Bunch of animals

We as humans would never refer to ourselves as animals in an everyday situation. We’ve all heard the story of evolution that illustrates the development of human beings starting from the ape. Maybe somewhere deep inside of all of us, there is an animal which reveals itself in those pressure situations. I do think that there are times when there is the right and wrong way to go about doing something such as standing up for what you feel strongly about and believe in. What took place at CPUT in August was a clear example of the wrong way to go about it.

If there is an issue you disagree with, it’s best to go to the heart of the problem and speak directly with the people it involves. At times you do need a united front as the students at CPUT did. The influence of a united voice on an issue is making great breakthroughs and people are being heard when they stand together, this doesn’t mean that standing united has to have a violent approach. The problem was that not all CPUT students knew about the issue and furthermore destroying property and endangering other students’ lives that are going to face the same problem of increase in fees is a reflection on letting the animal within free.

We are not a bunch of animals as we’ve been given the freedom to think and make decisions for ourselves. We should take the approach as humans to stand together when we need to with issues in life and do it in the right way.