who, what. why, when, and how

How many people watch the local news. You sit back for a half hour, to find out what is going on in your neck of the woods, but it then happens that you catch yourself listening. You listen to the content of the stories, in between the three or more weather updates. You hear them talk about this happened and that happened, but you start to pay attention to the content. You then start to reflect upon your education, and all the shortcuts you took to get through it, and then you start to see that everyone has taken the same shortcuts. The level of the finished product is diminished, because the people writing the stories and delivering the stories lack a strong base in journalism. They miss the five W's of a story, and you have no clue about the information that is being delivered to you. But, you can say they have nice hair. This reflects upon a sad truth in our society, we lack the courage to learn. I am not saying that we are a lazy society, what I am saying is that we are wrapped up in the speed of everyday life. this leads to a lack of attention to detail, why because it takes too long. I can say that I am guilty of this as well, case in point...I was watching the Henry Rollins show and Jeanine Garaflo, I know I am probably misspelling it. She was talking about corporate tax and the tax code. the way she lays it all out makes me want to learn more, so I understand what is going on in the world today. I read about declarations and find a lot out about s corps and such, but after an hour I find myself reading digg. Just because I just want knowledge abbreviated and delivered in a format that I can understand. This just proves I am no better than the newscaster who cannot relay stories, because I got bored and could find no way to make it interesting for me so I moved on. It is a challenge in our daily lives to make things interesting enough to learn, but if we are afraid to make that commitment. If we are afraid to challenge ourselves daily to learn something. What are we doing to make things better for our kids? I think about it constantly and I look for friends to help challenge me and everyone else to learn about the world. High definition is not just something for your TV, it is something that needs to be applied to our lives. I challenge everyone who reads this post to look at their avenues, and to draw from them to bring something new to the table daily. The only alternative is that our lives become like the daily news, and which W's we leave out.