July 30, 2009

• As someone who does not want to have a child, there are some things that I am going to really miss out on. I won't really get to pass the knowledge that I've acquired in my life to someone else. Sure I can do this with my nieces or nephew, but it's not really the same I suppose, and besides they should be learning from their own parents anyway. Most recently however at work, I got to experience a little bit of what it feels like to teach somebody else something that I know. This wasn't work related either, or something to do with an interest. This had to do with school work!

  Somebody at work much younger than me, needed help with her school assignment for college, and coincidentally enough I had knowledge about it. She currently does not have access to the internet (I know, right?) so she was limited on her resources. The subject had to do with the allegories relating to the communist threat of the '50s and '60s, with popular media like the movie "Invasion of the body snatchers" or "Twilight Zone." I don't know if I'm being a little naive at what kids nowadays should know, but I was surprised that she didn't "get" what the allegory between the two were. So I explained to her everything I knew about the subject, and how it related to the movie and what not. McCarthyism. Communism versus a Democracy. The second red scare. Etc. I actually made things clearer for her. She told me that she understood the assignment a lot more than she did before.

  I taught her things I knew. I passed my knowledge that I've acquired in my life to someone else. I suddenly had the feeling that I did something positive and worthwhile. I felt proud that I was able to help out. Now, I'm actually curious as to how well she did on her assignment, like I can only guess a Father would feel after helping his daughter on an assignment. Well, I hope... I'm sure she did great.

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