Hump Day

My official job title is "Manager."  Realistically, my job title should be "Babysitter."  I have come to believe, as my experience level at herding people mounts, that people tend to suffer from an extensive education.  It seems that the more education a person accumulates the more childish and immovable they become.  When I was growing up, an extensive education especially one which earned the title of Doctor or more, was the mark of patience, fortitude and hard work.  These were people capable of investing in both the future and themselves.  Now it seems to be a mark of "entitlement."  The new generation of the highly educated presents itself to me largely as a group of Prima Donnas with a very poor work ethic and an inability to adapt or express flexibility of any nature.  I find it disturbing and frustrating.

Although I have always sought and deepened my educational level, I have always done so on a level grounded in personal enrichment.  Perhaps many would consider this a "cop out," as I have obtained a million credits and no degree.  I consider myself neither highly educated nor particularly worldly but in the same breath I have often battered myself for not having procured the documentation necessary to proclaim myself any sort of honored state.  I'm fairly literate and possess a reasonable quantity of common sense and thankfully that has kept food on my table throughout my life.  I once thought less of myself for failing to complete my education in some glorious crescendo...these days I am grateful not to have been poisoned for my efforts.  I can "wing it" when I have to and don't feel the need to demand anyone jump through hoops or bend the world to my whimsy in some sacrificial homage to all that I am.

When I titled this blog this was something of what I had in mind.  I have shared much discussion with a person close to me centering around, "What is wrong with the world."  Of course, we are passing time and hoping for understanding but the facts are inescapable.  A mutant defined infers a deformity or wildness, something outside the norm.  What used to be a mutant vs what is today seems to be where the change lies. Today's mutants have integrity.  Their word means something.  They have a work ethic and they posses empathy for the people (and animals) around them.  They don't just watch movies about honor, they know what it IS and want to have it.  This used to be what everyone strives to be; strives to have.  Today it is rare.  It is uncommon. 

I'm not perfect, in fact far from it.  Apparently, however, I am A MUTANT, and ironically, it seems to cause me a good deal more suffering on a personal level than the average human endures.  If you are also, then you are one of a growing few and I am deeply glad you are out there!!