First Post of the Year!!!!!!! WOOOOHOOO

As some of my fellow classmates have said before me, I have never really thought about my right to think. When people go about their day, they always have thoughts rushing through their minds. They could be as simple as what am I going to do later today or more complex like what is happening in the world. No matter what you call it, they are still thoughts. What would happen if those thoughts were taken away from you? I don’t know what that would feel like because I live in America and we are able to express ourselves in ways that other people might not approve of.

I really liked the thought Christina had posted! When I think of the right to think, that is usually the question that arises in my head. How do countries or people know if you are thinking what you're thinking unless you act upon them? The real answer should be no they technically can't control your thoughts of everyday life but they can control your thoughts in the sense that they teach you or use propaganda to influence your thoughts, even from a young age.

That brings me to what David Zhang was saying about how parents can influence their kids to think a certain way just by raising their children. Parents use censorship to guide their kids in the direction they want their kids to grow or the knowledge they want their kids to learn. Something that also influences you in your life and your thoughts is the school you go to. My parents chose to put me in public school but other parents can choose to put their kids in private schools to have thier kids go to religion class everyday or they can choose to go to a college prep school to better their chances at getting into a Ivy League college.
This book really made me think about what the right to think was all about. is the right to think really being taken away or are people just brainwashing kids to think certain ways from a little age.

If John Scopes (Bert Cates) didn't teach evolution in the classroom, do you think anyone else would step up and teach it? Or would everyone else in the town go against the towns views? No one wants to be the odd one out. It's human nature to want to fit in. I believe that no one else in the town of Hillsboro would of stepped up to teach evolution because they have always been told that creationism is the only story of creation and that no one wants to be shunned by the community.

~Catherine Ernst