Wipe the Shit Off the Walls

At College of the Sequoias we're not only getting an education but we're getting a life lesson as well. As I make my way to my morning class I stop by the men's room to use the facility,since it happens to be a long walk from my car to my class. As I stand in the stall I'm greeted by messages written by gang members, hateful people, and people simply leaving their names behind as a momentum in time. But one word stands out in particular, "Fag It", this enrages me further. Not only am I disappointed in the fact that these markings have been up all semester, but the fact that not one school official has bothered to clean these markings up, regardless of the fact that every morning I'm offended. I'm offended and I'm reminded that my value as a person is domineered, I'm reminded to stand up and be heard. It's been months, and every morning that men's room is clean and is evident by the schedule on the door with signatures of the staff who cleaned it. Why the negligence over this ?  is it because California had to cut back on staff and hire students to be the janitorial service at minimum wage. Or simply because, THEY DON'T CARE. I personally have had enough ! I'm not spending my hard earned money at a school that does not carry the responsibility to manage these kinds of indiscretions or offenses. Why does it bother me so? Who's to say one morning as I make my way to may class the man who wrote that awful word and misspelled it, decides he's had enough with "Fag It's" and decides to cause harm. Will someone even hear me or find me since it's clear no one cares about that men's room. Am I safe? NO. And the disappointing part is that it's not only that particular men's room. I traveled all campus in search of a men's room where I would not be offended and I found one. One, in a building that has less than a year on campus, and even then I found a marking of gang affiliation. But the others, Oh the others, were practically written on from ceiling to floor, corner to corner in graffiti. I've even found an empty beer bottle in one about a month ago. I've had enough ! I'm posting this on my blog because I'm standing up and stating that I should not have to face these circumstances everyday. I'm sorry our budget was cut, but we can't afford to have someone paint that wall, then Mr. President, to maintain your students in your school, I suggest you slip into a jumper's suit and grab a brush. Because if your school continues to offend people as it has offended me, you are going to one major event in your quad... So I leave with saying this... "WIPE THE SHIT OFF THE WALLS, literally. "