At some point on our watch, the USA became an outtake from Lord of the Flies, with the accompanying chaos and destructive hatred. We have more metal detectors in our schools than at our airports and active shooter drills are now part of our schools' curriculum from Pre-K through graduate school.
And speaking of school we spend more to incarcerate people than on elementary school education nationally and speaking of incarceration we have more people in jail than any other country on earth. (What? No chants of "USA! USA!" for that news nugget? I'm shocked)
Instead of complementing the universe opened through applied technology for education, we leave our children alone with a machine, the personal computer, more fraught with peril than the TV our parents were blamed for plopping us in front of. And then we 'wonder and worry about the kids.'
Heck, that black and white one-eyed monster had neither the sex nor murder cascading from it that the flat screen monitor with the DSL hookup or T-3 line brings to our kids 24/7 to say nothing of the hatred of others and conspiracy theories without surcease.
This is the Brave New World, Pilgrim, the one we worked so hard to make.
So put on a brave new world face.
-bill kenny
Ramblings of a badly aged Baby Boomer who went from Rebel Without a Cause to Bozo Without a Clue in, seemingly, the same afternoon.
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