As a matter of fact, I am still unformed. I have spent a good part of my life working hard at the ground level of some of the darkest corners of our society. The fellows down there are a forgotten lot, even forgotten by themselves. Some experiences are better left untold and some should be brought to light. There are dangers, but none is worse than the boredom and monotony that wears a person s humanity to its most base level.
Cynicism takes root and spreads.
It leads to drug abuse, spousal abuse, and self abuse. And then there are the children. Children imitate their parents. It has been very strange moving from that world into the academic world of the University. Views are so completely different in these two worlds that it is like being transported through time.