Questions WE are afraid to ask

First off I would like to apologize for my hiatus. I just lost the most important man in my life and I'm trying to get back into the hang of things (please keep me and my family in your prayers).

Well since I've gotten back to Winthrop there have been a few issues that I have been wondering about but wasn't exactly how to approach and that's exactly how I came up with today's topic.

During today's Social Work 200 class we discussed sexuality and social acceptance. I realize, now, that this subject is just as touchy as racism here in the south. As I sat in the classroom and listened to the direction of the conversation I realize that people seem to be more afraid to ask than they are to learn. That poses a HUGE problem in my opinion. In order to learn one must, first, accept the fact that they don't know everything and then secondly ASK QUESTIONS. Well, I can honestly say that I sat there and watched people (who were actually paying attention at the time) squirm in their seat when people spoke of the LGBT community.

You would think that Winthrop, being as diverse as it is, would have no problem educating its students on accepting cultural/social differences. I guess I was wrong. I come from a family where being heterosexual is the unwritten rule, yet I still know and accept the fact that not everyone is going to feel the same way about men as i do, and I have no problem asking questions if there is something i want to know, today though, it took someone in the class saying "feel free to ask me what you want to know" in order to get the discussion moving at a steady pace.

Don't get me wrong, I know that you first have to feel comfortable with a person, in most cases, to ask them personal questions, but why is it that even when we get to that point we still don't want to ask the things we really want the answers to?

I just don't get it... I guess that the point I'm trying to make with this one is that the only way to learn is to question. No question is a stupid question and although they say that "ignorance is bliss" you can't grow if you are stagnant in your thoughts. Open up to new things, accept what you can't change. Gain knowledge. Ask!