2008 Woodie Awards
I didn't want life, why put me through it?
Who really wants all that responsibility anyway?
Amber Miller
Issue date: 9/23/04 Section: Fun House
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I don't think it's fair that those who don't want to be responsible, to have to be responsible. If one really considers why they're here, I'm sure everyone would agree.
Basically it goes like this: Our parents decide to have sex, and now we have to do things like get jobs and go to school, do laundry, pay bills, put up with annoying people, be decent human beings, etc.
I feel that in light of this, if children don't want to live on their own or support themselves, they should be able to stick with their parents as long as they want to. It's the parents' actions that cause you to be here, and if one doesn't like all the drudgery of being responsible and having to put up with all the nuisances of living, one shouldn't have to do so.
Years ago, in the month of May, my parents decided to engage in activity that they knew could result in having a child. I was not there to tell them not to risk this or to let them know that I would soon be in the world. Yet they went ahead with their behavior.
Now some 22 years later, here I am! I have to adhere to social standards and jump through the hoops of society. We all have to live up to expectations and put forth all this effort to accomplish things and for what? We are paying the price for our parents wanting to get it on.
I propose that if people want to be lazy and not contribute to society, they shouldn't have to. Our parents should have the gumption to realize that they have a responsibility to sustain us, whether they want to or not
If I have children some day, my opinion may change on this, but I hope that they are strong enough to carry the torch for me and not to conform to societal trends, such as getting jobs, going to school, being a leader in the community, spreading goodness to people, having loving families of their own.
They don't have to have manners, respect others, chew with their mouths closed or abide by laws set up by government. It's not my doing that I'm here, and I won't pay for their actions
I told my mom how I felt the other day. I suggested that because of my non-decision to be a member of the human race, a citizen in this country, and more specifically a responsible individual, that she should not only support, but fund my decision to be a puppeteer. I was born with some of her genes and a lot of what makes her...her, got passed on down to me through the generations. So I feel that I am stuck with a lot of my...ahem...intricacies,, not by anydoing of my own, so why should i have tosuffer through life?
Basically it goes like this: Our parents decide to have sex, and now we have to do things like get jobs and go to school, do laundry, pay bills, put up with annoying people, be decent human beings, etc.
I feel that in light of this, if children don't want to live on their own or support themselves, they should be able to stick with their parents as long as they want to. It's the parents' actions that cause you to be here, and if one doesn't like all the drudgery of being responsible and having to put up with all the nuisances of living, one shouldn't have to do so.
Years ago, in the month of May, my parents decided to engage in activity that they knew could result in having a child. I was not there to tell them not to risk this or to let them know that I would soon be in the world. Yet they went ahead with their behavior.
Now some 22 years later, here I am! I have to adhere to social standards and jump through the hoops of society. We all have to live up to expectations and put forth all this effort to accomplish things and for what? We are paying the price for our parents wanting to get it on.
I propose that if people want to be lazy and not contribute to society, they shouldn't have to. Our parents should have the gumption to realize that they have a responsibility to sustain us, whether they want to or not
If I have children some day, my opinion may change on this, but I hope that they are strong enough to carry the torch for me and not to conform to societal trends, such as getting jobs, going to school, being a leader in the community, spreading goodness to people, having loving families of their own.
They don't have to have manners, respect others, chew with their mouths closed or abide by laws set up by government. It's not my doing that I'm here, and I won't pay for their actions
I told my mom how I felt the other day. I suggested that because of my non-decision to be a member of the human race, a citizen in this country, and more specifically a responsible individual, that she should not only support, but fund my decision to be a puppeteer. I was born with some of her genes and a lot of what makes her...her, got passed on down to me through the generations. So I feel that I am stuck with a lot of my...ahem...intricacies,, not by anydoing of my own, so why should i have tosuffer through life?