuse for an intellectual truly believes that government controlled, public schools are a breeding ground for liberals. Now, I'm no progressive liberal by any means. Hold up just a second, though, who's our government run by?
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Oh yeah.
So clearly, this guy is like all the other conservative talk radio hosts. I simply took two, maybe three paragraphs to point this out so you wouldn't think I was on his side, (and to point some other things out along the way, keep reading).
If I know one thing from my youth, (which I'm still experiencing, by the way), is that every time someone, namely adults talk to me in a condescending manor about a subject that I MIGHT care about, I am going to try to disprove them, in one way or another, even if I don't believe it. Now, why, why would I do that? Youth, for one, and God damnit, I'm going to keep riding that bitch as long as possible; until I finally have to fall back on "it's my personality"-which-no-one-likes-argument argument. So, for example, as a student in ANY school be it public or especially private schools, will want to rebel against their teachers. It's natural, I don't know why. But it seems to be invariably true to anyone with a pulse on our world today. To continue this example, "second-step" anti-violence or ridiculous abstinence campaigns, what will most kids reactions be?
To go get fucking laid and throw diplomacy out the window when it comes to menial disputes.
And this is exactly what's happening. This conservative, Christian bullshit is slapped in students faces and they want nothing to do with it. You, the simple-minded fucks are doing to your children, exactly what you think you need to pull them out for (at least in Neil Boortz-followers case). Ah, and don't *I* wish it were always the case; students suddenly come to and realize that everything they've been taught for twelve fucking years is bullshit? That wasn't the case, even for me. And just now, (see beginning) I have come into full realization of how fucking stupid it was. I feel both ashamed that I didn't know /then/ and both pissed off that I just figured out /now/.
If I regret one thing about dropping out, it's that now I can't stand up against letting them (as in these counselors, or otherwise unofficial "educators") tell me how to live my life. I was played. You may be too. I know most readers of this blog are still in school, and I'm not saying I'm the only one who realizes this, there are many, many people who do, even if just subconsciously. The problem isn't that you don't stand up and tell the so-called "educators" how wrong they are, it's that if you look around, what percentage of your class do you make up? One, at maximum five percent?
What if some of the things these people are "teaching" us are true? We can never know if we don't fuck up or learn from someone elses fuck ups. A preacher won't help you. Yourself and people around you are the only ones who can. If you're reading this, keep in mind the next time you attend your institution of choice(church, school, college, et cetera) what you may be missing out on by either ignoring (in many youth's case, as explained above), or following the advice of said preachers. I personally hate the feeling of being played like a marionette, but then again, that's just me.
-Sam