On Apathy

I always wonder when I’m reading weblogs whose owners say they’re Christian, but every other word on their site is a swear. I am painfully aware of how easy it is to slip when talking in real life, especially if exposed to vulgar language a lot, like the people who go to school in public systems particularly. But when it’s typed on a site… there’s really no excuse, because you not only have to type it, but publish and sometimes proofread it also. I can kind of understand—when someone’s feeling especially sad or disheartened that their language might be more… offensive. Even I’ve had that happen to me in this journal. But I still think excessive swearing is wrong.

Conclusion of the day: When people deal with crap for long enough, they become apathetic towards it. I know Miss Williams is starting to not care about how any of us do on the science final. She’s put up with a lot of disrespect from my class, and it makes me sad. I’ve noticed the same attitude in myself concerning info pro. I’ve done so much work in that class that wasn’t even marked… wasn’t even taken in… that I just couldn’t care less anymore. I’d be concerned, except that there’s only one more day until I’m done that class. Moreover, there’s a little ‘figurative scale’ that I’ve got to keep in mind. On one side, let’s say that Chénier had never left. All the work I’ve been doing for the last few weeks would have been taken in and marked; however, she’s proven herself time and time again to be a pretty hard marker. On the other side, Miss Stephens’ assignments have been pretty easy, and I’ve gotten one-hundred percent on the last four. The work I did previously wasn’t marked, but overall, I think my final mark in the course will work out to be higher than it would have been if what happened this year hadn’t.