All day yesterday and all day so far today, my dad has been hyperventilating about this swine flu outbreak. "A whole school near by was closed because they found a student with swine flu!" he cries. "You better cancel that trip to San Diego next month!" he says a few minutes later. It's like there is a neon PANIC! PANIC! sign flashing on his forehead every time the radio news cycles around and repeats the headlines of the day.
Well, it's not the first time there's been panic at school. And it won't be the last. Columbine heralded the age of metal detectors in schools. There was that meningitis scare a few years ago. Mary Kay Latournou (sp?) and sex scandals between students and teachers. A countless other things that make schools unsafe.
Well, I can walk out my door and get run over by a car today. There is no where that is "safe," so let's not delude ourselves into thinking there is. There are only choices.
Although, I don't have the answer for those choices either....
No comments:
Post a Comment