In my AP English Literature class, we have a class blog. The URL for this blog is www.wvaplithardin.blogspot.com; "wv" standing for "Westview", the name of my school; "aplit" standing for "AP Literature", the class the blog is intended for; and "hardin" being the last name of my teacher, Mr. Hardin.
However, whenever I type this URL, I end up typing "www.wvaplithard.blogspot.com".
It used to be that I thought that was just a stupid mistake, like typing "its" instead of "it's" or "wierd" instead of "weird" in Microsoft Word, because you know that Word auto-fixes those little errors, anyway.
But then it occured to me that maybe there's something else at work.
Everyone has heard of Sigmund Freud: he of the psychoanalytic school of thought in psychology, the originator of "ego, id, and superego", and, of course, the Freudian slip, where one unconsciously gives voice to their true thoughts without realizing it. Freud, of course, thought these slips of tongue were deeply insightful glimpses into a person's true, uncensored thoughts, and thus, their importance was heavily emphasized in his theories of the mind.
Then I started wondering--what does typing that "hard" in www.wvaplithard.blogspot.com signify about me?
But of course, it's too obvious: I think AP Lit is ridiculously "hard".
Surprising? No. Depressing? Yes. Significant? I think so.
People make typos every day and think nothing of it. But maybe, just maybe, there really is something to those little mistakes we make. Maybe, just maybe, they really do illuminate something about our deepest, most secret selves.
And that's all I have for you today.
-nn.
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