ugh I shouldn't do this. People tell me I'm a self-important know it all as it is, which is pretty laughable considering my self-esteem, but I try not to encourage such thought.
Often I think people call me a know-it-all or say that I think I'm better than everyone else just because of what I do-- astrophysocs. It dredges up their insecurities, and they sort of cast them into the form of me. I tally it up as another negative consequence to being a scientists in an already uncomfortable long list.
That all being said, I like my eyes, my enthusiasm for life, my writing ability-- both in how passing fayre it is and how it leaves me room for improvement in a clear way I can see, my creativity, and my love of the outdoors.
i have to confess that sometimes i catch myself being a bit elitist about my intelligence and education. i have to rein myself in and remind myself that people can still be good people and smart and stuff even if they didn't go to college and all that. (but, really, i'm pretty sure i don't want to date anyone who hasn't been to college.)
I actual put very little stock in education. I know some people who never went to college who are a lot smarter than the kids I teach. To some degree these days college is about money and opportunity and not intelligence.
it's true...which is why i actually bother to remind myself that education isn't everything. (and truthfully, i can be a bit snobby about people in college too. i should just be locked up.)
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Often I think people call me a know-it-all or say that I think I'm better than everyone else just because of what I do-- astrophysocs. It dredges up their insecurities, and they sort of cast them into the form of me. I tally it up as another negative consequence to being a scientists in an already uncomfortable long list.
That all being said, I like my eyes, my enthusiasm for life, my writing ability-- both in how passing fayre it is and how it leaves me room for improvement in a clear way I can see, my creativity, and my love of the outdoors.
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