Youth:Today vs yesterday
Well, to start things off, I can’t believe this has happened again, I mean wow, how is it that another school shooting has happened? The first time we should have learned but then again whose to say it can be prevented since it was totally unexpected and in a town that would say be unlikely of all places. I feel for the kids, I mean school is supposed to be safe haven, a place to learn, a place to feel camaraderie and refuge per se. But no, times has changed, its like school is just a place now, the meaning has been lost and in worse circumstances, the shooting. I can’t think of anything to scare the shit out of me, if I was in their place. Just think about it, you are young, then you are just in a classroom totally oblivious to what is happening outside the school since your only concern is to study and be the best you can be. Then all of a sudden, you hear gunshots, bodies are flying, the doors are locked, the gunman tries to get in, if successful, what do you do? And in the those people that saw their fellow classmates die in front of them, this experience is even more traumatic. Would they even care to go back to that place anymore? I pray for them…
Speaking of kids today, they are either lucky or unlucky for what kind of toys they have today, so I guess depends on the kind of people you ask. As for me, I think they are unlucky, because the kind of toys they have nowadays takes awy the fun in playing with other people and developing that sense of teamwork and care for one another. Say the game "shato", "taguan chinelas", "taguan" and among others. I even enjoy remembering how we used to make bubbles from gumamela and soap haha. Nowadays, they have PSPs, Ipods, high tech gadgets, cellphones for even kids yikes!!! All very expensive too. That chance for Imagination has been taken away from them, that chance on being creative has been robbed, at least that is what I think. Oh well, that is keeping up with the times and times has changed alot. However, I think it also depends on how the parents let the kids grow, so that is another side of growing up:-)
Question for the day, what is the most memorable childhood memory you have?
