It's hard to think of myself not being a radical, but then, just how does one think of one's self as someone else?
About the "rebellious but not angry" thing - maybe rebellious isn't the right word. I simply never really wanted to do what everyone else was doing, or to do what adults expected me to do. So when I could avoid doing those things, I did.
I had some flat-out confrontations with adults, mostly about things that seemed just plain stupid (why can't I wear pants to school, why can't a girl grow up to be an astronaut, why do I have to take a nap in kindergarten when I never do at home, why do I have to do X, Y, or Z?), but my recollection of myself isn't of being angry, more of being totally bewildered.
That still happens, by the way. The bewilderment at various kinds of human behaviour often comes first, and then I get angry once I figure out the nastiness that's often behind whatever I've been bewildered by.
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branchandroot
Re: Books and Values
Date: 2006-09-07 10:18 pm (UTC)About the "rebellious but not angry" thing - maybe rebellious isn't the right word. I simply never really wanted to do what everyone else was doing, or to do what adults expected me to do. So when I could avoid doing those things, I did.
I had some flat-out confrontations with adults, mostly about things that seemed just plain stupid (why can't I wear pants to school, why can't a girl grow up to be an astronaut, why do I have to take a nap in kindergarten when I never do at home, why do I have to do X, Y, or Z?), but my recollection of myself isn't of being angry, more of being totally bewildered.
That still happens, by the way. The bewilderment at various kinds of human behaviour often comes first, and then I get angry once I figure out the nastiness that's often behind whatever I've been bewildered by.