it's so creepy. For two of my classes this term, we have to post pretty much all of our assignments on public-access bulletin boards. In one of them, we have to post essays on the board, and then on specified dates, post replies to someone else's essay. I'm really not fond of having people read over my shoulder, and have always loved the chance written assignments present to open a dialogue with my professor without getting flogged to death by the status-quo-ites as is liable to happen in discussion.

Last week it was trying to argue that social class might actually affect the choices young people have, and feel like they have. Not bloody rocket-science if you ask me, but too much for the "but we all recycle" children of privilege who don't realize that statements like "well, everyone at my school was just assumed to be going to university" and "but the only reason the students had nicer cars than the teachers is because our parents bought them for us" do actually show make loud and clear demographic statements. Naw, shit, you're not any different than someone raised in poverty. Keep telling that child that if they work hard, they too can achieve the American Dream, have a big house and car, and look down on everyone else. Never mind that we live in an era marked by less class mobility than any other time since the industrial revolution, keep telling everyone we all have an equal shot, just don't hold yer breath until it comes true.

Bleh. And this week, our topic is "wilderness" and the romaniticization (is that a word? is now!) of indigenous peoples. Can anyone else see the possibility for this to end badly? If anyone else goes on about how we need to educate the public so that they will stand up and advocate for First Nations and make sure the government gives them the land to protect (etc. etc.), I'm going to pop their damned head off, just like I did to the only barbie I ever owned. Fitting parallel? Because it seems to me that a massive winning heart and minds campaign is usually the last thing on our mind when governments completely ignore the law. That's usually a slightly bigger problem - a career-ender if you will. Why should our negelctful and bigoted BC politicians fare any better? (*ahem, cough cough* Plant *ahem, cough cough* Gordo *ahem* etc.)

I guess what I'm trying to say is how many laws that say the government has to obey the law do we need before our government actually starts obeying the law????????

*sigh*

angst. What can I actually do? In the theatre of life, changes can take a long time to work their way through. Too long? Maybe.