journey through junior year

Whenever the words "thank you," "please," and "sorry" come out of a person's mouth, he or she doesn't necessarily mean well; it sometimes may cause even more damage than one anticipates. Whenever I do a make a tiny mistake around adults - sometimes not even around adults - I say sorry; at a point, it actually gets annoying. I found this out when my parents started giving me a speech about saying sorry too much, that it has lost its value and I have started saying it simply as a filler word. To the extent of me saying this word, I started saying it when my mom forgot to make breakfast for me. This isn't even my fault! My mom started picking up on this after a couple times and ask, "why are you saying sorry, I was the one who forgot to make you breakfast. I should be sorry." After a few seconds, it really hit me: I do say sorry way too much when I don't actually mean it.  I doesn't end with the word "sorry," however. ...

In the Word Police, my favorite quote that I chose to reflect upon was "In the case of the politically correct... it's purchased at the cost of freedom of expression and freedom of speech." I especially found this quote intriguing because the author references "freedom of expression" and "freedom of speech" as if they are tangible objects that "cost" something and can be "purchased". This allows the reader to understand the sense of trading one thing (freedom), for another (being politically correct). Personally, the whole PC idea seems a little extreme to me. I'm not easily offended and take things very light-heartedly, so even the example of people asking "where are you really  from?" after you've responded multiple times with "Troy. Troy Michigan.", I never really take these things to heart. I do agree that people should think and speak respectfully, but it has come to the point where I feel as if I ...