“Wassup?”

This week brought us 3 school orientations for what will be our last year in the public school system. If nothing else came from those 3 tortures hours our decision to home school was solidified. It was appalling to walk the halls of a middle school. The brash language and skimpy clothing was more than we expected. But we have covered modesty already haven’t we?  

But is more than modesty – it’s the culture of today. A culture where manners disappeared, the English language has devolved from “how are you?” to “wassuup?” and we’re not just talking about the students. How lazy of a society have we become that we feel the need to shorten the word “hello” to simply “yo”?

All this starts in the home but is fostered by our media and schools. It is fostered by the entertainment industry where it is now somehow cool to act as if you cannot speak correctly and keep your pants around your knees… Parents accept these stereotypical roles and use them as excuses for failure instead of breaking the mold and striving to be better. This is another byproduct of the destruction of families and absence of fathers. Cohabitation, divorce, sexual depravity, and faithlessness; what are they really getting us?  

Reward is no longer contingent on success, it is a given for just showing up – it is expected for just existing. Everyone gets a trophy even if no one tries…

 “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.”

~Colossians 3:23