It's Not About Faith - It's About Principle

How many people out there can testify to the fact that you simply can't watch the newest movies and TV shows as a family, anymore, because of the extraordinary amount of language and sex? David and I have been discussing this, recently. There are, of course, religious reasons for not liking these things, but even non Christians would agree that the amount of inappropriate content in the media has become ridiculous. Can we remember back to when the phrase in "Gone With the Wind," which contained only ONE curse word, and one that could be considered very mild, shocked and appalled thousands? These days, watching a movie with a language-guardian results in an almost completely silent movie. The sexual content is also becoming something that is no longer out of the ordinary; even if it isn't explicit, the innuendo and bodily gestures/movement leave us in no doubt that the standards for what would be considered an R or PG-13 movie has been shockingly skewed.

So what is the problem with Hollywood? When have things like this become 'necessary' for a 'good' movie? If I remember correctly, it seems like the movies that often win awards for being the best are family appropriate, for the most part. We know it has been taken too far when we have to preview movies before watching them as a family. It seems improbable that there would be a way to fix this problem, and people have become lenient with what their children watch as a result. The standards have been lowered dramatically, and Hollywood is not recognizing the fact that the movies which are still considered the best are the old ones like "Star Wars," and the newer ones that are considered state-of-the-art, like "Lord of the Rings," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "National Treasure," are almost completely free of sexual content and language. We think Hollywood should consider this. What do you think?

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Science Teacher, or ALIEN?!?!

Sarah and I have been discussing matters of...science. We have come to the decision that a science teacher in our midst may possibly be an alien. Now you might think that we are crazy, deranged, or hysterical. But heed my words. There may be aliens in our midst.

For all intensive purposes, I shall be calling teacher in question "IT". Now, it is a professor in a school here in Galesburg. No one really can stand IT (IT sill being professor in question). So, my first piece of evidence: IT has no soul. IT seems to want students to fail; to not succeed in her class of lairs and hypocrisy. IT admits to wanting to help students, but then fails them on test after test. IT tries to give help, but the help IT gives (namely online study guides) are detrimental to your success as a student. My GPA has suffered, as have many of my colleagues (Anthony).

Evidence number 2: IT hit a deer on the way to class one morning. Now, it is fairly common to hit a deer. But is it common to CONTROL THE MINDS OF OTHER PROFESSORS?? IT was running late, and another teacher came into the classroom and wrote how much time we were to be waiting for IT. The teacher was obviously being controlled, for she didn't speak, look up, or walk straight. Also, the time that the teacher wrote on the board was exact to the second! A lucky guess, you may say. Well, I don't think so.

Evidence number 3: IT's quizzes have been getting strange. She may have lost contact with her human body, because she gave a quiz where every answer was B. Coincidence? I think not. She may have been contacting the home-planet, deciding on who to eat next. Every answer was B, and each B was highlighted. I didn't fall for the trick. Maybe that's why I'm still alive!

Evidence number 4: The decreasing number of students in IT's classes is quite obvious. Some may pretend that these students have simply dropped the class. But are they ever heard from again? Maybe from inside the alien's stomach! I have reason to believe that IT eats students for lunch. I have known many a good kid who took this class, and then one day just... disappeared. It is all so sad.

So what do we do? RUN! Run while you can. IT shall get progressively hungrier; digress from human form. When that day comes, I pity the person standing in the way of the alien's wrath. Consider this your fair warning....

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