Time to get bitchy.
I guess, as one of the most cynical people I know, I shouldn't be so disillusioned. It just really irks me to see stupidity running so rampant at this stage in our lives. Maybe getting into college is too easy. Maybe there should be a character test of sorts. When I see guys like I did last night, playing football in the hallway at 1 AM, mocking me by telling me it's past my bedtime, and in all likelyhood WAY under the influence, I don't get mad. I get sad. I can shrug off their shit. I think all of us have taken our share of shit in our lives and are able to deal with it accordingly. It's the fact that the guys even got into what is supposed to be "an institute of higher learning" that makes me wonder. What the hell are they doing here?
Maybe you think I'm going off on these guys for this one little provocation, but you'd be wrong. I'm know, from VI, that Tori knows what I'm talking about. And I'm sure that all of you at more than one point thus far in our college careers have seen the sorts of things I'm railing against too. The drunks, the just plain idiots, the stereo blasters, the people who start food fights, the people who run down the halls screaming at very unseemly times in the morning. Those people.
I'm tempted to blame athletics, but I really shouldn't. There are intelligent basketball players, softball players, etc. I'm tempted to blame the SATs, but without research, my attacks would be weak at best. Maybe looking for fault in something outside of the stupid people themselves is the wrong idea altogether.
As for solutions? I don't think there are any. Not that we can implement in our own time. The best we can do, I think, is to just keep our bodies dry, our minds sound, our stereos' volumes at moderate levels, our food either on our plates or in our mouths, and a healthy respect for everyone else around us. Even the assholes. Take comfort in the people we know who actually try to learn something. Most of the time I look towards our illustrious VI Council when I feel like I'm surrounded by complete morons. Luckily I know a few people here who I can take comfort in as well.
14 days till the end of the semester. I can't wait. Good luck on your finals, everybody.
I guess, as one of the most cynical people I know, I shouldn't be so disillusioned. It just really irks me to see stupidity running so rampant at this stage in our lives. Maybe getting into college is too easy. Maybe there should be a character test of sorts. When I see guys like I did last night, playing football in the hallway at 1 AM, mocking me by telling me it's past my bedtime, and in all likelyhood WAY under the influence, I don't get mad. I get sad. I can shrug off their shit. I think all of us have taken our share of shit in our lives and are able to deal with it accordingly. It's the fact that the guys even got into what is supposed to be "an institute of higher learning" that makes me wonder. What the hell are they doing here?
Maybe you think I'm going off on these guys for this one little provocation, but you'd be wrong. I'm know, from VI, that Tori knows what I'm talking about. And I'm sure that all of you at more than one point thus far in our college careers have seen the sorts of things I'm railing against too. The drunks, the just plain idiots, the stereo blasters, the people who start food fights, the people who run down the halls screaming at very unseemly times in the morning. Those people.
I'm tempted to blame athletics, but I really shouldn't. There are intelligent basketball players, softball players, etc. I'm tempted to blame the SATs, but without research, my attacks would be weak at best. Maybe looking for fault in something outside of the stupid people themselves is the wrong idea altogether.
As for solutions? I don't think there are any. Not that we can implement in our own time. The best we can do, I think, is to just keep our bodies dry, our minds sound, our stereos' volumes at moderate levels, our food either on our plates or in our mouths, and a healthy respect for everyone else around us. Even the assholes. Take comfort in the people we know who actually try to learn something. Most of the time I look towards our illustrious VI Council when I feel like I'm surrounded by complete morons. Luckily I know a few people here who I can take comfort in as well.
14 days till the end of the semester. I can't wait. Good luck on your finals, everybody.
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