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Exams, assessments, test, whatever you want to call them; we take them in order to obtain a grade in a field of speciality. A grade is measured by comparing your result to everyone else who took that exam and ranking you, then giving the top 15% or whatever an A* grade. Based on the results, doors are opened for you, the better you do, the better your options become. A* - Brain surgeon, U – Shelf stacker.
Hold on, what if we have the greatest brain surgeon potential lying in a man who isn’t a very good analyser of the English literature of Shakespeare, Mary Shelly and Charles Dickens? He didn’t spot the alliteration, he wasn’t aware that god was personified in the wind; he didn’t see the metaphor behind the word. He is never given the opportunity to perform surgeries on brains, as he was not deemed ‘smart enough’ for the training.
So we bust our nuts to get these grades and earn our place in this so called society, trying desperately to gain respect in civilisation, but why bother? Do you really want to earn a rank in a place that’s full of narrow-minded, naive, ignorant people?
Take a step back and look at the culture we accustom ourselves to so easily. Question it, examine it, and test it, is it really worth all the effort? It is if you earn the rank, if you can pull yourself too the top and commend the respect you’ve ‘earned’ by beating all the rest. But what about the others, the ones who try but fail, who don’t meet the requirements of your ideal world, who aren’t the criteria your looking for? You need those people though, otherwise how will you look good? How can I be good at something if you have no bad to compare me to? The weaker ones are there to justify the strong. You can’t have a winner without a looser, a hero without a villain or damsel to save.
So I ask myself, why should I bother with all this, why try to earn the position I want, and how many people must fail for me to achieve it and how many must I fail for in order to make look good?
Who are you to disagree with me? Feel free to have your own opinions, but I’m sure if you think I’m wrong, or I’m an idiot, its just because you have a higher rank than me. I wouldn’t bother trying to convince me I’m wrong, because if you succeed, that’s one less person below you, you look fractionally worse.
If we all believed the same, performed the same, achieved the same then life would be very tedious, everyone would be bored, and there’d be very little to live for.
I guess what I’m really asking is why can’t I be good at anything? Anything significant in your social order. And If I am already good at it, why don’t I enjoy it. Why must I always be the one justifying the strong? Proving the great, demonstrating the talented. I suppose this all seems a little melodramatic ay? Well, if everyone acted like I am right now then this would be seen as normal, melodrama would be something completely different.
In a hundred years no one will remember me, they probably wont remember you. But I don’t think I want to be remembered. I think I’d rather be forgotten, just a spec on a playing field.
Back to where I started, and where I’m going to finish. Why bother trying so hard for you world? Why waste my time when the day after I die, no one will care, my ranking will be removed, I will be replaced, I will serve no purpose, justify no one, well except maybe make someone else’s grave look better by comparison. To any thinking I’m about to top myself, I’m not, I’m far from it, if I did then I would have succumb to the empire of filth that is mankind. To any, and more specifically one, who might suggest religion, the greater being of god; I propose you shove that in someone else’s face, I don’t need to hear about a greater being, he wouldn’t be so great if we weren’t all so bad by comparison. I suppose the total of about 3 people who are reading this final line having read all that I said, I should thank for showing five minutes of contempt in your lives.
Hold on, what if we have the greatest brain surgeon potential lying in a man who isn’t a very good analyser of the English literature of Shakespeare, Mary Shelly and Charles Dickens? He didn’t spot the alliteration, he wasn’t aware that god was personified in the wind; he didn’t see the metaphor behind the word. He is never given the opportunity to perform surgeries on brains, as he was not deemed ‘smart enough’ for the training.
So we bust our nuts to get these grades and earn our place in this so called society, trying desperately to gain respect in civilisation, but why bother? Do you really want to earn a rank in a place that’s full of narrow-minded, naive, ignorant people?
Take a step back and look at the culture we accustom ourselves to so easily. Question it, examine it, and test it, is it really worth all the effort? It is if you earn the rank, if you can pull yourself too the top and commend the respect you’ve ‘earned’ by beating all the rest. But what about the others, the ones who try but fail, who don’t meet the requirements of your ideal world, who aren’t the criteria your looking for? You need those people though, otherwise how will you look good? How can I be good at something if you have no bad to compare me to? The weaker ones are there to justify the strong. You can’t have a winner without a looser, a hero without a villain or damsel to save.
So I ask myself, why should I bother with all this, why try to earn the position I want, and how many people must fail for me to achieve it and how many must I fail for in order to make look good?
Who are you to disagree with me? Feel free to have your own opinions, but I’m sure if you think I’m wrong, or I’m an idiot, its just because you have a higher rank than me. I wouldn’t bother trying to convince me I’m wrong, because if you succeed, that’s one less person below you, you look fractionally worse.
If we all believed the same, performed the same, achieved the same then life would be very tedious, everyone would be bored, and there’d be very little to live for.
I guess what I’m really asking is why can’t I be good at anything? Anything significant in your social order. And If I am already good at it, why don’t I enjoy it. Why must I always be the one justifying the strong? Proving the great, demonstrating the talented. I suppose this all seems a little melodramatic ay? Well, if everyone acted like I am right now then this would be seen as normal, melodrama would be something completely different.
In a hundred years no one will remember me, they probably wont remember you. But I don’t think I want to be remembered. I think I’d rather be forgotten, just a spec on a playing field.
Back to where I started, and where I’m going to finish. Why bother trying so hard for you world? Why waste my time when the day after I die, no one will care, my ranking will be removed, I will be replaced, I will serve no purpose, justify no one, well except maybe make someone else’s grave look better by comparison. To any thinking I’m about to top myself, I’m not, I’m far from it, if I did then I would have succumb to the empire of filth that is mankind. To any, and more specifically one, who might suggest religion, the greater being of god; I propose you shove that in someone else’s face, I don’t need to hear about a greater being, he wouldn’t be so great if we weren’t all so bad by comparison. I suppose the total of about 3 people who are reading this final line having read all that I said, I should thank for showing five minutes of contempt in your lives.
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Have something to eat.
Sorry, not really helping. But sometimes it can do you good to get your feelings out, and written down.
Sorry, not really helping. But sometimes it can do you good to get your feelings out, and written down.
RoJ wrote:
> Summarise your feelings in a line. Are you trying to say you want to
> make a differnce, like climb a bell tower in Libya with a sniper
> rifle, or you just don't care and don't see the point in life, exams
> etc?
I don't know. The latter of the two (and thats not climbing a bell tower with a bic)
I really don't know what I feel. I feel empty.
> Summarise your feelings in a line. Are you trying to say you want to
> make a differnce, like climb a bell tower in Libya with a sniper
> rifle, or you just don't care and don't see the point in life, exams
> etc?
I don't know. The latter of the two (and thats not climbing a bell tower with a bic)
I really don't know what I feel. I feel empty.
Summarise your feelings in a line. Are you trying to say you want to make a differnce, like climb a bell tower in Libya with a sniper rifle, or you just don't care and don't see the point in life, exams etc?
Exams, assessments, test, whatever you want to call them; we take them in order to obtain a grade in a field of speciality. A grade is measured by comparing your result to everyone else who took that exam and ranking you, then giving the top 15% or whatever an A* grade. Based on the results, doors are opened for you, the better you do, the better your options become. A* - Brain surgeon, U – Shelf stacker.
Hold on, what if we have the greatest brain surgeon potential lying in a man who isn’t a very good analyser of the English literature of Shakespeare, Mary Shelly and Charles Dickens? He didn’t spot the alliteration, he wasn’t aware that god was personified in the wind; he didn’t see the metaphor behind the word. He is never given the opportunity to perform surgeries on brains, as he was not deemed ‘smart enough’ for the training.
So we bust our nuts to get these grades and earn our place in this so called society, trying desperately to gain respect in civilisation, but why bother? Do you really want to earn a rank in a place that’s full of narrow-minded, naive, ignorant people?
Take a step back and look at the culture we accustom ourselves to so easily. Question it, examine it, and test it, is it really worth all the effort? It is if you earn the rank, if you can pull yourself too the top and commend the respect you’ve ‘earned’ by beating all the rest. But what about the others, the ones who try but fail, who don’t meet the requirements of your ideal world, who aren’t the criteria your looking for? You need those people though, otherwise how will you look good? How can I be good at something if you have no bad to compare me to? The weaker ones are there to justify the strong. You can’t have a winner without a looser, a hero without a villain or damsel to save.
So I ask myself, why should I bother with all this, why try to earn the position I want, and how many people must fail for me to achieve it and how many must I fail for in order to make look good?
Who are you to disagree with me? Feel free to have your own opinions, but I’m sure if you think I’m wrong, or I’m an idiot, its just because you have a higher rank than me. I wouldn’t bother trying to convince me I’m wrong, because if you succeed, that’s one less person below you, you look fractionally worse.
If we all believed the same, performed the same, achieved the same then life would be very tedious, everyone would be bored, and there’d be very little to live for.
I guess what I’m really asking is why can’t I be good at anything? Anything significant in your social order. And If I am already good at it, why don’t I enjoy it. Why must I always be the one justifying the strong? Proving the great, demonstrating the talented. I suppose this all seems a little melodramatic ay? Well, if everyone acted like I am right now then this would be seen as normal, melodrama would be something completely different.
In a hundred years no one will remember me, they probably wont remember you. But I don’t think I want to be remembered. I think I’d rather be forgotten, just a spec on a playing field.
Back to where I started, and where I’m going to finish. Why bother trying so hard for you world? Why waste my time when the day after I die, no one will care, my ranking will be removed, I will be replaced, I will serve no purpose, justify no one, well except maybe make someone else’s grave look better by comparison. To any thinking I’m about to top myself, I’m not, I’m far from it, if I did then I would have succumb to the empire of filth that is mankind. To any, and more specifically one, who might suggest religion, the greater being of god; I propose you shove that in someone else’s face, I don’t need to hear about a greater being, he wouldn’t be so great if we weren’t all so bad by comparison. I suppose the total of about 3 people who are reading this final line having read all that I said, I should thank for showing five minutes of contempt in your lives.
Hold on, what if we have the greatest brain surgeon potential lying in a man who isn’t a very good analyser of the English literature of Shakespeare, Mary Shelly and Charles Dickens? He didn’t spot the alliteration, he wasn’t aware that god was personified in the wind; he didn’t see the metaphor behind the word. He is never given the opportunity to perform surgeries on brains, as he was not deemed ‘smart enough’ for the training.
So we bust our nuts to get these grades and earn our place in this so called society, trying desperately to gain respect in civilisation, but why bother? Do you really want to earn a rank in a place that’s full of narrow-minded, naive, ignorant people?
Take a step back and look at the culture we accustom ourselves to so easily. Question it, examine it, and test it, is it really worth all the effort? It is if you earn the rank, if you can pull yourself too the top and commend the respect you’ve ‘earned’ by beating all the rest. But what about the others, the ones who try but fail, who don’t meet the requirements of your ideal world, who aren’t the criteria your looking for? You need those people though, otherwise how will you look good? How can I be good at something if you have no bad to compare me to? The weaker ones are there to justify the strong. You can’t have a winner without a looser, a hero without a villain or damsel to save.
So I ask myself, why should I bother with all this, why try to earn the position I want, and how many people must fail for me to achieve it and how many must I fail for in order to make look good?
Who are you to disagree with me? Feel free to have your own opinions, but I’m sure if you think I’m wrong, or I’m an idiot, its just because you have a higher rank than me. I wouldn’t bother trying to convince me I’m wrong, because if you succeed, that’s one less person below you, you look fractionally worse.
If we all believed the same, performed the same, achieved the same then life would be very tedious, everyone would be bored, and there’d be very little to live for.
I guess what I’m really asking is why can’t I be good at anything? Anything significant in your social order. And If I am already good at it, why don’t I enjoy it. Why must I always be the one justifying the strong? Proving the great, demonstrating the talented. I suppose this all seems a little melodramatic ay? Well, if everyone acted like I am right now then this would be seen as normal, melodrama would be something completely different.
In a hundred years no one will remember me, they probably wont remember you. But I don’t think I want to be remembered. I think I’d rather be forgotten, just a spec on a playing field.
Back to where I started, and where I’m going to finish. Why bother trying so hard for you world? Why waste my time when the day after I die, no one will care, my ranking will be removed, I will be replaced, I will serve no purpose, justify no one, well except maybe make someone else’s grave look better by comparison. To any thinking I’m about to top myself, I’m not, I’m far from it, if I did then I would have succumb to the empire of filth that is mankind. To any, and more specifically one, who might suggest religion, the greater being of god; I propose you shove that in someone else’s face, I don’t need to hear about a greater being, he wouldn’t be so great if we weren’t all so bad by comparison. I suppose the total of about 3 people who are reading this final line having read all that I said, I should thank for showing five minutes of contempt in your lives.
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