I have no idea what to say. I don’t know what I believe in.
I do know what I don’t believe in, though.
I don’t believe in god. Or any salvation, really. I don’t believe in sheltering opinions and coddling students. I don’t believe in censorship. I don’t believe in the idea that we should teach by word of mouth instead of leading by example. I don’t believe in hitting children as a form of discipline. I don’t believe in authority that abuses power in order to **** anything in their way. I don’t believe in searching through your daughters text messages to find out if she’s in trouble in place of fostering a relationship that allows open communication with her so that she doesn’t need to hide. I don’t believe in hanging threats over people’s heads in lieu of the things they have done when they were a different person. I don’t believe in kicking people while they’re down by telling them that “someone somewhere out there has it much worse than you do.” I don’t believe in hurting for everyone equally at the same time. I don’t believe in painting my nails purple. I don’t believe in vegetable juice. I don’t believe in veganism. I don’t believe in paprika or leprechauns either. Hell, I don’t really believe in anything– and that, I can believe.
Originally a class assignment, but I feel like it belongs here too.