As you're reading this......

As you are reading, yours truly ( Yang Ning) writing, or should i reiterate, typing out this note, I want you to think about something, as food for thought. Think about the hundreds and thousands of illiterate people who inhabit and live in this world today due to factors social, economical and even environmental. Whether it be poverty, a lack of available resources, bad climates, or even the fact that the majority of people living in third world countries are not able to access free or available education and schools like we can, many people today still cannot read, write or speak in English or even their mother tongues. It's quite a shame to even know deep down inside that thousands of North Americans and people living in the higher caste societies are not spending quality time and showing gusto and deep enjoyment when reading books and other materials of a literary context. Many people living in these societies already have the utmost privileges of wealthiness- money, accessories, food, water, shelter, clothing, education, safety, media and entertainment, occupations. Wait, allow me to rephrase and add a bit of zest to that comment. MORE THAN ENOUGH money, food, water, shelter, clothing, education, safety, media and entertainment ON A DAILY BASIS. Given all these tools and opportunities at disposal and usage, many are abusing them, and are not spending enough quality time reflecting and thinking about what they are doing, watching, reading and listening to.

Today, many young teenagers are quite oblivious. They are so easily brainwashed by the media, but are quite unaware of it. I, myself have been brainwashed as well, and have seen the pecuniary consequences associated with it. I buy things for no valid reason, all for the sake of fitting in and feeling popular amongst the omnipresent hooligans we call, the North American teen. Back then, many teenagers were quite the same. They may have done the exact things we did, but given that they did not have such advancements in the fields of technology and the media, and given the fact that they spent more time outdoors, they were actually more competent than us. Instead of the internet, they may have chosen to watch the television, read books, watch movies, play games, and go out, ect. Not to say that they were more well-mannered than us, but they definitely had much more experience and much more originality. Back then, so many quality books were written. In fact, books and literary materials back then were quite valued, as was education. If we were to compare education from back then to the education of today, I'd say it'd be kind of even in terms of the quality of material. Back then, many doctrines were mandatorily taught, and people were forced to study and partake in the courses which were demanding. Today, we get to CHOOSE what we want to study, and many educational materials have been quite washed down in terms of difficulty, which discourages further thinking. So, as you're reading these thoughts, maybe instead of watching the television every day, and going out to the mall, and playing video games, you should sit down, pick up a classic book such as Great Expectations or The great gatsby or david copperfield, read it, understand what is being read, and in turn, you'll have a much enlightened imagination and a different perspective on life and society in general. You'll never realize how those books, some of which are nearly 200 years old, can relate to you in so many personal ways. Peace.