In the film”Minority Report” Tom Cruise’s character
comes upon a blind drug dealer that gave him some advice. “In the land of the
blind the one eyed man is king”. His is how I feel sometimes. When I go to
class everyone is looking down feverishly texting or scrolling. They look up
for just a second to as a guide of where they are walking. No one is smiling or
have personal conversations. Zombies, broke neck zombies wandering around
campus.
I wonder do they ever
see the beauty of their surroundings. I go to the downtown campus. It is truly
beautiful the scenic scenes of a university with the metropolitan sprawl in the
background. I take a look down 3Rd Street and see the high rises and the
urban landscape and think “wow” this is the best school ever. I have been to
other colleges. I have been to the University of Virginia, Norfolk State, Old
Dominion, Hampton University and Grand Canyon university. All of them have their
beauty, but Arizona State is the best. These kids will never see the beauty in
their school trying to live 160 characters at a time.
Hey Damon,
ReplyDeleteI am afraid I am one of those zombies from time to time - but I do acknowledge how strange the whole thing is. I see groups of friends in social settings a buried in their phones and not talking to each other. Truly bizarre.
I also agree with your comments about the Downtown Campus; I too think it is one of the nicest campuses I have been to.
Nick