Blog Post of the Day:
Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.
The newspaper clipping sounds condescending. It seems to be saying that because you were born on this world, it's your job to make it better; your responsibility to go out and do something, regardless of your now void opinion.
But let's be honest. No matter what you think is your responsibility to do, there will still be sickness. There will still be war. There will still be sadness. People are stupid, and stupid people do stupid things, no matter how many times you mow the lawn. On your parents not owning you fun? Long story short, I hate parents who complain about their kids. Your child did not choose to be born under your care; they didn't even choose to be born. You, on the other hand? You very likely had a choice. If you didn't want to have children so badly, why did you? It's not like there are any ways to avoid getting pregnant and/or impregnating someone... Oh, wait, there are.
At my eighth grade graduation, this guy turned to me and said, "It's time for me to get out of this town." He seemed pretty serious, and that, right there, was the highlight of my evening. Where are you going to go, anyway? You're fourteen years old! But he still said it, and, sadly enough, it appeared that he meant it. Do you think he was under the apparently false impression that his town owed him anything? No, he wasn't. And I'm not, either.
The entire message of the newspaper clipping was basically that there are some things you have to do. And, for me, that begs the question of why. Why do I have to do those things? What if I washed the windows yesterday? Does this imply that the windows need to be washed every single day, because, if that's the case, I'm not sure if I can do that. Why do you have to be living for the world? Why is it that no matter how far I chase my dreams, there will always be someone in the background trying to guilt trip me into living for someone else?
If I agreed with the newspaper clipping, I would be saying that what you want to do with your life doesn't matter at all; but hey, it's for the greater good, right? And you should really be thinking about your great grandchildren's great grandchildren. I mean, sure, they're going to end up doing the same thing as you, throwing their life away in the process, but, c'mon. Don't be so selfish as to live your live for you.
In short, I disagree with the newspaper clipping.
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