Character

 

Middle class, upper class? When I hear these designations of course I think of money, but more often than not, I think of the way people speak and the manners they display as a reflection of who they are.

Poor grammar is no crime, but it's no great honor either! I grew up with three siblings. Only one of us has chosen to downgrade her language to that of the uneducated people she evidently admires. This same person also has chosen to embrace fewer pleasant habits than the rest of us, choosing to say things like, "He don't," and talk with a mouth filled with food.," 

It is not being uppity to prefer people who know more than one ugly adverb and adjective, or dare to learn a bit about the world around them - beyond Sally, Dick and Jane's torrid affairs and bad habits. There is more to life than gossip, fast food and following every Pied Piper who tootles past you.

I find a sort of reverse snob-ism in some people today and it annoys me.

If you grew up speaking a certain kind of lingo then you are excused, but if you cultivated it for some bizarre reason? Well I really do not understand that. Are you trying to fit in? And who is it you want to fit in with? Are they really worth it? Can you not join them without mimicking them? 

True ignorance is lamentable, but carefully cultivated ignorance is mind boggling! Some people wear it like a badge, but I wonder if it isn't more of a shield? Stepping past it requires a certain amount of personal character and responsibility.

It's time to get real.