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crazyvampchick ([personal profile] crazyvampchick) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2005-09-22 02:45 pm
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Abnormal Psychology (09/22/2005)

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The classroom is dark, with the shades pulled down and the windows underneath it painted black. The electric lights have not been turned on, but instead candelabras have been lit and placed throughout the classroom. On the desk sits a blonde, fair-skinned, rosy-cheeked porcelain doll in a black dress. The doll is missing its eyes. Behind the desk is a chalkboard that has been covered completely with scribbles of various colors of chalk.

Drusilla stands in the front of the room, waiting for her students to attend.

"Lesson one," she says simply as they walk in and take their seats. On each desk is a photocopy of a chapter of a psychology text on various psychological disorders and a sheet entitled "HOMEWORK: Find a picture of insanity."

"Understanding insanity. How do you understand it? How do you define it? Discuss. Ask questions of each other and of me. And remember--" She gestures to the doll and smiles. "Miss Edith will be watching for troublemakers. And I'm absolutely brutal about detentions."

[identity profile] lady-jessica-bg.livejournal.com 2005-09-22 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I would look at insanity from a slightly different angle. Sanity, most people would agree, is the opposite of sanity. If sanity is the accurate perception of truth, than it is perfectly possible that everyone is insane and unable to perceive this because universal insanity is the truth.

And after this circular argument, my homework: Image
Personally, I think that this proves that most people are insane.
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And this if you accept the conventional view of insanity.

(ooc: I used the second pic for journalism once, so if it looks familiar, it probably is.)