Laughing, Gagging and Ignoring:
Published 14.4.05 by Porkchop | E-mail this post
"Fredd, your like me, not brilliant, you just work really hard."
I almost barfed when I heard that statement which was uttered by my father.
The man who was offered a slot at the Naval Academy and a full scholarship to Duke, was telling this to my little brother who has been contacted by every major college, except for Harvard. That includes MIT, Princeton, Cal-Tech, Smith, Brown, Amhurst, Virginia Tech, all the military academies... You get the point.
My brother is the type of person who contemplates studying and gives the impression of studying, but really spends all of his waking hours at his X-box.
I hate people like that. Another reason I am convinced I am the milkman's kid.
I knew a guy like that in college. We had Statics together, which was a mechanical engineering class. I'd work like mad all night long and still have to come in early to try to finish the homework for that day's class. I'd see him and ask if he got the answer to number whatever. He'd ALWAYS say, "oh yeah, I forgot to do the homework." Then he'd pull out his book and fling out the entire assignment in about 10 minutes. He had the nerve to complain to me, to COMPLAIN, that it was a pain to be so smart because he'd never really learned how to study. It had always just come easily for him.
Oh, I feel SO sorry for you, asswipe. I'm busting my butt for 2 days and still don't have all the answers and you don't even sweat for 10 minutes. That must be SUCH a burden.
I'm sure he's rich and still not straining to this day. I think he works for Teledyne Engineering now. I know he's somewhere in Huntsville, Alabama making a fortune. Bastard.
At least the milkman had good looks, eh?
My husband was like that in college. He spent exactly 30 minutes studying for any given exam, and the rest of his time was spent with his mouth wrapped around a bong. He would then proceed to blow all the exam curves. He was a Chemical Engineering major, consistently maintained a 3.8 or higher GPA, and is now a practicing Engineer in the real world. I, on the other hand, had to lock myself in a quiet room for days in order to study for a stupid Latin test. I was always so damn jealous of his ability to coast through school!
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People like that, should only be spared from death, to be the sole reproduction capabilities of our country.
Hm.
Good thesis idea.