Taking the Lazy Route

Educational Slavery Today

Today, there are a lot of people who would like to take the easy route and have others think for them. I will be honest; sometimes I would like people to think for me. But, in reality, if we have people think for us, we may not be able to think for our selves when the people who thought for us have left us. So I say “no” to having other people think for me.

Think about it. Maids are like that; “clean this,” “do that.” That’s all they are told. And then they act like robots doing what they are told. After, they wait for another command.

Brooks Atkinson's Quote

In this quote I found by Brooks Atkinson, he says that people do enjoy taking the lazy route and believing lies. Then he says, it spares them time so they don’t have to think for themselves.

For example, when I have a “C,” I always tell myself, it’s not that bad. It could’ve been worse. But, the truth is that, I need to take responsibility for my “C” and change it. I need to think of how I can bring it up to something a lot better. I tell myself the lie and try to spare myself from doing the actual work.

As I have stressed for a long time now, when people can’t think for themself, they become slaves. So when people believe lies, they don’t think about the real problem and how to solve it. This is a form of educational slavery.