"When I think of all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all"
An excellent quote from "Kodachrome," the Simon and Garfunkel song. I was thinking about it today, and I realized: when the fuck will I need to know anything about compression and rarefaction? Why do we need to go through the quadratic equation, or know that the central angles of circles are equal to the ratio of the segment to the circumference?
It seems to me that all school does is fill my head with bullshit information that I don't want, moreso need! I know what I want to do with my life. Well, I have many options, but, not a single one needs fucking geometry, algebra, physics, or any science or math beyond the skills needed to explain sex or the math needed to calculate a tip at a restaurant. Why must we bother futzing around with physics and all of these rules -- which are lies -- when we can learn the important things, like how to deal with women or confrontations? Why do I stress myself out about the difference between a transversal wave and a longitudinal wave? I could be out in the world with my friends, learning how to survive!
I was at the Black Rock the other day with Casa and Maddy, and I realized something: it's hard to even explain how you feel to the closest people you know, for many reasons. For one, you worry about the fact that you KNOW they're already judging you as it is, the way they look at you and you can feel that they wished they were anywhere else. Another thing is that you don't want them to think you're insane or crazy or anything.
So how do we learn to deal with these situations, in which we feel alone and hopeless and confused, and we just wait to jump in to the conversation and expose your flaws, ending up only waiting until you're alone?
NEVER. We will never learn to deal with life because we are so preoccupied with the difference between imaginary numbers or the theory of simple harmonic motion.
We need to organize. Homework is violence. Coleman McCarthy, famous Washington Post columnist and a teacher/political activist, claims that homework is "academic violence." Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not just being lazy. I don't do that much homework anyways. It's just the unbelievable pressure placed on each of us that makes me crazy. While we busy ourselves trying to find loopholes that can get us into better colleges, we are missing the most important years of our lives.
Beyond that, we are slowly killing ourselves. As the years go on, students are getting smaller and smaller. Pay attention, you'll see it. My brother's 19, and he looks like a college kid. Like an adult. I don't know a single student who looks as old as he did his junior and senior years of high school. Plus, our backs are developing into weak excuses of spines, they're breaking under the weight of our backpacks. So, if you agree with me, leave a comment to join the revolution.
THIS AGGRESSION WILL NOT STAND!
Much love,
Will
It seems to me that all school does is fill my head with bullshit information that I don't want, moreso need! I know what I want to do with my life. Well, I have many options, but, not a single one needs fucking geometry, algebra, physics, or any science or math beyond the skills needed to explain sex or the math needed to calculate a tip at a restaurant. Why must we bother futzing around with physics and all of these rules -- which are lies -- when we can learn the important things, like how to deal with women or confrontations? Why do I stress myself out about the difference between a transversal wave and a longitudinal wave? I could be out in the world with my friends, learning how to survive!
I was at the Black Rock the other day with Casa and Maddy, and I realized something: it's hard to even explain how you feel to the closest people you know, for many reasons. For one, you worry about the fact that you KNOW they're already judging you as it is, the way they look at you and you can feel that they wished they were anywhere else. Another thing is that you don't want them to think you're insane or crazy or anything.
So how do we learn to deal with these situations, in which we feel alone and hopeless and confused, and we just wait to jump in to the conversation and expose your flaws, ending up only waiting until you're alone?
NEVER. We will never learn to deal with life because we are so preoccupied with the difference between imaginary numbers or the theory of simple harmonic motion.
We need to organize. Homework is violence. Coleman McCarthy, famous Washington Post columnist and a teacher/political activist, claims that homework is "academic violence." Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not just being lazy. I don't do that much homework anyways. It's just the unbelievable pressure placed on each of us that makes me crazy. While we busy ourselves trying to find loopholes that can get us into better colleges, we are missing the most important years of our lives.
Beyond that, we are slowly killing ourselves. As the years go on, students are getting smaller and smaller. Pay attention, you'll see it. My brother's 19, and he looks like a college kid. Like an adult. I don't know a single student who looks as old as he did his junior and senior years of high school. Plus, our backs are developing into weak excuses of spines, they're breaking under the weight of our backpacks. So, if you agree with me, leave a comment to join the revolution.
THIS AGGRESSION WILL NOT STAND!
Much love,
Will
