A ribbon in the sky

I used to tell my students there was a governmental conspiracy against them, a scheme designed to enslave them, to keep us enslaved.  The public school system discourages, actually eviscerates and destroys any hope of critical thinking.

The fastest growing industry in America is the prison system.  America already leads the world in incarcerations. Black  people go to jail more than any other group.  Is it disproportionate? Really? I taught for thirty years.   Some people use their "color" as a crutch.  Some people feel entitled  to gifts they have not earned.  Some people are just jealous haters.

As a parent, I would not put my child in a public school today. In our present institutions students are taught, encouraged and rewarded for lock stepping like blind drones.

The fact is "Critical Thinking" can not be taught.  The willing blind are blind willingly, on purpose.  Most slaves just gave up.  Became content with a nice side of fatback (streak-o-lean), grits, sugar, sweet potatoes, molasses, cornmeal, a roof and shirking work.  Pretending to work a lot harder than they actually would have , pretending to be more loyal to the master than any of the other "slaves.  Many were up to mischief, hilarious mischief. (I read all forty-eight volumes of slave narratives.)

It doesn't matter. The evil doer gets nothing.  Sure my mother clapped her hands, mesmerized and perhaps impressed fellow evil doers.  At some point we all grew.  At some point we all came to learn that Martha was noting but evil.

To say we must remain silent out of fear is no longer plausible.  She's dead.  What are you still afraid of?

Don't be like Martha.  Martha refused to look at herself.  That was trifling.  Good manners are free.

Praise the LORD!