Manic Depression Under a Blanket of Endless Possibilities
This was written by my son - for his English class - He was suppose to Agree or Disagree with the following statment: 'Society changes with the times, yet people remain pretty much the same' - I don't think he agreed or disagreed here but what he wrote I felt was brilliant regardless (And no, I am not just saying it because I am his mom - I would not have given him a passing grade on this work because he did not really 'complete' the assignment.)
Manic Depression Under a Blanket of Endless Possibilities
When Americans look back 40 or 50 years we see a simpler time. When the streetlights flickered on and most children came home to a homemade dinner around the family table. News was about politics and weather, and we all knew our neighbor. People were numb, happy, and ready to burst. American culture has a funny way about it. It steadily grows then bursts open to reveal the ugliness, disgust and pure beauty of human nature. Thus the 60s. Civil rights movement, the sexual revolution, fabulous drug induced thought and music that set American values so off kilter that mere children could stop a war. The Children of the 60s brought back the notion of thought and common sense to a slumbering old white country.
The same old white country is pulling the cords to our computers and controlling our lives with a joystick. Keeping the children busy with their fake plastic enjoyment is completely ruining what the most enlightened generation expected us to run with. The power of thought and common sense is no longer extended to our generation due to the fact that we aren’t smart enough to handle it, and even if we got it we would ignore it because the only power we prefer is electricity. Society changes with the youth, but the youth can’t change it unless they pay attention.
Manic Depression Under a Blanket of Endless Possibilities
When Americans look back 40 or 50 years we see a simpler time. When the streetlights flickered on and most children came home to a homemade dinner around the family table. News was about politics and weather, and we all knew our neighbor. People were numb, happy, and ready to burst. American culture has a funny way about it. It steadily grows then bursts open to reveal the ugliness, disgust and pure beauty of human nature. Thus the 60s. Civil rights movement, the sexual revolution, fabulous drug induced thought and music that set American values so off kilter that mere children could stop a war. The Children of the 60s brought back the notion of thought and common sense to a slumbering old white country.
The same old white country is pulling the cords to our computers and controlling our lives with a joystick. Keeping the children busy with their fake plastic enjoyment is completely ruining what the most enlightened generation expected us to run with. The power of thought and common sense is no longer extended to our generation due to the fact that we aren’t smart enough to handle it, and even if we got it we would ignore it because the only power we prefer is electricity. Society changes with the youth, but the youth can’t change it unless they pay attention.
posted by Colette at 10:06 PM
3 Comments:
He must take after you, my dear Colette, ;)
*laughs*
You mean by 'not completing the assignment, I suppose?
^_^
XOXOXO
lol Maybe he takes after you in more ways than one, but I was referring to his evidently strong mind.
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