A mentality that fucks me off.
No, I'm not against the person, but I'm against what the person thinks. But then again whatever anybody thinks doesn't really affect me. It's just that the condescending attitude that person has riles me.
Let's just say that X is from a reputable school, getting straight As. perhaps a few B3s. He doesn't study a lot, and he only does last-minute chionging, which results in the near straight As.
Then he complains about how he sucks and how stupid he is and how he has already capped his potential. And how studies does not fit him.
Can anyone point out how condescending this person is towards people from, say, neighbourhood schools? I'm not against people from neighbourhood schools, I'm against these people from supposed branded schools though.
Look, you study for, say, 3hours. Then get an A. As compared to some 'NSK' who studied for the past week, and got a B, who are you to complain? That part about not cut out for studying is bullshit. If you aren't cut out for studying even though you're from a branded school, then who is? Hello, you got an A for simply mugging for an hour, are you trying to imply that people who work hard all their lives and get Bs are bullshit? That's the condescending part.
I do study. I did study for chemistry. Although it was only a >3hour session on orgasmic chemistry(organic, whoops), I still did study. I'm not going to go around telling everyone when I've failed my chemistry paper that 'I did my best, I maxmimised my potential, I couldn't do it, I've failed as a person, I should stop watching one piece, I feel ashamed to tread on the same earth as the others, I should be reborn as a clam, I should blah blah blah like I got hit by a negative hollow.' I know I didn't. I know I can do better. I know that I, uh, have yet to unleash my sexual prowess in chemistry. I know. So I won't say I'm stupid and bring shame to people who did work hard, yet lost to me(which would be people few and far between).
That mentality of 'Oh I suck even though I win others' fucks me off.
It's like you're some rich bastard, telling poor people living in slums that you're only driving some Rolls-Royce that is only worth half a million, and that the cost of leather in the car is only worth half of what all the people in the slums would earn in their lifetime. Tell me that's not condescending.
Wait. I don't really know how much does a Rolls-Royce care fetch, and I don't even know whether I got the spelling correct, but the point is there.
Don't like that lah. Show some respect to the others who are still trying to work hard.
I know I didn't work hard. I know I just clicked on my special someone's MSN log-in alert just to see a display picture. I know I shouldn't be blogging this. I know I should be reading my biology notes because I forgot to bring my biology textbook home(=.=). I know that looked like some wrinkled ass. I know.
I don't hate muggers either. I know that people who mug wants to guarantee their success in the academic field. I know that hating them would just mean that I'm concerned but apathetic enough to not work. Which would be something that's quite stupid. There's this saying that I heard on TV: 霸着马桶不拉屎。It was used by a character in the show as a perfect ANALogy on how a girl wants a guy yet doesn't want to marry him. Or maybe it's the other way round, but the, um, saying above was used.
In short, you hate people for doing things. You don't want them to do something you can't, or rather, don't do.
I think that the person reading this would know that I'm referring to you, and that this would be the second time in a day that I sort of 'attacked' you, so I'm going to try to soften the impact of this post even though I truly mean what I typed above.
You're not stupid. Please, if you are, then half your class can go become prostitutes or something. You know that intelligence does not translate to academic brilliance. You know that so why are you bothered? Think about the people below you, think about the people in other schools, think about people who work hard and still don't produce any As at all. Be considerate to your classmates who might have read that post, and chew on this. I seriously respect you as a friend and I do believe that you're clever. If not I wouldn't even talk to you, or take time off my busy biology schedule just to blog about you. You have rights to your opinion, and I won't bother trying to correct you, but this would be my line of argument if I were to try to correct you. Whether you change or not. that's another thing.
But this was a something that made me type. It just means that you matter enough for me to blog about you.
-- 9/10/2008 07:42:00 PM
