Blog 3

I just watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 1, episode 11. It is titled, “Out of mind…out of sight”. The episode was about a vengeful girl who had actually become invisible (in the literal sense) because no one at school noticed her or even knew who she was. This girl decided to wreak havoc on the entire school, particularly focusing on a very popular girl named Cordelia. Her antics start off as more innocent and playful, but as she becomes increasingly angry she begins to put people’s lives in danger, such as pushing them down the stairs or suffocating them with a plastic bag. In the end, she tries to give Cordelia a “facial” with a scalpel but is finally stopped by Buffy and the FBI. The FBI then proceeds to place her in a class full of other invisible kids who are learning to be assassins. Twisted ending, right? This episode made me think about all of the kids who were ignored and neglected in high school. I wonder if any of them were ever actually peeved enough to harm those who were popular throughout high school. How much does it take to really push someone over the edge? It could be a good lesson to our college students this year. We need to respect each other and reach out to one another.  Human compassion is one of the most valued things our society possesses. That shy kid in class may just need a little bit of time and talking to really open up. After all, we don’t need an enraged campus lunatic desperate for attention (or revenge), do we? This episode also made me think about what our government may or may not really do with the lunatics they do catch. I wonder if they actually can use them to their benefit.