“We had a substitute the other day who seemed to think it was a teacher’s job to ‘mold’ us into ‘good citizens,’ and that this can only be accomplished by embracing dissent. One of the guys in the class told her, ‘you and I have a very different idea of what constitutes good citizenship; dissent for the sake of dissent is called being a teenager - that’s not citizenship.’
When the teacher got annoyed by that, Buster couldn’t help but chime in, “C’mon, you should have loved that answer - he was dissenting from what you pronounced. That makes him a good citizen, right?”
Thursday, May 11, 2006
For The Strength Of Youth
This post from The Anchoress gives me hope that perhaps our kids will be smarter than us:
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You're not a good citizen unless you disagree? Disagree with what, exactly? Traffic laws, perhaps? Disagree with those in public and see where it gets you. If you want to be a good citizen, look for commonalities between yourself and other people, not disagreements.
Good article.
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