Uncommon Sense

Uncommon sense. 

Common sense is not so common these days. In fact, the CEO of United Airlines pointed out that very fact when apologizing for the way his airline had dealt with an uncooperative passenger. Even with all the policies and procedures a little common sense from his employees would have gone a long way to preventing a 
media nightmare. 

This lack of common sense even spills into the classroom. When a zero tolerance policy ends up with a suspended six year old for crafting a gun out of a Pop Tart you know something is clearly wrong. 

The nightly news often finds us shaking our heads and asking, "What were they thinking?" What used to be so commonplace, doesn't seem to be the case anymore. It appears that everyone is checking a policy manual in order not to do the wrong thing, instead of relying on their own common sense. 

Children today rarely have the opportunity to utilize common sense because so much of their time is spent under the supervision of adults. This lack of common sense seems to be the norm when it comes to policies found on college campuses. 

What once was a given, is now actually a rare commodity. Common sense has now become uncommon.