Started the morning finishing an article in New Yorker on forever chemicals. What has been done to mother earth and her inhabitants for the sake of corporate money is so very depressing to say the least. Sad, so very sad. Knowledge known and yet repressed. We humans can justify most anything, especially if there is money involved.
Moving on, I read an article on liberalism through the lens of a number of books. Much was new to me and some hard to grasp. There was one passage, though, that took me back to my classroom. I would often say to students that I didn't always treat students equally, but fairly. I didn't apologize for it. I smiled this morning to see such thoughts coming back to me.
And now, reading over the passage, for the life of me I'm not even sure that they're saying what I said. I tried to treat people fairly, which meant, sometimes, not equally.
Who knew I was in the midst of a philosophical debate!
Instinctively Known
Some post script thoughts: I had a sheltered, small-town childhood. It was wonderful. So, too, my education and travel; it was not worldly. Going on to college, I grew and changed as a person, but not necessarily as an intellectual. And all of that is okay; as Popeye used to say, "I ams what I am."
But, I am thankful that now, and for years, I have had the chance to grow intellectually. So many of my friends are people who knew so much so many more years before I did. I don't feel inferior, just lucky to have the friends and reading to challenge me. The stable, happy, care-free life I came from has helped to shape me into the person I am today.
That's it. No conclusion, just thoughts.
