Overripe/Low Hanging Fruit/Uncomfortable
It’s totally forbidden for an educated person
To speak poorly about someone without education
But for whatever reason in
America it’s more and more popular
To hate education, to hate paying for it—
Everything has a more ultimately important greater financial reasoning
At least, so it seems.
It’s easy to be outraged by what they teach you
In gender studies. It’s easy to be outraged
When you study and dive deep
Into anything.
It’s easy to be married
And get divorced it’s easy to
Be a music major who becomes
A lizzo.
It’s just that, all things are possible
And all people matter— but
Shitting on education because of
Some out of context oversimplification
Turned into a meme or a tweet or a
Soapbox moment—
It’s easy to say hey—
That’s bullshit. But
It’s totally against the rules
For me to say
“Hey Buck—
You’re so stupid it makes me wanna jump off a cliff—
Stop representing trans men as
Idiot garbage wanna-be porn star high school drop out idiots
But again
It’s totally out of hand
For me to go there
To have my hand
On such overripe, low, fallen fruit
But anyway— yeah
College is full of information
You didn’t want to know, and classes
You don’t enjoy.
It’s not really like Reddit, or tumblr, or twitter—
You actually have to learn shit and pay attention
Even when it’s not fun or comfortable
I admire your straightforwardness in this post. You are not only honest with yourself but also honest about your reasons to write and state your opinion. I agree with you about your entire statement there. College is never easy for anyone. I’m 44 years old and I have been to college I have also been homeless too. I have had times in my life where I did not know or care how I made to the next hour without a drink or some narcotics to help me through. I gave it up about ten years ago back in 2011. I’ve been made uncomfortable plenty of times and it’s never a bad thing. It’s how we know we need to take action instead of sitting around and talking about getting it done. As Corey Taylor put it “The word nowhere is a combination of two words: Now and here.” I’ll leave you to think about the rest. Have a good night!