Fourth Thought

School is about to start up again, and I don't know about you, but I'm none too excited. The wonderful pattern of putting off assignments until the day before and holding grudges against classes I don't want and don't need. However the meeting new people aspect holds a certain attractive quality. Though I was never born into it I miss the days of apprenticeships, where one would learn directly about whatever job they wanted and never once had to work out unnecessary GE's. I'm going to be a freshman in college this year, and my hope is, now that i care about and am interested in 3/4 of my classes that the increased workload won't feel as much of a burden. High School isn't some place I'm going to miss terribly, at least not until my memory is so fuzzy i can't remember how much shit was involved with being a high school student. However it was still a ton better than middle school. I don't know if it was just me, but it felt like a prison there, it was stricter than high school and the kids were nastier. Suddenly aware of their own individuality (or potential thereof) the kids fractured off into many cliques, and made sure to alienate anyone they couldn't relate to, so that they felt more secure in their own social standing. Everything is relative, and you can't truly feel accepted until you can see someone who isn't. Ah the lovely days of schooling. I used to comfort myself with the thought that all the people who tormented me would become jobless hobos, but with one of the last assholes who used to bother me making it into some ivy league college, I've had to come to terms with the reality that intelligence and hatefulness are not mutually exclusive.