What is so wrong with weeds? I am a weed and wouldn't have it any other way.

What is so wrong with weeds? Our culture spends incredible amounts of time and money trying to avoid, trying to hunt down and kill, or otherwise rid us of weeds. By definition a weed is simply a plant that is not valued where it is growing. The people who like and encourage weeds to grow freely are few and far between. I, myself, am one of those people because I can't seem to get anything …

…will continue to demand their freedom and day in the sun for a very long time to come. I may be a weed on Willamette's campus, but I refuse to be cast away because of my thorns, attitude, and different look. I may be a weed, but I am not alone and will not be taken out or forced to change in order to fit the mold. Today is the weeds turn in the sun.