Red Ribbon

It was red ribbon week apparently this week. The kids in the schools where I teach were wearing stupid red stickers that said “The choice for me is drug free” or something equally cheese and contrived. Seeing them on children just makes me say to myself “I would hope so, you are only in third grade”. I also imagine that other children are going around school wearing ribbons say “The choice for me is interventions drugs” or “I am just going to be an alcoholic”. Of course, the kids haven’t made up their minds yet which makes the fact they are wearing ribbons that insist that they have already made their life choices ridiculous. Even if they do go home and snort coke off their Dora the Explorer Dvd. I am sure they would still wear the ribbon hypocritically and probably not reconsider their life choices.  I think a 3^rd grade drug addict would be made fun of. It is only cool to be a drug addict in high school and maybe in college, and even then the coolness is limited.

The choice for me is drug free but I almost never wear a red ribbon. I am not sure if I know a good reason to not do drugs. I just don’t think it is a good idea for me. It has nothing to do with knowing the dangers. I don’t really know the dangers. Mostly because I am pretty sure what they told me in elementary school was an exaggeration.  Well about drugs at least. They probably tell you the truth about something. But they have no reason to tell you the truth about drugs. They just want you not to do them, which sort of makes me want to do them. Only I don’t want me to do them more than they don’t want me to do them.  So it balances out.

Whatever. Don’t do drugs. Unless you are under 18 and don’t have to be a productive member of society. Also, I probably don’t want you around me if you are on drugs especially if you are under 18. Drinking is annoying. And don’t smoke….unless you want to look really cool. 

Don't follow leaders, watch the parking meters.