Priscilla Brown Jamora writes a funny and thought provoking piece in today's Lafayette (IN) Journal and Courier. Here's an excerpt:
[A]s a society we used to reserve clapping for major accomplishments, such as Mother Theresa winning a humanitarian award or the Boston Pops at their famed July 4th concert, complete with canon fire. Soldiers in a ticker tape parade returning home from battle.
Let's look at what we now congratulate. The list includes, but certainly is not limited to, the following:Little Danny's first successful trip to the potty.
Anything Oprah says.
Anything Oprah's dog trainer says.
Every single member of our child's little league team who swings and misses the t-ball every time. (No wonder they miss. Our clapping confuses them. They think missing is the whole point of swinging.)
Emeril's addition of garlic to any recipe
Can we please get back to making clapping actually worth
something?Read the article at http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070324/OPINION/703240309/1144/OPINION
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