I hear this word way to much: Apathy. With so many people are concerned with the state of being unconcerned, I feel it important to define it. Apathy: 1. The lack of feeling or emotion. 2. The lack of concern or interest. Merriam Webster Dictionary I don't really have a formal, organized thought on apathy, so I ask that you sort through this jumble; I am pretty sure there is something I am trying to voice.
The first thing about Apathy that bothers me is that it is normally associated with us, teenagers, we are to adults, lazy.Well, I am lazy, but I am not apathetic. First, I am pretty sure that all of us have feelings and emotions. In fact, I could argue that High School is one of the most emotionally driven places. And second, we are interested. It may not be about what they want us to be interested in. But each one of us has an interest. Sometimes I hear that we do not stand up for issues enough, like they did back in their days. I know this is a little bit older then us, but anyone remember the Occupy movement? And do we not everyday manipulate social media to communicate our thoughts, like this post? I consider ourselves on the front ground of a war. In the Schools we face stress, doubt, judgement, pressure. Everyday we go to school and have our work graded, our mind's molded. We are all making our own decisions for the first time and battling expectations. How dare they call us lazy. Everyday we are discovering a new emotion, finding something else we are interested in, strengthening the voices that will soon stand up. Frankly, I do not have the time to be apathetic. Point 2. I think one of the problems with apathy is our Heroes. Now, I have nothing against Harry Potter or Superman. That's a lie. I do. The heroes we read, watch, and worship all have one thing in common. They are special. Now, that doesn't sound bad. But name three movies where the hero does not have a special power, gift, destiny. In many heroes are the "Chosen ones." Someone goes up to them and says you MUST do this. They go questing because someone told them, because they had that one trait that made them special, that made them important. Superman, is, well, super. Harry Potter- the one who lived, Jimmy Neutron- a genius. Though that is what we read, that is not who we are. We are not the super, the chosen. We are the people, and the message these books are sending is that there is something wrong with being human. They produce this global epidemic of apathy caused by the pure thought we cannot do it. Because no one told us we were the chosen ones. So, litmag reader: You are the chosen one.
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