Every Day...

I found myself thinking sociologically walking right out of first hour. I walked down the hall to see several kids in various locations of the hallways alone. These are kids I see every day, alone. Sometimes I even see them at lunch by themselves. It just so happens that whenever I see these individuals they are walking slowly by themselves, lost in thought. No one else seems to notice their loneliness, they just notice they're in the way and these kids slowly start getting pushed more and more towards the walls of the school.

I know that their lives are nothing like Genie's but they definitely seem isolated. When I happen to see them far off, I find myself wondering about why they never seem to talk to anyone. I think about who their generalized others are and how the concept of looking glass self plays a role in their lives. Perhaps parents or older siblings are who they trust most and they don't mind what others think. My ideas probably aren't too far off.