Whenever you visit and nation or state park there are always these signs that explain to you how to interact with nature. Odd... just thinking that humans are animals at one point did we become so civilized that we can not survive without civilization.
In the last couple of years I have started teaching students out in the field. Some of the classes incorporate camping and inevitably some students complain about roughing it in a tent, and not showering. For these students the idea of roughing it is some how barbaric and subhuman. I think about all people in the world that live in conditions much more destitute than a typical American campground. I think about all the humans that lived on the earth for the past 1,000,000 some years without modern conveniences. Have we really become that soft that fast?
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