I have an essay proposal due tomorrow in Law class and I've chosen to research religion in schools, and more specifically, religious clubs in public schools. A few years ago, a local school had a Christian club that had to be moved off school property because of the religious nature of the club, and a whole big thing ensued, freedom of religion, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, yada yada, so that's basically what I'm going to focus on.
The essay is a position paper, so I need a position. Me, being an atheist and all, am obviously going to write about how religious clubs are okay.
By the way, for once, I'm not being sarcastic. I actually don't see a problem with it, as long as students aren't being forced to join and starting different religious clubs is allowed.
Whenever I write position papers, I always take the "wrong" position, like when I wrote the paper about it being okay to kill babies. While technically, saying "religion is a-okay!" is generally the "right" position in this generally religious society, for me personally, it's not what it should be.
And you know, when I get to thinking about it, everything in my life I do because it's the "wrong" thing, the opposite thing, the backwards thing. I am determined to not be normal, to not pick the usual thing. As I've mentioned, being an atheist? That's wrong. Girl knowing how to use a computer? That's wrong. Girl playing drums? Wrong. A teen of the new millennium listening to music half a century old? Wrong.
Everything I do, I do because it's is wrong!
Which makes me wonder, if I just choose things because it's wrong… am I really doing what I want?