I enjoy tests. I really do. I hate it when people complain about when tests are too difficult, or when people criticize me for enjoying tests. Tests truly do test your ability to use the knowledge you have learned. They really make you use your mind. It's quite different from the homework, because most of the time, the homework is a bunch of tedious drivel. But, for some reason, my colleagues enjoy the homework because it's easy. They enjoy easy, and they dislike challenge. Why is that? Challenging is fun! Easy is not!
Here's another thing. I love to learn, as well. But, my colleagues do not. I enjoy long lectures and explanations. It's especially neat to just look at a board full of complex numbers and concepts in Math and to have my mind see it all clicking together, contrary to what my eye sees, which is a big, complicated mess. In History, to be able to tell a story for everywhere on Earth at any time. In Science, to be able to name every nook and cranny of the human body. Even in Music, to have your fingers swiftly fly across the piano keyboard, without missing a beat.. It amazes me, the human mind does. What it can do. It inspires me to read and discover -- to learn. To explore the Earth and all that is beyond.
Back to the point. While I may have been wandering just a bit too far from the set path, what I just went on about just further reiterates my point -- I love learning. However, my friends do not think the same. Instead of paying attention during a lecture, they'll be on their phones or whispering to one of their friends. Instead of taking it upon themselves to learn about new things on the international information superhighway known as the Internet, they choose to sit idle, browsing their Google+ feed and sharing meaningless pictures that they can relate to. Now, for me, this seems utterly disgraceful and a waste of money and time. I was born to a less fortunate family. We were not blessed with good financial status. Born in 2002, I was restricted to a limited access of the Internet for close to 12 years. And now, in late 2013, I have full Internet access for the first time in my life, a privilege that my most of my acquaintances have had since they entered pre-school. They are so ungrateful. They take for granted the fact that they have had full Internet access for as long as they can remember. They don't use the Internet for what it was meant to be used for. Instead, all they want to do with it is mess around on a social network for hours at a time, neglecting their schoolwork in the process and failing to utilize their minds, turning them into a wasteful pile of crap. I'm so tired of that.
Once again, I've been sidetracked. But, my point still stands. They dislike learning, and choose to do something completely pointless instead. Sit around all day and play the latest Call of Duty game while liking your friend's status. That kind of mindset just pisses me off.
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I actually didn't mean to make such a long post. :O I definitely went a little off the rails right there. I'm sorry about that, but I feel much better inside, what with getting that out of my system.
