I've Got Stuff On My Mind

Public Service Announcement: Whenever someone points out an observation about a group or person, there's always folks who are quick to say "Not all are like that", "It's just the circle you hang with", "I don't know anyone like what you're describing, etc. Newsflash: The world doesn't revolve around you, although you may like it to. I don't like generalizations anymore than the next person, but generalizations are valid when you have consistent evidence that validates the observation, so I don't want to hear any of the aforementioned statements, because they're annoying. If I said the Southside Of Chicago is a warzone (even though some areas of South Chicago rival the Northside in terms of upscale neighborhoods), that generalization would be valid because all I would have to do is research YouTube, and other media outlets to read about the dozens of mass shootings & murders that have taken place there. If you're a teacher averaging 25-30 kids in each of 7 classes you teach, and more than half of your class is failing, no one's going to say "(s)he's a great teacher." Folks are gonna say "If half of her/his class is failing, something's wrong with her teaching style because the kids aren't grasping the material, or the students aren't doing the work. You can have some students that are doing well in his/her classes, but folks are going to gauge that teacher's effectiveness by how many students are passing or failing. That's the rationale behind standardized testing and other forms of evaluation, schools use the test data to gauge which schools are (not) doing well. A & B schools get the most money, C schools get some money, D-F schools get nothing. One more example: If a student is acting up in class, the teacher is within their right to punish the entire class based on that one student's offense. If the entire class gets punished because one student acts up, get mad at the student for messing it up for everyone else, not the teacher.

Shout out to some women who get in their feelings when they're lumped in with the ratchets, but won't speak against ratchet behavior. I'm not responsible for what another woman does, I don't associate with ratchets, this that & the third. That's all good, but you lose the right to complain about being unfairly generalized when you don't voice displeasure with ratchets. Whether some people like it or not, a few people can mess it up for everyone. Just because a percentage of (wo)men are stand-up, if the ratchets outnumber the stand-ups (which it seems like they do), and there's consistent evidence to validate the generalizations, then it is what it is. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Don't get upset when someone calls out the entire gender based on the negative behavior of a few, because remember: One person can mess it up for everyone.