Noblesville citizens think little of 2012

Story by: Reed Stoerck, grade 9

Many theories are circulating right now about whether or not on December 21, 2012, the world will end in some spectacular fashion. From copious amounts of television and media coverage, to a feature film, 2012 is having quite an affect on today’s culture.

The most common and accepted theory among believers and the one featured in the film is that the Mayans, an ancient Central American civilization, created a calendar that predicted the end of the world. This is true, as well as the part about the calendar ending on the aforementioned date.

The mainstream theory states that since the Mayans were such an advanced civilization for their time, and that their calendar went so far ahead, that they must have known when the world might end.

Freshman Conner Tucker doesn’t think so.

“That theory is dumb. If the world is gonna end, we’re gonna do it.” Tucker said. “The world right now is like a chain-smoker, we are just destroying ourselves with all kinds of stuff.”

“I think the movie is going to be hilarious.” He said. “The plot is going to be just like every disaster movie, bad. It’s all about watching stuff go boom.”

Freshman Ben Austin takes a religious point of view on the theories.

“Revelations [in the Bible] talks about the end of the world,” Austin said.“It says that no mortal man can predict the end of the world, and shouldn’t. When God decides to bring the end, he will. Hopefully at some far off date.”

Freshman campus World History teacher Andrew McCormick said that there is some logic to the theory.

“Based on what I know of the Mayans and their calendars, they were very advanced,” McCormick said. “But I don’t think they predicted the end of the world. They probably just ran out of stone for their calendar.”