Letters to the Editor
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Genesis Shmenisis
Every once in a while (although more rarely over the past six years, I admit) I see or hear about things going on in the world and I thank my higher power I was born in the United States.
A story like this really compels me to be more specific in my gratitude...I feel like it's not enough to just be thankful to have been born in America...So here's the thanks I gave the universe after reading this story:
Thank goodness I was born in a time when critical thinking was valued by my teachers.
Thank goodness I was born in a time when reason, too, was valued.
Thank goodness I was born in a time when scientific inquiry and the scientific method were the foundations of..not just my science classes, but all learning...
Although we lived in low-income housing for my first twelve years and my family struggled financially, Thank the Maker I was raised and public-schooled in an upper-middle class suburb in liberal, elitist Massachusetts.
Thank goodness my parents were of differing faiths, which resulted in my being raised in a relatively secular household.
Thank goodness, thank goodness, thank goodness...The list could go on and on...