I Don't Need No Daddy

Americanthinker.com ^ | 5-18-2015 | Eileen F. Toplansky

[servo1969]

It's been a troubling semester, but not because many of my students passively and/or actively resist the knowledge that I try to pass on to them.  It's been frustrating not merely because government regulations and mandates have made me into a secretary filling out a myriad of online forms.  It's been disheartening not only because leftist propaganda surrounds me and I am but one small voice in the academic desert trying to teach true American core values.

No, it's been a sad and sometimes heartbreaking semester because many college students' assorted troubles are related to the fact that they are bereft of wholesome father figures.  The combination of resentment, hurt, anger, and defiant pride run through their writings.  It affects everything they do, from having trust issues with the opposite sex to taking direction from anyone they view as an authority figure.  Most carry an enormous chip on their shoulders and take offense at the slightest thing.

Now that I am older I see that you no longer hold that title for me to call you dad.  Your absence in my life did not hurt but definitely helped me.  I do not hold you accountable for your actions of only conversating with me through a Hallmark card and an $100 check on the inside to make it seem as though as if that was to help my mother or help me.  Growing up I would always question where were you on important days like birthdays, Christmas and my birthday or even my 8th grade prom. 

[MrB]

It’s a way of imposing a rank supremacy over you, YT.
And, as a bonus, they just MIGHT get someone to honk,
which justifies damaging your car or dragging you out
and beating you to the point of brain damage.

OK, got it?

[Red Badger]

The inside probably looked much like the outside to them................

[Red Badger]

It’s a method to try and get you to react so that they can do something really bad to you................