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serafina20I really can't stand people who knock intelligence. Even if they're doing it because of really, *really* low self-esteem, as one lady was doing it last night, it just really ... pisses me off. I'm smart and I like being smart and I enjoy making myself smarter. If that threatens you, if you think it's dumb or whatever, fuck you.
And, by the way lady, I don't want to teach fourth grade because that's my knowledge base. I can actually think like an adult, and comprehend like an educated adult, write like one, etc. Unlike you, I continue to learn, and the fact that I'm carrying around that big-ass book in my purse isn't because I'm smarter than you (although I am). It's because I, *gasp*, actually want to learn about something I don't know. And, guess what? My students are going to benifit from the fact I've gotten off my butt and decided to learn something new because, even if I end up teaching second grade? They'll learn about John Adams. And anything else I happen to decide to learn about along the way.
I pity your students. I really do. And I pity you. I wish you felt better about yourself and your abilities and could find a way to motivate yourself. I wish you would learn that constantly putting yourself down really doesn't make yourself attractive to other people and that, more than anything, is probably why you're alone. Believe me. I have the same problem, but it's something I know about myself and am trying to learn from. I hope you do the same.
Viva la education.
And, by the way lady, I don't want to teach fourth grade because that's my knowledge base. I can actually think like an adult, and comprehend like an educated adult, write like one, etc. Unlike you, I continue to learn, and the fact that I'm carrying around that big-ass book in my purse isn't because I'm smarter than you (although I am). It's because I, *gasp*, actually want to learn about something I don't know. And, guess what? My students are going to benifit from the fact I've gotten off my butt and decided to learn something new because, even if I end up teaching second grade? They'll learn about John Adams. And anything else I happen to decide to learn about along the way.
I pity your students. I really do. And I pity you. I wish you felt better about yourself and your abilities and could find a way to motivate yourself. I wish you would learn that constantly putting yourself down really doesn't make yourself attractive to other people and that, more than anything, is probably why you're alone. Believe me. I have the same problem, but it's something I know about myself and am trying to learn from. I hope you do the same.
Viva la education.
