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Has anyone else noticed the surprising number of Band-Aids that are stuck to the pavement all over campus?

While shuffling along towards class or tutoring or to any number of coffee vendors, I have the unfortunate habit of staring at the ground to avoid uncomfortable contact between other persons on campus. I look for feet approaching, and if I see nothing entering my personal space, I can pretend that I alone exist in this pavement filled world, set to the soundtrack of my iPod, the dissociation is heightened by the surreal yellow tint of remove provided by my sunglasses. It is like living in a moving. A dialogue-free musical starring two tripping sneakers facing the harsh reality of cement and isolation. No wonder I don’t have friends.

Anyway, such was my dour experience of crossing campus in mundane non-stimulation Until! I began noticing all of the Band-Aids stuck to the ground. There are plain, flesh tone ones, bright colors, cartoon characters, whatever. And they are everywhere.

Despite how gross this is, I guess it makes sense, right? The campus is filled with young-adults/teens really, who skin their knees skateboarding or falling down from frivolous shoe heights, partying, distraction by poetry etc. all interested in fun, cute, or cartoony means of preventing infection and promoting healing.

What is the point of a Band-Aid, after all? To stick. And stick it does. The Band-Aid is not blown away by wind, its effects cannot be absolved by a cleansing spring rain, nor will any happy citizen pick it from the ground for fear of epidemics.

So, there they stay. Permanent, vibrant used Band-Aids.

There is a lesson for teaching in this somewhere.