Copilots & Homies

I always thought that teacher was a dumbass; we would always find discrepancies in his tests, in his workings on the whiteboard, in his sense of style. But it wasn't until I took a Children's Studies and a Globalization class that I saw what he was getting at. Though his story was a bit...a bit something, he did have a point to it. Children are brave. Children are resilient. Children can go through a life filled with so much pain and injustice that some adults can't even handle. They are targets for child solders, sex slaves, victims and casualties of war and poverty, subjects to lives with so much lack in love, support and respect it is heart-breaking. My class, and myself, nearly crucified our poor teacher when he said babies were brave, more so than officers and marines and the Rock. Because babies are STUPID, therefore babies can't be brave. But isn't that just what bravery is? Being stupid enough to do something no one in their right mind would do? I always u...

~A conversation with a teacher some time ago and went something like this~ Teacher : Who is the bravest person on this planet? Class : WTF Teacher : C'mon. When you think of bravery, who come to mind? King Arthur? Who would do something you would never do? Class : [tentatively]"...police?" Teacher : No. Next. Class : Firefighters. FBI. Teacher : Seriously? Nope. Class :[conversation is gaining momentum]"President." "No idiot, Marines." "Nah, Steve-O. "Police officers?" "We already said that." "My dad." Teacher : Nope, nada, no, no, I don't know your dad so no. All wrong. Class : It's a trick question. Teachers are brave, right? For dealing with us? Teacher : Well...no. Class : [continues to pester with suggestions because it was either this pointless conversation or math] Teacher : All good guesses, but no. You know who really are the bravest people on this planet? Babies. [nonchalantly starts loo...