drug companies have a cure for cancer and they're holding it back, anyone?
Oh, FFS. These are probably members of the same brain trust who believe that Obama was born outside the U.S. and that the Israeli and U.S. governments were behind 9/11. They'd have given me a migraine, too.
In addition to this, the same person also made the jaw-droppingly dumb statement that people are poor only because they don't work hard enough.
I really wish I were joking. I tried to talk to her about institutionalized poverty, the cycle of poverty, etc... nope. She maintains "anyone can join the Army or the Peace Corps and get an education and with an education you're automagically middle class & have a good job!"
Okay, maybe the automagic bit was me, but the rest of it, seriously, she believes. And judging from their support, most of the rest of my class believes it too. Either that or they're all asleep.
It helps that I have someone in class to commiserate with who sits in my row. We always catch each other's eyes when she says something stupid and make a face. it's amazing how much that helps.
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Oh, FFS. These are probably members of the same brain trust who believe that Obama was born outside the U.S. and that the Israeli and U.S. governments were behind 9/11. They'd have given me a migraine, too.
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I really wish I were joking. I tried to talk to her about institutionalized poverty, the cycle of poverty, etc... nope. She maintains "anyone can join the Army or the Peace Corps and get an education and with an education you're automagically middle class & have a good job!"
Okay, maybe the automagic bit was me, but the rest of it, seriously, she believes. And judging from their support, most of the rest of my class believes it too. Either that or they're all asleep.
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