They just keep getting dumber

I like to say (mostly jokingly) that one of the great things about teaching at a community college is that there are a lot of attractive girls with very low standards. Some of my students are smart, and my classroom is just a stop on their way to someplace better. Some, though, are, by any reasonable definition of the word, dumb.

Incidentally, there seem to be two kinds of dumb: the not-knowing things dumb, and the lack-of-reasoning dumb. I see both on a regular basis. Some unhappy individuals have both.

I firmly believe that it's possible for most people to grow out of both of these kinds of dumb, so that's why I try not to be too hard on teenagers, who are likelier than most to be afflicted with both kinds. Most haven't had sufficient time to grow out of it. Still, it's hard for me not to make a snap judgment when reading this quote from a teenage girl who watched a midnight showing of 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon':

"I think it's probably the best love story ever written, and there's really something in it for everyone," one teen told News 8 at a Dallas movie theater.

The best love story ever written, huh? I have it on authority that the books are godawful, which begs the question: should this girl's teachers be embarrassed? Is it possible she's home-schooled?

"Something in it for everyone"? Really? Are there naked boobies? Because that's the only way I can think of to sit through this abortion of a movie. (That's how I made it through 'Brokeback Mountain', although I did vomit twice. Really.) Oops, I just checked, and the movie's PG-13. That doesn't bode well for the boobies. Or my enjoyment of the movie.

I tell myself, don't be too hard on the girl. It's good that she's reading at all. Hopefully she'll grow out of it and into much better things. And if not, well, maybe we have a future community college student on our hands. I hope she's hot.

Check out the rest of my blog!