The kind of writing that strikes gold
Today, I read this article.
There are so many things that struck a chord with me in it, that no matter how long it was, I kept latching on to new thoughts like gold nuggets.
"False sense of self-worth" (when "better at X" becomes simply "better").
"An elite education not only ushers you into the upper classes; it trains you for the life you will lead once you get there".
"Entitled mediocrity".
And the paragraph about people having an independent spirit. Just as I had begun to consider trying to conform, this bit shows me that there's a place for people like me... and writes it very flatteringly, to boot.
I think I'm a great case study to illustrate the "boys' / girls' club" of elite education, rofl. No matter how badly I always do at school, somehow I am never stripped of all those labels that carried me through pri/sec/JC life. Luckily though, this has usually had more or less benign consequences so far... I think.
There are so many things that struck a chord with me in it, that no matter how long it was, I kept latching on to new thoughts like gold nuggets.
"False sense of self-worth" (when "better at X" becomes simply "better").
"An elite education not only ushers you into the upper classes; it trains you for the life you will lead once you get there".
"Entitled mediocrity".
And the paragraph about people having an independent spirit. Just as I had begun to consider trying to conform, this bit shows me that there's a place for people like me... and writes it very flatteringly, to boot.
I think I'm a great case study to illustrate the "boys' / girls' club" of elite education, rofl. No matter how badly I always do at school, somehow I am never stripped of all those labels that carried me through pri/sec/JC life. Luckily though, this has usually had more or less benign consequences so far... I think.