Sick and Tired!

Actually I am literally sick and tired. And hurt my thumb trying to pry open the childproof lid of a bottle of Tylenol. fml.

But I guess I should comment on the TBNYU Occupation of Kimmel. While I don't fully support everything on their list of demands (it just seemed to encompass a bit more than they could chew to be realistically accomplished, but then again maybe that's the kind of thing you need for something like this.) I have a lot of respect for these people, that they care about something so deeply that they are willing to go to these lengths to get noticed and start a dialogue (or attempt to). There is very little I care enough about in this world (is there anything, actually?) for which I would barricade myself into a dining hall for three days or accidentally incite riots or miss class or miss work... I am not cut out to be an activist.

From what I've gathered from twitter accounts and NYULocal, I am disappointed in how NYU has dealt with this situation-- agreeing to negotiate, then trapping kids and suspending them?-- but I suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise.

Student disapproval seems to stem off one claim that if these protesters are so dissatisfied with NYU, then they should drop out, and they're basically paying 50,000 to bitch about nothing... but i don't agree with that either. So you should ignore the problems you see and nothing will ever get better? So if they can't pay to go to a "good" school, they should go to community college as a solution (not that community colleges are "bad" necessarily but their degrees don't hold as much water right..)? And not all of them might be paying full tuition.

I say the world needs radical groups like this to do radical things to get attention and bring up issues they see facing society. Those sitting comfortably in the middle can bond over their hatred of the extreme left or right wingers, and the world goes round again. Wheeeee!

But also, to those who prefer that people work from within the system to change it.. I would agree that that is a valid strategy sometimes. But when an institution has never "worked" for you to begin with, what can you do but try to act outside of it?

I am sick of people. Anyway drugs are kicking in so I'ma go to bed.