Jonesin'

I can proudly say that I have become much much more politically aware as these past few May Term weeks have passed. I'm currently in the class '1960's: Decade of Turmoil', with my teacher as Mr. Jones, And I can tell you this, NO ONE can teach a history lesson like he can..With as much passion, and as much heart as he. He likes to yell, but most of all, it is because he want's his students to UNDERSTAND. He want's them to empathize with the people of that generation, so they can really see what it must have been like then. I can say I've learned a lot from him, and in that, he's done his job. In fact, he has made me SO aware, so in tune, that just the other day, we were shown the entire 'I Have A Dream' speech, and I can honestly tell you this, it almost bought a tear to my eye. It was THAT powerful to me. Call me a pathetic hack, but Mr. Jones has brought light to me that our generation is no where near, and probably will never be as politically active as the youth were in the 1960's. He's made me realize how self indulgent and self aware our generation can be, and how we may never act upon any political injustices in our lifetime. This may be because we really have nothing to fight for, and we are well off the way we are. But this is not always true, where will always be some form of oppression, whether it is economical, or social. One example of current social oppression, is of Gay Rights. There are MANY issues involving Gay Rights. In fact, in many states it is a legal right to deny Gay's service, which I find to be very shocking. So there are still many things worth fighting for. But it all comes down to your decision, if your really going to fight them.

Christopher.