Abington High School Student Arts Magazine 2016-2017 | Page 25

I’ve modeled my future on a world without complete ignorance, and I feel confident that others will don their reading glasses and flame retardant jackets to march with me step for step towards the inferno as we try to intellectually reduce the wildfire of ignorance. My only hope is to warn people of the danger we face—our people are in great peril. Ignorance has swept along the seven continents for far too long, and I, for one, am not fond of the idea of being surrounded by such a dependent ideal. Ignorance is dependent on weak minds after all, because a flame is nothing without fuel.

Erin McDermott, 2020

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