Don't DUMB DOWN...

It is a wondrous time in ones life when you find time to reflect. It is a soul searching that is rare and often overlooked as day dreaming and wasteful. But I dare to differ for the simple reason that when you have the opportunity it presents a realism that is not found in the day to day rough and tumble of normal life. We tend to get so busy with our lives that more often than not we do not see the obvious or for that matter the 'souls' signals for change and turns in the road ahead. We blast through these intersections in what seems a blind determination to keep up, beat or conquer the opposition. This opposition is represented by societies ideals and projections. It has very little to do with what we aim for or use as benchmarks. We think we need to be successful, we constantly think that we are not successful and lacking the 'right stuff' and thus continue to blunder down a path that leads to...? Do we even know where we are going? And who do we measure ourselves against? who or what made them the benchmark. 

Admittedly the older you get the more selective you become about who you wish to emulate but it is not so much that you become more selective but rather you have fewer choices due to a myriad of experiences and lessons you have been exposed to. Added to this, it seems that the caliber of role models has deminished considerably over the same period of time. As an example I was trolling the internet recently to find quotes and speeches from the likes of Churchill, Rooseveldt and leading statesmen of our time and who pops up in the search for quotable   quotes, none other than 'Homer Simpson' Yes you read correctly Homer Simpson a cartoon character of dubvious intelect (sorry the character is down right dumb) but the point is he is a cartoon character and people treat him as a living being and a quotable one at that. When you start basing your inspiration on a cartoon character them I am not surprised that the current final school passing grade is 30%. How scarey is that folks. If you know 30% of your exams questions and tests correct you are deemed an educated person and eligible for employment or university in South Africa. 

Me; "Hello Doctor, I have this head that fell of a friend of mine and we were wondering could you help us put it back on? " Doctor; " Ooh sorry I fell asleep in the head joining body class of 2012, but tell me when last did he sneeze?, because it could be flu. There is a lot of that going around now" 

PLEASE FOLKS !!! dont let this world 'DUMB YOU DOWN'

TV games are not real and cartoon characters DO NOT HAVE CHARACTER - find the writer, meet him or her, read their biography and quote him directly if they measure up to your ideals but please don't go about quoting a figment of their imagination and what seems to be a dumb one at that...

Am I ranting here? Me thinks so ...

Enough they cried ... 

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