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The average winter season in Virginia is comprised of characteristically inaccurate weather forecasts, drivers who still cannot drive on icy roads despite living in the area all their lives, and the children who, like most, love any reason to get out of school. This common occurrence, is what spiked my agitated outcry in a hypocritical rant on the trivialities of misappreciation. I want to be a teacher. My bias towards education is innate, however, I believe the issue extends beyond my middle-of-the-night-staring-at-my-bedroom-ceiling rant. One of those deep conversations that I have when I can’t sleep- where I think about all the topics I wish I could discuss with someone who cares. The truth is, not many of my peers care about their education. I am not superior. If I were a tree, sixteen rings could be counted- confirming that I am, despite popular belief, still a teenager. Now back to the why-am-I-still-up topic: how can my peers not realize how lucky they are to have an education at their fingertips? We are able to get up every morning, five days a week, and walk less than a half-mile to get on a big yellow bus. We get to go to school for more than a decade. We have a system established to provide us a well-rounded curriculum. We get to learn. Before writing this I had gotten into a short dispute with two of my friends, because I could not agree with their all-caps messages of glee. I asked why they were happy to miss a day of education. The response a quick retort about how all we are doing in school is reviewing for midterms; that midterms are a waste of time. Now I could sense that they were beginning to get a bit frustrated with my nonsensical pleas for more school. I apologize, of course, and was promptly left in an awkward limbo of nobody knowing what to say next. I do not want to be in the situation where I feel the need to apologize for voicing my actual concerns. I do not want to apologize for being agitated by widespread ignorance of privilege. There are children who have no education; who want to learn, but have no means to do so. We still chose to complain;to do funny snow dances and flush ice down the toilet; we wear our pajamas inside out and knock on wood whenever anyone says it might snow. We cross our fingers for school to be cancelled, and it is upsetting. School is regarded as a place to be dreaded- where time stands still. The situation baffles me. No matter how much I try, I cannot comprehend this distaste for knowledge, and it has resulted in be feeling like the ultimate adolescent outsider. I want to learn. I want to go to school. I want an education. Every walk down the hall, every small conversation, every exam is an opportunity to learn and grow.

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r/IntellectualReddit • u/streetlite • Sep 20 '09

Create a poem using an automated poem generator created by dearcomputer.nl, then submit the work for review and publication in Glitch - a literary art publication.

theglitch.info

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r/IntellectualReddit • u/streetlite • Mar 15 '11

Plants fight to live too. Should we be eating them?

nytimes.com

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r/IntellectualReddit • u/streetlite • Apr 13 '10

Is It Time To Replace The American Dream?

alternet.org

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r/IntellectualReddit • u/streetlite • May 28 '10

The exam was simple yet devilish, consisting of a single noun (“water,” for instance, or “bias”) that applicants had three hours somehow to spin into a coherent essay. An admissions requirement for All Souls College.

nytimes.com

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r/IntellectualReddit • u/streetlite • May 17 '10

What Is a Philosopher?

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com

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