Author's
Note:
This
is an essay about how everyone alive is ignorant to some extent.
How would you define
ignorance? Would it be being naive, being arrogant, or having down-right
stupidity? Every day we see people we
never even knew existed; they drive down streets, talk on pay-phones, and at
some point, they are going to endure their ways into our lives. But how much about other people or places do
we really care about? Our immediate lack
of knowledge, and no further pursuit to gain knowledge, is a mistake that we
are burdened to live with: this is our
ignorance. Every human being alive is
burdened with ignorance to some extent, no matter who you are, what you are, or
however old you are.
What would be your
immediate reaction to an uncleanly, hooded African American walking down a busy
street? As much as we do not want to
admit it, we think negatively about the subject, and do not wish to look further. Maybe the man lost his job, therefore lost
his home and has been unable to bathe for a week--our minds' inability to
comprehend this at first sight is considered ignorance. We want easy. We don't want questions,
because questions lead to answers that need more questions.
Certain people are
allowed to not have to answer these questions, such as parents. A parent has the gift of permitted
ignorance. They do not always want to
hear that there twelve year old daughter has a boyfriend, they do not want to
hear that their child failed a math test, and they definitely do not want to
hear their child's opinion. Ever. Their ignorance is accepted in our current
society, but is still ignorance none the less.
The worst type of
ignorance is sheer stupidity. Someone
who does not know something, and has no desire to learn it. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." This quote, by Martin Luther King Jr.,
illustrates how hazardous stupidity can be.
The lowest minded people, the ones who will not open their minds up to
suggestion and knowledge are the ones who frighten our world with unplanned
ideas and overzealous thought of structure.
If our world was built off of lower minded people, we would be unable to
grow off of mistakes, and learn from our past.
Stupidity is the worst kind of ignorance because not knowing is one
thing, but not choosing to learn is a flat out mistake.
Ignorance. How would you define it? Think: would you be
able to be labeled with this title?
Every human being is, to an extent, ignorant. No matter where you started or ended, grew up
or grew old, we are ignorant.
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