Generally when I’m starting my column, I have to take into consideration the perspective of my readers and how they will judge me simply because of who I am.
As my audience knows, I enjoy writing articles with wit and sass.However, on occasion, when I want to cover serious topicssuch as the Martin Luther King Day Assembly, I have to realize how I will be perceived.
Would I be perceived as racist for bashing something of that nature? Ignorant for not appreciating the time allocated to discussing the idea Martin Luther King so powerfully conveyed?
These were the thoughts that swirled through my brain, as I pondered the approach I would take to this topic.
But, before I entered my thoughts, I just want to inform everyone that although I am not necessarily a fan of the concept of the MLK assembly, I am by no means the things I listed above.
Let me just make something clear, though. Due to the fact that I am not a fan of the concept behind the assembly, I did not attend.
Did not.
So I am by no means critiquing what was done at the assembly, but let me guess… there was a speech made my an administrator, some unknown song blaring through the speakers of the auditorium, a dramatic video clip, someone singing, and an all encompassing challenge that students were asked to attain by the end of the day.
The idea of wanting the student body to be an accepting and life changing group of individuals is great. Excellent. But I just don’t think that going about it in the form of an assembly is the right approach.
An hour of someone’s day is not going to change their outlook. It just isn’t.
I think that the school should constantly be instilling their students with positive thoughts of being ambitious, accepting, courageous, and having a dream.
This should not be something that is addressed daily in a somewhat subtle manner.
Moreover, we are at the age where we shouldn’t have to sit through an assembly to be informed of what our morals should be, or the type of character we should have.
We are at the point where we should be empowering ourselves.
I mean, correct me if I’m wrong but how is sitting through video montage going to be inspirational and powerful enough to make us want to do accept and pursue dreams and life aspirations?
Maybe we should start to take a glimpse at our own character as opposed to sitting through presentation after presentation where we will discover close to nothing about ourselves.
