Is there some criteria for the hierarchy of comments that I should know about? I get lost in threads and forget what we're talking about. I'm old. I don't "get" a lot of what's going on in this world today. I'm gonna do something very out of character here and play devil's advocate. Usually I just jump on the bitch and moan bandwagon. Gr…
Is there some criteria for the hierarchy of comments that I should know about? I get lost in threads and forget what we're talking about. I'm old. I don't "get" a lot of what's going on in this world today. I'm gonna do something very out of character here and play devil's advocate. Usually I just jump on the bitch and moan bandwagon. Graduated Cornell in 1986, and I'm just not sure things are so different. The cheating tools and methods may be different because of technology, but so many were there to get the degree, get a good job, make a lot of money and have nice things. Not to learn. I didn't know how to cheat, and I suffered. It seemed that my peers knew how to get the grades and get through it all, and I struggled. I actually studied. It took me twice as long as everyone else to complete assignments, and I was a mediocre student. My friends, it seemed, knew how to be students, work the system and get the grades. If I were in school now, I would be the one NOT using technology to cheat and the result would be no different than it was back then. Mediocre grades, no great job offers after graduation and no wealth. I've argued forever that an Ivy League education isn't a better education, it just sets you up for a more prestigious life IF you know people and know how to manipulate the system. Maybe now, Ivy Leagues will be recognized for what they are. Elitist institutions creating elitist members of society. That hasn't changed.
You are rather unusual. Your eyes are wide open. You know what you see and what it indicates and you're not jaded or highly tooled in the trade-craft of scheming to get over the competition--indeed, you're not particularly inclined to regard your fellow-creatures as "the competition". Somehiow, you got through the winnowing maze with your dignity and your human decency in tact.
In short, the "system"'s intended program essentially "failed" in your case. And, as I see it,
Is there some criteria for the hierarchy of comments that I should know about? I get lost in threads and forget what we're talking about. I'm old. I don't "get" a lot of what's going on in this world today. I'm gonna do something very out of character here and play devil's advocate. Usually I just jump on the bitch and moan bandwagon. Graduated Cornell in 1986, and I'm just not sure things are so different. The cheating tools and methods may be different because of technology, but so many were there to get the degree, get a good job, make a lot of money and have nice things. Not to learn. I didn't know how to cheat, and I suffered. It seemed that my peers knew how to get the grades and get through it all, and I struggled. I actually studied. It took me twice as long as everyone else to complete assignments, and I was a mediocre student. My friends, it seemed, knew how to be students, work the system and get the grades. If I were in school now, I would be the one NOT using technology to cheat and the result would be no different than it was back then. Mediocre grades, no great job offers after graduation and no wealth. I've argued forever that an Ivy League education isn't a better education, it just sets you up for a more prestigious life IF you know people and know how to manipulate the system. Maybe now, Ivy Leagues will be recognized for what they are. Elitist institutions creating elitist members of society. That hasn't changed.
You are rather unusual. Your eyes are wide open. You know what you see and what it indicates and you're not jaded or highly tooled in the trade-craft of scheming to get over the competition--indeed, you're not particularly inclined to regard your fellow-creatures as "the competition". Somehiow, you got through the winnowing maze with your dignity and your human decency in tact.
In short, the "system"'s intended program essentially "failed" in your case. And, as I see it,
_you_ won.