I don't pretend to know how all this shit starts & if ignorance is bliss, well, I'm just happy to go along ignoring as much as I can.

Unfortunately, some of the crud gets through the cracks & sends me troppo with rage, but that's okay, because someone found me a really good excuse!

Apparently, I'm traumatised due to teachers using red pen to mark my schoolwork back in the 80's. According to the Queensland Health Department, the colour "Red" can be seen as aggressive & hence the mental wellbeing of students can be adversely affected. The news report is here.

A great new range of t-shirts which are appearing in stores with the letters "HTFU" sums up this whole scenario - "Harden The Fuck Up".

It all started with outlawing caning in schools, which I can understand (but that doesn't mean some of these kids shouldn't be punished in such a form!).

Then we went to the first extreme of outlawing a teacher being able to comfort a child in distress by giving them a hug. Even though the world gets a little more messed up every day, I'd be pretty confident in saying that the majority of teachers are not paedophiles getting their kicks by hugging a crying kid!

We also began to get rid of Christmas because it upset the Islamic children (according to their parents!). As far as I'm concerned, if you don't play by our rules, don't live here. I have an issue with anyone forcing their religion on anyone else & whilst I'm not a fan of the holiday season at all, if the kids enjoy a bit of tinsel & a fat guy named Santa, what's the issue. Oh, that's right... Santa say's "Ho, Ho, Ho!" which is highly offensive to Women & was to be avoided by all the Santa's sent to Australian department stores to spread the cheer.

I suppose the precursor to the Red pen scenario was the change to report cards which made teachers directly liable for the comments they made about their students. Unless a comment was constructive & positive in nature, the student & their parents could sue for slander.

Bloody Hell, I should be so messed in the head due to all the hardship I was put through during my schooling, I should have topped myself years ago!!

The irony is, the children who now get treated with kid gloves are those who are on copious amounts of depression medication, turn emo & slice themselves to relieve the pain of the real world. Yes, it's time to step back & let the current & future generations HTFU.

(Hmmm...., probably shouldn't have Googled "emo" because I found a "How To".)