America in it's present and in its history is extraordinarily gothic-grotesque,mysterious,desolate
Psychology-Subtle tactical action or argument used to manipulate or influence another
Victims of Psychology- the American people
Hello my name is Tyana and I believe that I am a VOP(victim of psychology). "HELLO TYANA" says the American People."TELL US YOUR STORY". Well, It all began when I was a young girl. I was born into a family that emphasized showing respect. If you got being respectful down pact in my family, you were free to do and say anything that you wanted. It was in this environment that I believe I devoloped my independent personality. As long as my actions didn't hurt others nor myself in anyway, they were cool, and I was a free talking, free thinking, adventurous little sprout. "WE ARE LISTENING TYANA, LET IT OUT, WE'RE ALL VICTIMS HERE" Okay so this was the way it was till I was school age. When I went to school everything changed. I no longer was allowed to be autonomous and to be able to cultivate my own behavioral personality. No, teachers would force us to engage in their rituals of learning. They'd teach us behaviors, under the guise of maintaining order. I raised my hand whenever I wanted to ask a question for years after I was finished with school. They force fed us ideas, notions, subjective histories only to have us regurgitate them later in the school year on standardized tests. And if someone did exhibit a penchant for independent thinking and creativity in my school, they were sent to a "special" program, where "special" instructors would pay close attention to their abilities while not especially helping them to devolop them. And they were made to feel "special". I was one of these students. And I don't know about others that endured this type of situation, but I felt so "special", that I began to think that I didn't have to try so hard in the low standard classes at my school. With no one to push me, not even those "special" teachers, my mind never devoloped at its full potential rate. I'm sorry fellow americans, I don't mean to get emotional, it's just that I can't stand the fact that I allowed myself to be a part of their illusion in my most formative years. "IT"S OKAY TYANA, IT HAPPENED TO ALL OF US, YOU WERE JUST A CHILD, A CHILD IS NO MATCH FOR THEIR PSYCHOLOGY". When I think about how beautiful my mind is, how beautiful all of our minds are, I become disenchanted with my country, because even before my conception they deemed my mind unuseful and sought to stunt and mold it rather than allow it to devolop through learning methods that encourage students to think for themselves. For so long in school I simply hoped that someone, some teacher, some student teacher, councelor, or mentor would ask me what I thought, this rarely happened. And then when I got to college and someone did ask me what I thought, I didn't know how to tell them. "CRY, LET IT OUT TYANA, IT IS HEARTBREAKING, WE DON'T BLAME YOU FOR CRYING" Every one of us has something to contribute to the postitive peaceful developement of this world, damn it! Why won't they give us a fighting chance!