OWS Class Discussion

The OWS discussion was...interesting. I applaud the creative idea of using the elementary classroom materials (such as Megabloks, polygon shapes, wooden blocks, etc.) to express our thinking and interpretation of the OWS Movement (and why were they in the classroom in the 1st place? Perhaps an elementary education class?), but I still think that most of the class felt detached from the topic itself. It's not that we don't care about the OWS Movement, far from it, it's just that maybe we see it as a movement that ultimately won't go anywhere. We, as college students, have other worries to deal with (homework, social life, relationships, jobs, loans, etc.) and to try to participate in this Movement seems to be wasted time and effort on our part. True, the participants of the OWS Movement are trying to object/protest and bring change to our society, but unless they can actually make something happen (have some teeth in other words) (and getting arrested doesn't count), I don't see it lasting very long. As it is, I haven't seen it mentioned in the news recently which worries me. If they don't get any press/media coverage, then their message (or "goal," if they have one) can't be broadcasted to the masses. As far as our views and thinking changing by the end of the class, I've yet to see and/or hear anything different in my fellow peers. Maybe it's just not the right topic to incite change in us...