Yesterday in class, one of my students made the statement, “I wish everything cost a dollar.” I am used to this kind of comment, after all they were raised in public school. Their parents voted for Obama. They believe in unicorns.
I told him he would not like it. He asked me why. I told him that if everything cost a dollar there would be no more Mercedes Benz, no more nice clothes and none of the food that he liked to eat. What surprised me about the conversation is that he thought a minute, nodded his head and observed that no one would make any of that stuff if they could only sell it for a dollar.
I was in shock. He actually got it. Will it take hold and mold his future thinking? Don’t bet the bank on it but keep plugging and trying to make people think.
All we can do is try because we know the day is coming when only the things that can be bought for a dollar will be available.
homo unius libri
Intelligence can be found in the strangest places! :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd none so strange as the classroom.
DeleteGrace and peace.