[Knight Templar]

So I'm in journalism class (which produces the school paper) and we're brainstorming article ideas for the next edition. We're going over ideas for the theme of the feature section ( two pages where we do a series of articles on one topic) and of course all of the normal teen dribble gets thrown out there... Drugs, Teen Depression, Teen Suicide, Homework... **** that nobody cares about and that we've covered in every issue previous since I can remember. So I suggest that we write about foreign countries / customs / culture and such, you know, to give a little flavor instead of beating several dead horses at once.

It's not so much that I expected the tards' to accept my idea as it was keeping it open. Yet, at the end of our brainstorming session, our teacher/advisor made her call to dismiss a few things and started with my idea. Again, it's not so much that I expected it to fly as much as I wanted people to think that it should and give it a second thought. So I verbally expressed my displeasure to which the response from our Copy Editor was "Oh shut up (KT), no one else really cares about history and countries. We're not a history magazine made to bore people to death."

The whole 'teenager means you're a dumbass drunk who's idea of 'news' is keeping up on the current rate of how many of your drunk ass friends kill theselves because their parents won't buy them their new muffler for their queer ass honda civic" is ****ing stupid as hell and I'm officially annoyed.

[Liberator]

Welcome to America, Land of the Mindnumbed Pop-Culture Robots.

I saw a study a few weeks ago that concluded that the American attention span has decreased from almost an hour to about 55 seconds, thanks largely to the dren that the television networks have stuffed down our throats.  We don't even watch TV anymore, with the widespread adoption of the Remote Control, TV has gone from classics like Bonanza and I Love Lucy with their long shots some as much as 2 minutes to shows like ER and CSI where the average shot lasts all of about 15 seconds.  Pay attention next time you're watching TV, "watching" being a misnomer as you're actually going *clik* *clik* *clik* flashing by all of the 200+ stations you have to see if something better is on.

[Knight Templar]

I'm rather annoyed though that my teacher (while being 26 herself, thus still rather young) agreed with it.

Just because stereotypes and media say that our audiences 'expecpts' and 'mainly cares' about contraception, teen suicide, teen depression, drugs and booze, doesn't mean we need to write six goddamn articles about it and make it the feature of every goddamn issue. Hell, I consider myself to be able to look at both sides of the card, and I don't see how any of that **** can appeal to anyone other than the person writing it, and that being only because it was their idea. I get bored reading one article about the pill™ and condoms. Just because we're a high school newspaper doesn't mean we have to emulate all the stupid **** that gets connated along with our environment. If anything, I'd think we'd be the ones to help define that environment, not conform to it's assumed form.

Eurgh.

As a consolation, however, Religon did get on the list of prospective feature topics, which I am going to push all the way. I'm a bit frightened to see what sorts of cookie-cutter articles come out of it though.

[Rictor]

Do you have the option of sneaking in subversive messages into the paper on account of being the only one who knows jack all about computers?

[kode]

Originally posted by Rictor
Do you have the option of sneaking in subversive messages into the paper on account of being the only one who knows jack all about computers?

what he needs is to put fnords in the articles.

[Jetmech Jr.]

You have it good, KT. In my history class, I'm grouped with a couple of people who (Literally) can't point out Africa on the map. Or Europe .

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Jetmech Jr.
You have it good, KT. In my history class, I'm grouped with a couple of people who (Literally) can't point out Africa on the map. Or Europe .

  jeebus... can they even point out their own damn country?

[kode]

Originally posted by Turnsky


  jeebus... can they even point out their own damn country?

that's easy. it's the biggest country on the map.

[Jetmech Jr.]

I think so. I can't be too sure...

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by kode


that's easy. it's the biggest country on the map.

so they'd point to russia?

[Clave]

I read the topic title and thought: 'very'

that's about it....

[kode]

Originally posted by Turnsky


so they'd point to russia?

rumor says most of them actually did in some study.

[Cabbie]

Originally posted by Turnsky


so they'd point to russia?

or china

[an0n]

This sounds like a problem that could be solved with hair dye, a trenchcoat and several thousands dollars worth of assault rifles and military-grade explosives.

Go on, KT, show 'em what a real stereotype can do.

[PeachE]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
...The whole 'teenager means you're a dumbass drunk who's idea of 'news' is keeping up on the current rate of how many of your drunk ass friends kill theselves because their parents won't buy them their new muffler for their queer ass honda civic" is ****ing stupid as hell and I'm officially annoyed....

meh, this whole rant is pretty funny coming from someone who a few threads ago boasted about getting away with not reading the Republic..

[deep_eyes]

yes the multiland cultures that go La la la la lal la la

[IceFire]

Originally posted by Cabbie


or china

Or Canada

[redsniper]

yes, most American teenagers are very stupid. Thankfully, I'm one of the smart ones. The other day in history class we were reviewing for some super-easy test that you must pass to graduate. Our teacher asked a multiple choice question about what the two countries in the Cold War were. And NO ONE knew the answer. I just sat there dumfounded for a second and finally said "how can anyone not know this!" It was sad to say the least.

[kasperl]

Well ****.

And I was thinking we had a few dumb people around......

Mind, I'm doing the highest level of Dutch secondary education (I'm in 5 VWO right now), so I might not be getting an average population cross-section, but this really does take the cake.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Turnsky


so they'd point to russia?

Nah, since America is in the center of american maps, russia and china are cut in half, and it's not too hard for any dumbass to point to the center of a map.

See? This is the general education level of most of the people I've gone to school with. And it's terribly depressing that these are the people who will be running the country in another 10-30 years.