We all know these people, right? The mama's boy who "doesn't eat vegetables." The girl who thinks reading isn't cool and therefore "doesn't read." The list is endless. They don't watch the news, they don't study, they don't want to move more than a block away from their parents' house. I have a few words for these people.
REALLY?! When was the last time you ate vegetables? Do you think your opinions haven't changed at all? Isn't there ONE out there that you like? When was the last time you read a book? The last time you were transported to another world in your imagination. There aren't ANY books that you like? NONE? REALLY?! What about when the Boston bombings occurred? You didn't turn on the news for a MINUTE? Did you hear about the explosion in West, TX? ...REALLY?! Aren't you A LITTLE curious about what's out there? Don't you get sick of this bubble you've created for yourself?
Maybe it's the family I grew up in or the fact that I didn't grow up in the Midwest. I'm not sure what, but there's an endless world out there of possibility. To close yourself off to any part of that just seems strange to me. Why is it not cool to be smart or different? What do we have to do to make this generation see that these things are important and that it's okay to know things.
COME ON.
