Scientific studies have shown that you can destroy a child by calling them "smart." Even when they're very young, little kids know that being "smart" is what makes them special - and so, the first time they encounter something they don't understand immediately, it's a threat. Their specialness is in danger of being stripped away. And if they lose that smartness, then what are they?
- Taken from "The Watchtower of Destruction"
There's fewer things I've related to more than this article. Most of the mistakes made in my life were because of things outlined in this article. I took Advanced English in High School only because the smart kids were taking it. I didn't even like English class, but I _had_ to take English, since that's what smart people did and I was smart.
So there I am, Advanced English in tenth grade. I was among all the smart people, time to show off, right? Nope. I did no homework. Absolutely zero. I just slid by with the confident knowledge that "well, if I did the homework, I'd definitely would have gotten an A."
Oh well.
One thing this article links up with really well is with Louis C. K.'s speech in honor of George Carlin:
Motivated yet?
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