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Is Ignorance Really
Bliss or Peril?
There is no doubt some truth in old sayings which have persisted over the years. Perhaps you have heard the one; :“Ignorance is bliss, ’ti6 folly : to be wise*. Some other folks - express the idea differently. 5 They say: “What you dont : know won’t hurt you4. : Obviously there is some wia : dom in each of these sayings. ; Each one of us have ex• perienced incidents which did : not bother us because we did [ not know about the danger until ^ it had past . . .! For this we : were grateful. It is also true : that to become aware of some : thing, may mean that we re• spond by becoming anxious • about that something. Some• times the cost of Awareness is • Anxiety. f Yet ignorance is no virtue! i Ignorance is no protection to ;ourselves in the living of our l total life. One of the major • perils to our Teen-agers to;day is . .Ignorance! Ignorance t or Laxity about their own ? health!
| Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe, Coi lumbia University professor, and chairman ofvhe health study’s advisory committee, declares; “The nation’s schools are neglecting to teach decent health habits to our youth. We have placed major emphasis on new math and new physics, but we ignore health instruction, new or old."
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