You Scared, Punk?

Author's Note.  I mean everything I say.  Or rather I did when I was writing this.  Perhaps I will come to regret it later but for now I will stand strong behind my belief. 

"Office.  Now."  A sentence that has stricken fear into the hearts of children for generations.  But my question is why.  Why is the principle's office such a scary place? Or is it not the office at all?

First off I'm sure that almost everyone has been in the office at least once.  It is typically a quiet place, almost empty feeling at times.  The people there are usually smiley, kind looking women who always are willing to help students.  So why are we so scared of it?  Well it's because we've been brainwashed.

It starts when you are very young.  Usually before you start school mom or dad will look at you and say 'remember to be nice to the teacher sweetie'.  They begin the process of brainwashing you to think that the teachers have control over your life. So when the teacher begins to outline consequences you are thinking oh my gosh this teacher could send me to the office!  And so the brainwashing continues.  However I do not presume to blame these adults completely, after all the kids have a piece in this too.

Who of you wanted to go to the office?  Nobody, but this is partially your fault.  Did you ever talk to the principle?  Did you ever purposely tried to find out what would happen if you got in trouble?  No you just cringed away from whoever had the misfortune of being called to the office.  And so you are a willing subject for your own brainwashing.  You do nothing to stop it and nothing to question it, you simply let it continue.

The point of all this? Oh right. You Mr. or Mrs. Parent are instilling in your child one of the things you try most desperately to shield them from.  Fear.  Why do you do this? Because it is all you know.  Because you fear trying to push your child farther than they can reach.  Or perhaps you simply want to avoid the awkward questions that will spout from inquisitive kids.  I'm not really sure but I don’t believe that it is benefiting you in the long run.

And you kids out there.  I'm talking to you.  I want you to question everything.  I want you to stop blindly accepting everything your teachers tell you.  But what I don't want is for this to have disrespectfully.  All I want to happen is for sleepy eyed children to open their eyes and ask why they do things they don’t like.  I would be interested to hear the answer. 

I've asked a lot of questions.  And I don’t have all the answers.  But neither do you.  But when it comes down to it all I want to say is the teacher or parent isn’t always right.