The monthly writing assignment for the Writers Circle was to write about situation or person which one had found confusing at some point in one’s life. The following is what I wrote.
Adults are weird and confusing
I along with most of my peers began at a very early age to learn that adults are just plain weird and confusing. It seemed as if most, if not all, of our parents read off the same script and they did so with very little emotion. It was as if they passed the adult test, which requires one to say dump stuff with a straight face. We were very confused about how this was possible. We were also more than a little fearful that there was a brain-snatching creature that stole the brains of adults all over the world. Once one’s brain was stolen one could pronounce these truths to be self-evident even though they contradicted one another. Some examples:
Apparently it is the primary job of the adults to wash the brain right out of one’s hair. Just like that song in South Pacific about washing that man right out of one’s hair, adults seem to desire that children get perfect grades while learning not to use their brains. This is very confusing. As a child I really did want to believe that I could depend on adults to tell me the truth. I thought if I knew the truth I could grow up to be a responsible adult. Yet, it seemed as if it was my job to learn how to be a mindless adult who rules the world with as much wisdom as King Solomon. It was very confusing.
Eventually I decided that it was really stupid to become an adult. I will just remain a confused kid who knows that two opposite truths do not make a fact. For a time I tried to pretend as if I could think like a confused adult who did not know he or she was a confused adult, but I seemed to have failed at this job. Oh well. I am no longer confused about the confusion of most adults I know. Well, yes that confuses me. I am confused by their lack of confusion.
Does the emperor really not know that he or she is naked - butt naked and that it is cold and their body is shriveled and they are not attractive? Really! How confusing!
565 words.
Written March 7, 2018
Adults are weird and confusing
I along with most of my peers began at a very early age to learn that adults are just plain weird and confusing. It seemed as if most, if not all, of our parents read off the same script and they did so with very little emotion. It was as if they passed the adult test, which requires one to say dump stuff with a straight face. We were very confused about how this was possible. We were also more than a little fearful that there was a brain-snatching creature that stole the brains of adults all over the world. Once one’s brain was stolen one could pronounce these truths to be self-evident even though they contradicted one another. Some examples:
- When striking a child an adult must say, “This hurts me more than it hurts you.” (Really! Let me hit you and say the same thing!)
- Tell children, “God is love.” Teach children to sing, “Jesus loves me. This I know. For the bible tells me so.” Then tell them “God is an angry, vengeful, jealous God.” (Really! You want me to act more God like but if I get angry, vengeful and jealous, I get punished.” You want to be less like God while being like God? Got it!
- Tell children, “I told you in this family we do not hit. Apologize to your sister/brother.” “What, you did not fight back? You want everyone to think you are a wimp?” “I told you that you would get a spanking for doing that.” (Really! How come you are allowed to hit if we do not hit in this family?)
- Tell children, “We do not lie in this family.” “How dare you tell the teacher you did not do your homework because it was stupid?" (Really! You said it was stupid and I told the teacher what you said.)
Apparently it is the primary job of the adults to wash the brain right out of one’s hair. Just like that song in South Pacific about washing that man right out of one’s hair, adults seem to desire that children get perfect grades while learning not to use their brains. This is very confusing. As a child I really did want to believe that I could depend on adults to tell me the truth. I thought if I knew the truth I could grow up to be a responsible adult. Yet, it seemed as if it was my job to learn how to be a mindless adult who rules the world with as much wisdom as King Solomon. It was very confusing.
Eventually I decided that it was really stupid to become an adult. I will just remain a confused kid who knows that two opposite truths do not make a fact. For a time I tried to pretend as if I could think like a confused adult who did not know he or she was a confused adult, but I seemed to have failed at this job. Oh well. I am no longer confused about the confusion of most adults I know. Well, yes that confuses me. I am confused by their lack of confusion.
Does the emperor really not know that he or she is naked - butt naked and that it is cold and their body is shriveled and they are not attractive? Really! How confusing!
565 words.
Written March 7, 2018
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