A sickness plaguing our generation: Forgetfulness.

Because I'm such a genius, I forgot my book in school. And because I'm so brilliant, I forgot to submit my design for Winter Dance, which is due today.

I wonder if we really have the capability to block memories in our minds, to forget traumatic experiences. Or is it some kind of automatic thing our brain does because it can't hold any more information, like a hard drive overload?

If people could choose which things to forget, would we choose to forget our painful pasts [boo-hoo, suck it up]? Would we choose to forget our crimes, the mischiefs we learn?

What would you choose to forget?