The Gender Role

"I don't have anyone to play with, just the boys!" exclaimed my younger sister as she chose the lonely path at a recent birthday party. There was five adolescent boys swimming and playing catch in the beside my sister while she decided to swim back in forth in the shallow end.

From a young age, children assume that the opposite sex is the enemy. Boys-versus-girls is always a mode of interacting on the playground or even in a civil conversation at an early stage in life.

Why is that? 

The society around us-growing up-makes innocent minded children learn that the right way to live is playfully against each gender. 

The same children learning that precedent in life grow up to live in that same driven society in the 'real world'. In corporate America, men cheat women in earnings as men being the one signing the checks at the end of the day.  The heads of this big corporate chains feel like women aren't fit for the environment or aren't welcomed into that. Who are they to tell women-or anyone in that matter- where they are allowed to be or not?

In households nationwide, the children who grown up divided will then have children on their own. Some parents choose to teach their children not to be so narrow-minded; but others, never let the precedent die. The way of life never conforms in society,so the world around us won't ever change on the playful joke of being against each other. 

As for my sister, an open mind will be unlocked through the morals and breaking of standards in our household.

Stigma of Education

In lower income areas of the United States, having higher education is frowned upon due to people thinking you're trying to become "better" than them. Trying to achieve your full potential is shunned from an angry and negative environment. Ironically, getting that collegiate level learning will help younger generations get out of a struggle or cycle that they're born into.

Taking education for granted is such an american action. A topic in heated discussion, as of writing this, is NFL Quarterback, Colin Kapernick, taking a knee during the playing of the National Anthem. These examples wouldn't happen in a country fairly new to their own independence or starting up their education system. Education being view as an opportunity for a better future is a fear that's common in urban living quarters because it's an unknown resource. At the same time, how are curious students going to take the next step if they become hesitant because of their families?

This world can be as beautiful as we make it. Staying dark and negative isn't helping anyone, but just is numbing society of what's really going on. The generation of now is small minded and only here to 'feel good'. With a lifetime career in education, materialistic items will be more convenient; Consequently, that's when free will comes into play. What would you do?