I seem to be the only one that knows how to cite my writings anymore (O'Donnell). Nobody but I understands the difference between APA and MLA (Which in reality sounds much scarier than it really is). Yes, citation is more than plugging a URL into citemypaper.net and copying, pasting, repeating. Don't you ever want to learn to do for yourself and not through asinine websites that get it wrong half the time anyways? Nobody cares enough to work hard, learn good... Excuse me, learn well. Nobody gives two ***** about good grades and class rankings. Just less competition for me, I guess.
But no, this is something bigger than that. Why am I the only person who cares about where their words come from? Where are all the people who used to fact check and actually think about what they say? I just seem to wonder more than others the vitality of truth in words, Of validity in claims, And of proof in ambiguous pudding eaten without prior knowledge of its upbringing. Is it really pudding? Well you won't really know unless you care enough to find out... And who ever knows if you're speaking words of Gandhi or of Grandma anymore. Giving a **** used to be something of importance, Now put to the side with adolescent legend lessons.
I wish I could make you give a **** about this "silly" school project,
But that's not what we're really talking about here anyways.
Works Cited O'Donnell, E. The Basic Principles of English. Mt. Pleasant: Elizabeth, September 15, 2014. Print.