The h2g2 Post 23.02.06
Created | Updated Mar 8, 2006
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In any case, this becomes important because my modern European history class (being the rather crazy bunch that we are) decided to hold our very own commemorative banquet on 22 February. Though various ideas were thrown around, including bringing in a mattress with which to barricade the door and setting fire to the classroom, our banquet was a peaceful affair of food-eating and learning about World War I (that being the point at which we are in the curriculum). So now I'm thinking, where has the revolutionary spirit of today's youth gone? Listen to the songs of earlier decades: everything from Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A-Changin'' to Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall' presents a dissatisfaction with the status quo and a desire for change and revolution. Where has that sentiment gone? Today's students in California, once a relatively radical state (or so I'd like to think) are so staid that they will squelch their revolutionary spirit for some sugary food and a good grade. Think about it. Yesterday was, after all, Thinking Day for Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all over the world. They're focusing on adolescent health issues this year, but whether or not you're a Scout or Guide you may want to utilise the day to think a bit about what's happening to our youth. They're in middle-age before they turn 13, it seems. What happened? STOP PRESS — We have received the news that Researchers PSG and Unconformity's baby has been born. Congratulations to them both! |
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