It is a melancholy
object to witness the students of Troy High School. The students run
frantically from class to class, agonizing over every last homework problem.
Their single moment of relaxation after a long, grinding day is lunch, when
they often find themselves preoccupied with other homework to catch up on. The
students compete against each other in a competition they simply cannot hope to
win.
I will now humbly
share my own suggestions, which I hope “ will not be liable to the least
objection.” My very dear comrade has suggested that meditation is the cure to
all problems. It calms the mind and eases everyone’s stress. Therefore, I
propose that everyone just settles down in a quiet place – on a rock outside or
in the back of the woods – detaching themselves from the world. We will live
with peace. There will be no wars or conflict.
Once we meditate,
we will simply drop all our extracurricular and academic commitments. You might
wonder, how will we attend college? Ah, but we will no longer have the need to
attend college with the newfound peace we have attained. And perhaps nothing of
material value will get accomplished. No longer will we see the latest phone or
laptop being released to the public. No one will try to solve the world’s
greatest problems, such as cancer, world hunger, and pollution. But when we’re
meditating that all will not matter: what matters is that we attain our own
inner happiness.
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