Discontent and the Eternity of History

Not only glaciers melt, but they carry mountains to the sea in parcels the size of sand. As long as this slow erasure of earth occurs, time continues. Until U.S. History Honors enters class and then it stops abruptly. It is the paradox of time. Time ceases to exist in an eternity as it no longer has value and yet eternity is made entirely of time.

U.S. History, which paradoxically is the study of change over time seems to exist within this frame of existence. Just as a colloid is neither a solid nor a liquid, U.S. History class is not only too long with an eventual end, but also feels like an eternity. Or so I would believe by the reaction students have when they need to sit for more than 20 minutes.

As we speak I am removing all of the chairs and desks from my classroom and replacing each with a Skinner's box. If you stay awake a skittle falls onto your desk. If you doze off an electric shock will be delivered. (I need to check with the school board for the exact legality of this).

It is the increasing speed with which we live that steals value from history. What value to the U.S. was reconstruction if you couldn't buy custom skins? From now on I will teach the Battle of Bull Run as a taking place on a battlefield full of Fortnight players on virtual e-bikes. The future is lost without the past as it has nothing to tether it. Become the best future, by realizing we are all just extensions of an everlasting present tense.