Wednesday, October 19, 2005
WD-40 Kind of World
That’s the beauty of life or at least for someone like me who allows himself to be so bewildered by it. Just when a person thinks he has something figured out things like context, perspective, and intentions come into play. Fighting these daily values but not being rigid against them and merely gleaning what can be insighted from their varying point to view is essential. (Can I be anymore vague than that? To immediately answer that question…I don’t think so.) Things change, am I open to them? Ideas get filtered through, am I man enough to try those lenses on and not stay pedantic and trite? My Spanish professor made truths with me today. It was yet another unexpected turn of events…one in which yet again I feel blessed and thankful for. One thing that came out of our very important conversation was…an understanding of the goal of college education. It’s quite simple goal. College is meant to prepare you for a scholarly endeavor. I complained about the mechanical inanimate nature of my fellow students. How they have a superficial knowledge base and are able to perform excellent on tests while not having a clue as far a the true nature of solving the problem. I will make C’s and B’s they will make strait A’s then I will be the one who gets the clerical job at their firm and they will come to me when a problem needs to be solved. At the end of the day they will gain the esteem, maintain their high-falutent title and have the fat pay check mailed to them. I’m in school to prevent this scenario from happening. This is a package based world. I’ve got to learn to gift wrap and sell my soul. I’m in school to learn the pedanticisms and pragmatics…I’m really trying to adapt to this culture, I am. In fact as I type this I’m applying a fresh coat of WD-40 on my creaky limbs, only problem is the skin irritation but I’ll do it if that’s what it takes to make the transition. So until next batty charging…
That’s the beauty of life or at least for someone like me who allows himself to be so bewildered by it. Just when a person thinks he has something figured out things like context, perspective, and intentions come into play. Fighting these daily values but not being rigid against them and merely gleaning what can be insighted from their varying point to view is essential. (Can I be anymore vague than that? To immediately answer that question…I don’t think so.) Things change, am I open to them? Ideas get filtered through, am I man enough to try those lenses on and not stay pedantic and trite? My Spanish professor made truths with me today. It was yet another unexpected turn of events…one in which yet again I feel blessed and thankful for. One thing that came out of our very important conversation was…an understanding of the goal of college education. It’s quite simple goal. College is meant to prepare you for a scholarly endeavor. I complained about the mechanical inanimate nature of my fellow students. How they have a superficial knowledge base and are able to perform excellent on tests while not having a clue as far a the true nature of solving the problem. I will make C’s and B’s they will make strait A’s then I will be the one who gets the clerical job at their firm and they will come to me when a problem needs to be solved. At the end of the day they will gain the esteem, maintain their high-falutent title and have the fat pay check mailed to them. I’m in school to prevent this scenario from happening. This is a package based world. I’ve got to learn to gift wrap and sell my soul. I’m in school to learn the pedanticisms and pragmatics…I’m really trying to adapt to this culture, I am. In fact as I type this I’m applying a fresh coat of WD-40 on my creaky limbs, only problem is the skin irritation but I’ll do it if that’s what it takes to make the transition. So until next batty charging…
# posted by Nick D @ 10:12 PM 
