Shannon and I belong to a somewhat elderly ward. Welcome to St. George. But yesterday we decided to attend the other gospel doctrine class. We walked in, and suddenly, we were in a married student ward. While the majority of the ward was in the cultural hall attending one class, here we were in the Relief Society room with about 25 other people, non of whom was over the age of 30. I guess we're the only ones in our age group that had been going to that other class.
Of course, it's not like the class was any different. But for some reason, the younger people feel better about being with other younger people, rather than mixing with the bulk of the ward. Of course, in my opinion, this is a Bad Thing. The ward is artificially segregated, and the old folks never will mix with the young bucks. This is particularly bad for the men. They don't mix in Sunday School, they don't mix in Priesthood classes. They won't even home teach each other. What's the point of even being in the same ward? No one will learn others names. All activities will turn into either "old people" activities, or "young people" activities, and the ward will be about half as strong as it ought to be. But maybe that's just my opinion.
In other news, where has my formatting and spellchecking button gone? Now this post is sure to be all fouled up.
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