People are indeed a product of their surroundings. If a person surrounds themselves with hypocrites and thieves, they too will eventually become a hypocrite and a thief. Contrary to that, amazing things happen when someone surrounds themselves with the positive and supportive components of life. If a child grows up around people that have certain tendencies, the child will have been exposed to those tendencies and those parameters will become programmed into their minds as a normal and acceptable way of life. It is up to the parents as to whether the environment that is created is positive and productive or negative and an encumbrance. Irresponsible parents create an exponential deficit for their children to have to overcome once they are on their own in life.
Ignorance is a direct result of parental irresponsibility and is inexcusable. It is a barrier in the evolution of humanity and a burden that consumes resources that should be used in more productive areas. Ignorance condemns humanity to make the same mistakes over and over.
Ignorance is the source behind racism and religious persecution. Otherwise why would one race or group of individuals, feel they are superior to another and who on Earth gave them the authority to make that decision in the first place? The ignorance that was passed on to them growing up or at some point in their life, led them to believe that all men are not equal. In an ironic sense, they are exactly right. However, it is them and those misled individuals like them, who are the ones that are not equal. They have adopted this singular perspective that has been mistakenly coded into their minds as the will of the masses. There are millions of minds and thousands of cultures in this world. How ridiculous is it to think that the opinion of a single individual or a small group of individuals, is the only opinion in the world? Differing perspectives and different ways of managing life's events, allow the mind to grow and allow humans to better understand life as a whole.
There is so much misinformation in the world. Anyone can post anything on the Internet and millions of people can instantly see the post and form an opinion. Many individuals form their opinions knowing little or nothing about the subject that they are forming an opinion on. For them, what they see on television, the Internet or hear in the gossip chain, is good enough and is surely the truth. They do not make any effort to research and verify these claims before spreading them on. The irony to this is that it has never been easier in the history of humanity to research and validate claims. The Internet and all that goes with it, brings the ability to seek out accurate information that is literally at our fingertips.
Facebook is a great way of re-connecting with old friends and also for staying connected with close friends and family. Friends from the past that historically would have been lost to the evolution of life, can now be friends forever. People from all over the world can stay in instant contact with each other. It is easier than ever for someone to be able learn about other people and places, understanding aspects of life that they only thought they understood before.
Unfortunately, Facebook also allows for people to reconnect with old habits and surroundings that perhaps they had grown out of or broken free from. Everyone has a couple of those negative influences / friends on their Facebook. The ones who would not be able to find the supermarket even if they were in its parking lot, unless they were told that it was across the street from La Pachanga club. Those friends that post some of the most pointless information on social media pages, that only publicly reveal their inability to see the wonder that exists outside of the circle of ignorance that they are in. These people are part of the negative surroundings issue and care should be taken to not have their influences around.
There is always hope. Ignorance does not keep hope from being a force in peoples lives. Perhaps those negative influences will find a way to become more positive and the good in those individuals will shine through after all.
Ignorance is a direct result of parental irresponsibility and is inexcusable. It is a barrier in the evolution of humanity and a burden that consumes resources that should be used in more productive areas. Ignorance condemns humanity to make the same mistakes over and over.
Ignorance is the source behind racism and religious persecution. Otherwise why would one race or group of individuals, feel they are superior to another and who on Earth gave them the authority to make that decision in the first place? The ignorance that was passed on to them growing up or at some point in their life, led them to believe that all men are not equal. In an ironic sense, they are exactly right. However, it is them and those misled individuals like them, who are the ones that are not equal. They have adopted this singular perspective that has been mistakenly coded into their minds as the will of the masses. There are millions of minds and thousands of cultures in this world. How ridiculous is it to think that the opinion of a single individual or a small group of individuals, is the only opinion in the world? Differing perspectives and different ways of managing life's events, allow the mind to grow and allow humans to better understand life as a whole.
There is so much misinformation in the world. Anyone can post anything on the Internet and millions of people can instantly see the post and form an opinion. Many individuals form their opinions knowing little or nothing about the subject that they are forming an opinion on. For them, what they see on television, the Internet or hear in the gossip chain, is good enough and is surely the truth. They do not make any effort to research and verify these claims before spreading them on. The irony to this is that it has never been easier in the history of humanity to research and validate claims. The Internet and all that goes with it, brings the ability to seek out accurate information that is literally at our fingertips.
Facebook is a great way of re-connecting with old friends and also for staying connected with close friends and family. Friends from the past that historically would have been lost to the evolution of life, can now be friends forever. People from all over the world can stay in instant contact with each other. It is easier than ever for someone to be able learn about other people and places, understanding aspects of life that they only thought they understood before.
Unfortunately, Facebook also allows for people to reconnect with old habits and surroundings that perhaps they had grown out of or broken free from. Everyone has a couple of those negative influences / friends on their Facebook. The ones who would not be able to find the supermarket even if they were in its parking lot, unless they were told that it was across the street from La Pachanga club. Those friends that post some of the most pointless information on social media pages, that only publicly reveal their inability to see the wonder that exists outside of the circle of ignorance that they are in. These people are part of the negative surroundings issue and care should be taken to not have their influences around.
There is always hope. Ignorance does not keep hope from being a force in peoples lives. Perhaps those negative influences will find a way to become more positive and the good in those individuals will shine through after all.
ignorance. (n.d.). Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. Retrieved June 01, 2015, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ignorance
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