The Ignorant Insubordinate
Writing a blog for AP English needs to follow guidelines: 200 words in
length, relevant to a topic of discussion in class, and a quote from one of
these topics, just to prove the blog really is relevant. Well, guess what- I
will take advice from my good dead friend, Henry Thoreau, and be disobedient!
My blog will be 199 words in length, on the topic of bears, and I'll use a
quote from a BEAR article! Ha ha, take that, Education System!
Bears.
Bears bears bears.
To be honest, I don't know anything about bears except that they run 40
miles per hour and are really cool. Maybe this was a bad idea. Maybe I should
talk about sharks instead.
Sharks are also pretty cool. They swim in the ocean. I think I read
somewhere that they simultaneously sleep and swim. Or maybe it was that they didn't
sleep. I don't quite remember. Quick PSA: only 4 out of the hundreds of species
of sharks will actually attack a human, more because they think the human is a
giant fish. Try not to act like a scared fish when you're in the water. Hopefully
you now appreciate sharks better.
The writing above is exactly 199 words. I’m somewhat proud of that.
I considered ending my blog there, thinking you readers would get my
point, but I realized peers who may not know me well would think I’m entirely serious and an actual fool, thus receiving the wrong point. For this, I shall proceed to explain.
It appears that human nature is what causes our ignorant minds to form
opinions prematurely. These opinions usually stem from an influence by someone
close, or your own mind nagging, “Why? Why do I need to pay taxes? Why do I need to do homework? Why do I
need to clean my room?”
After searching through the few reasons given by the higher authority,
whomever it may be, the conclusion becomes,” It’s useless- the benefits don’t even compare in balancing the harms.” What isn’t realized, or is subconsciously
ignored, are the reasons the higher authority keeps to themselves. When given thought, is it really possible that this higher authority is
oblivious to the doubts and complaints we have? If most people desire the same
thing- a happy life- why would one jeopardize his own by creating rules he
himself has to follow?
I must’ve sounded like a fool the first part of this blog (hopefully not
the second as well.) I had no clue what I was talking about, and really nothing
to prove by not following the blog guidelines, yet it was done to demonstrate how silly an ignorant insubordinate can be.
My point isn’t to tell you to trust everything. My point is to tell you
to do a good amount of research and keep an open mind before deciding rebellion
is the answer.
This was soo funny I love the intro! It's also really true that being a rebel withOUT a cause is basically useless, that was an interesting point you brought up. Sometimes people are insubordinate just to be insubordinate, and like you mentioned, it's probably a good idea to have something to prove before you break the rules.
ReplyDeleteA part of me wanted you to leave this at just the first 199 words, but like you mentioned, there's really no point in doing that. I like your point of view on how people rebel without really knowing what they're fighting for. Sometimes change is necessary, but educating ourselves is always necessary.
ReplyDeleteDisobedience in a manner that still get's across the point and fulfills the requirments, I like it. Also I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, but I think it's a bit humerous that in an attempt t obe disobedient, you accidentally fulfilled the requirements.
ReplyDeleteI thought that this blog post was really funny. The first part with the humor, but also the part where you discuss the importance of researching before rebelling really caught my attention. Personally in my life I think I have had multiple moments where I have spoken out and acted before doing my research. You're blog definitely reminds me of those moments, and how much of a fool I made of myself.
ReplyDeleteThis blog post is very honest and surprisingly relevant to what we discussed in class. Like your previous blog, this one was just as enjoyable and distinguishing with its stark humor. Furthermore, I love how your nonsense actually made perfect sense when you read the entire blog.
ReplyDeletehaha Julia as one of my good friends I was hoping you'd be one to not need any more than 199 words
Deletethanks for believing in me <3
This is hilarious! I like how you through your exaggerated take on following Thoreau's advice you showed that rebelling without a clear purpose is useless. Like you said, a person should only choose rebellion if they have a meaningful reason and there is no other option.
ReplyDeleteThis was really funny but it also got the point across. I agree that a lot of the time there is no point in being disobedient.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very interesting view on this week's discussion. I appreciated the way you used your blog post itself to demonstrate the idea of disobedience. I think you effectively attached reasoning for why many people chose not to be individual.
ReplyDeleteHey Jenna! I love how you not only talked about how sometimes people should rebel instead of blindly FOLLOWING the rules, you also mocked the ones who blindly REBEL instead of actually analyzing the rules to make their rebellion purposeful! The first half was hilarious by the way. And I do like sharks.
ReplyDeleteWow I LOVED this!!! I think that you offered some interesting insight in both parts of your post, just each part in a slightly different way. I had no idea that bears could run 40 mph! However in the second part, I think that you put some of my thought into very artistic words. I do worry that in this day and age, people believe that anything they disagree with should be rebelled against, so your point at the end was very powerful. Looking forward to the next post!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Haha I actually have no idea if my facts are 100% accurate with the bears and sharks. I think the fastest a bear can run is 30 mph, but that's still pretty cool to me. I came sorta close :P
DeleteI love the theme that you keep writing in, it's so unique! I love how you tied it into civil disobedience in such a creative way. Great work!
ReplyDeleteYou have no idea how disappointed I am that you didn't use 199 words :(
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