Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The Blog Post Where I Lament the Shortcomings of My Generation

Alright, we're going to play a little game.  I'm gonna post a few pictures, and you're going to guess what they are.  Ready?

If you guessed Glee, you're right!


If you guessed "A Cocky Jerk British Guy," you're right!

...the heck is that?

For those of you who, like, think things through on a daily basis, you'd recognize this as a library.  You'd be surprised how many people fail to recognize such a thing.

Apparently in my digital age, no one knows what a library is.  It is a magical land of books.  You know, those things made out of trees that no one uses any more because E-BOOKS!  ...Let me share how I made this discovery.

In a class on Monday, our professor gave us a simple assignment.  The instructions were:

1.  Pick one of the four plays I list.
2.  Go to library.
3.  Get a reference source.
4.  Get two book sources.
5.  Get a periodical source.
PS:  Oh, the internet doesn't count as sources; you have to use a legit book.

I was super excited.  The rest of the class looked like this:

No, I'm not exaggerating.

Using an actual library seems to be one of the most difficult tasks you could ask college students to do.  When faced with touching a real book (and not using google to do it), they acted like my friend Barbra's cat.  Let me explain.

My friend Barbra has a cat who might have Down Syndrome or something.  He's not a smart cat.  There are times when he'll walk up to you and just go, "MRAWWWRRRRRRRRR." as if he's saying, "I'M A CAT.  I DON'T...WHAT IS THIS???"

See that cat in the background?  That's me as a cat.  Judging you for your derpy nature.

It was so frustrating!  So to all of you out there, I request one thing:  teach the youth of America on how to use a library.  Coach them in the Dewey Decimal System.  Don't let them forget the intoxicating smell of books!  Fight for the written, printed word.

Make the youth in America smarter than my generation.  Or else some Hermione Granger in their class is going to want to exterminate them all for the greater good.

No one would ever have to know.