Well, it's very soon in some ways, and far away in others. I was just counting the the months (on my fingers) and it is almost the time to go back to school if I was on co-op. Strange. I thought that I would be sick of work and get all antsy at this time of year. I don't miss school at all really. I guess that I might in a couple of years, but right now I am having too much fun and am far too busy to want to go back to school now.
On a slightly different note, Kibbee linked to a really interesting article about why nerds are unpopular. It was a good read, if long. I don't totally agree about some of the things that he says, but the thing that I found was the most interesting was how teenagers create their own "society" because they don't have any real purpose to what they are doing. To me that implies that if they are given a task to work toward, a lot of crap (socially) that people go through wouldn't happen anymore. I guess that makes sense when you think of the expression: the idle hands gather no moss. So true. ;-)
Listening to: John Lennon - Imagine (acoustic version)
A great lyric from The Smiths: "the devil will find work for idle hands to do." Like all lyrics, everyone should formulate their own opinion on meaning. Keep in mind though that The Smiths had a pretty good sense of humour. ;) But on the other hand there is some truth to it, especially with teenagers!
ReplyDeleteBTW, idle hands WOULD gather moss eh. The original saying is: "a rolling stone gathers no moss". It refers to the fact that if a stone could roll for as long a period of time as it takes a regular unmoving stone to gather moss, then it wouldn't gather moss. Again, possibly requires a sense of humour. ;)
hee hee... I was wondering who would be the first one to correct my expression. I put it in there to see just who was paying attention, but mostly just to amuse myself. ;-)
ReplyDeleteJust checking to see if you were paying attention? that's a cop out. I think they even mentioned it in the article I linked to.
ReplyDeleteJim, you say that you disagree with a few points in the essay, but which ones? I disagreed with only one point, that i can remember. Too bad i can remember which point it was. Since you disagree with more points than me, i'm wondering which ones.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to ask you to reread the essay, but i'm curious. Don't feel obliged though.
kibbee: in conversations with friends I'll randomly (or is it??) throw in words or sentences just to get a reaction and see really how closely the people are listening to what I am saying, and how much they are letting their brain fill in with *what they think I said*.
ReplyDeleteI don't see it as a cop out, not when I put it in there on purpose and was laughing as I did it. :-P
C.M.: I'll skim through the article again to see what points exactly. Mostly similar to the ones that Ryan commented on about how school teachs you nothing about real life (the social part) and how the lessons you learn then you just "throw away" later. I feel that EVERYTHING you do changes who you are, and you grow that way. And the life lessons don't dictate who you are, or how you act. You have to decide what to do with those lessons.
http://www.ryanlowe.ca/blog/archives/001534.php
Oh yeah, i think that that was the one thing that i disagreed with. I think that most of the things that we learn in highschool and below are useful, just not practically. They are building blocks for the lessons that will become practical. I think that i agree with all of the other issues in the essay, even the sexist generalization, which i well appreciated. They were interesting and i'm jealous that i didn't think them up.
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