Anti Pleasure

I had to laugh my arse off when I was watching the Empty Stocking Fund on TV today, muah ha haha! It’s a charity that my city has every single year before Christmas time where people place donations for passed on loved ones and kids singing in the choirs. I had to laugh because a bunch of choirs on there were reading from the books, not smiling and it sounded like they never rehearsed! Not a big deal? Sure maybe it is not a big deal to you guys, but…

I remember when I was a kid I used to sing in choirs up until I was in high school. I remember we used to stay after school practicing and memorizing the lyrics because we were never allowed to have a booklet with us, and we at least had to be able to SING somewhat. I laughed so hard today because, no offense, these children obviously did not put much effort into it, but ohhh the mommies with their cameras thinking “that’s my baby on TV!” even though the kids were doing terribly. And you are all probably thinking “awww so what, they’re kids? Give them a break!” But if kids aren’t pushed even to do a silly little thing for christmas, how creative and smart are they at other things?

This just brings me to a point about how far parents aren’t pushing their kids to do well. It seems like around here kids grow up somewhat above the middle class so it doesn’t matter if they are that smart, their parents will pay for university or college! It just took me watching a few choirs on Empty Stocking Fund to think, “wow, if kids can’t memorize lyrics, what are they like in school now with memorizing things for tests?”

Maybe I am being a bit over the top? I doubt it though. I don’t know what school is like for them, nor will I ever know because kids aren’t for me as I have mentioned before.  

No wonder people aren’t original anymore, kids grow up thinking they have to take this one path in life and not be creative, they just do what their parents tell them to be. Does any of this make sense? I hope so. 

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