Huh?

It's amazing, isn't it, the way the mind works? Sometimes all you need to prime the engine is to do something completely mindless, like play a computer game of hearts, in order to come up with something to blog about.

I could blog about my writing, but nothing much has changed since I last touched on that topic a few days ago. I could blog about how the most dysfunctional state agency in country, Massachusetts DCF, in conjunction with the most arrogant children's hospital in the country, BCH, and the most screwed up judicial system, kidnapped a child and held her hostage for a year, all in the name of saving her from "medical abuse" when in reality, its them who are committing medical abuse on this poor child.

But, I won't, 'cause I really need to find a happy place right now.

Instead, I will blog about the type of students that the public school system is churning out and dumping into the colleges and universities with the expectation that the teaching staff can fix the damage. The other day, a fellow blogger and FB friend Charles Gramlich, posted a short paragraph from a paper that was written by one of his students from his psychology class. Suffice to say, the collective deeded that paragraph hurt the eyes and hurt the brain.

The paragraph in question:

Evolution although well documented and well supported yet what one should consider is if God created everything in eternity (which one can not really fathom just like the concept of deep time) it is safe to assume that all living things even though things seem to evolve naturally over a long period of time they all was created in eternity the human mind just need time to see it transpire.

Now when I had first read this, the first thing that popped into my head was John Cleese, with Eric Idle coming up the rear. The second through tenth thing that popped into my head was that I could have a ton o'fun with this. Before we get a little silly, a sobering thought must be presented: this, my friend, is the end result of a seriously wasted public school education. This is the type of person that we will either elect as a politician or put into a position of responsibility.

So, back to the silly.

Grammar court is now in session! The most honorable G(oo)B(er) Miller presiding, will now hear the case of The Word vs. A College Student.

After much deliberation, we have determined that the defendant must've either fallen asleep while Schoolhouse Rock was playing on YouTube, or decided that they were too special to be bothered with doing their English homework. Therefore it is the order of the court that we shall fix the aforementioned paragraph so that it makes just a tad more sense to the masses. Thus, we have version #1:

Evolution? Although well documented and well supported yet...what one should consider is if God created everything in eternity? Which one can not really fathom just like the concept of...deep time?
It is safe to assume that all living things, even though things seem to evolve naturally over a long period of time! They all was created in eternity the human mind?! Just need time to see it transpire?

and version #2:

Evolution! Although well documented and well supported, yet...what....one should consider is if God created everything in eternity, which one can not really fathom. Just like the concept of deep time it is safe to assume that all living things. Even though things seem to evolve naturally over a long period of time. They all was created in eternity? The human mind just need time to see it transpire?

and finally, version #3 (the court's personal fave):

Evolution! Hrrumph! Although well documented and well supported? I think not, yet what one should consider is if God (Allah!) created everything in eternity (or infinity and beyond), which you can not really fathom nor like the concept of deep time (mmmm.....deep), it is safe to assume that all living things, even though things seem to evolve naturally (naturally he says) over a long period of time (what, three decades perhaps?) they all was created (or hatched) in eternity. The human mind just need time to see it transpire (like that's gonna happen anytime soon).

My friends, a public school education is a terrible thing to waste on those who need it the least. So the next time that Muffy or Skip, or John and Martha, ask your opinion about their offspring Ken and Barbii, tell the truth: Math is hard, and writing coherent sentences is harder, so stick to texting and talking in acronyms, 'cause, yanno, you make much more sense saying OMG!!!! than you do saying Oh my God!

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