At the risk of sounding like an old person, who reminds everyone how hard they had it when they were your age, kids today have it made. Remember when cartoons only came on t.v. on Saturday mornings? Now they have an entire station devoted to nothing but cartoons - the Cartoon Network. And dozens of channels devoted to kids programming.
And the Internet? Are you kidding me? I remember going to the library (it's a big building with books) and you had to hope that the World Book Encyclopedia Volume J was in or your report on Japan was doomed. There were other encyclopedias, but somehow the World Book had the prettiest pictures and the best explanations.
But this morning, I realized today's kids are the luckiest ever to roam the planet. As I was looking at my daughter's school picture form, there's a box to check off for retouching. They show a picture of a young girl with acne, and another with perfectly smooth skin. What? Your dreaded school photos can be retouched? Removing all traces of acne, bad hair, and that morning's breakfast? And the retouched photo will appear in the yearbook.
I'm not sure I agree with this. The yearbook is a sacred document full of historical (and hysterical) facts. I mean, 30 years from now, you're gonna look back at the guy who sat behind you all year in Spanish and not even recognize him. Gone will be the days of laughing so hard you fall off your seat when you see your best friend's picture with one eye closed.
What's next, a little retouching of their grades, too?
