Henry Barthes: To deliberately believe in lies, while knowing they' re false Examples of this in everyday life "Oh, I need to be pretty to be happy “ I need surgery to be pretty I need to be thin, famous, fashionable." Our young men Today Are being told that women are whores, bitches Things to be screwed, beaten, shit on, and shamed This is a marketing holocaust Twenty-fours hours a day For the rest of our lives The powers that be a harder work Dumbing us to death So to defend ourselves And fight against assimilating this dullness into our thought processes We must learn to read To stimulate our own imagination To cultivate our own consciousness Our own belief systems We all need skills To defend To preserve Our own minds Erica Lous: You should be... you are good... and gentle You are the most guy I love you Dr. Doris Parker: It will get worse,much worse! Every day I came into this office and I listened to you kids to shit all over yourself! It is so easy to be careless It takes couse and courage to take cares None of you have any of these qualities Get out, just get out, get out! Fuck you! Henry Barthes: Most of the teachers here, at one point They believed that they could make a difference I know how important it is to have guidance To have someone help understand the complexities of the world that we live in I didn't really have that growing up