Statistics

 They always tell you in Driver's Ed "Don't be a statistic."

Am I not already a statistic?

You were born in a certain year on a certain day at a certain time and you are a certain race with a certain name and a certain weight and a certain eye color.

You will die of something in some year at some age with some amount of family left behind and some amount of money left behind.

You will be buried with a headstone that has the number of years on it and you will be buried with X amount of other people in the same cemetery and your family will visit however many times a year until you truly just become a number and are forgotten a couple generations later.

You are a statistic from the moment you're conceived until eternity. 

So yes, while you should try to avoid being part of a driving death count, you're a statistic no matter what. It is quite an idiotic phrase and I wish they would stop using it. There's always a person behind the numbers. There's always a number waiting to be revealed by the person. 

It's just a matter of when, where, and what. 

Don't be a statistic, I guess.

-Emma Lancaster

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