So yes, this shall be my very first post. Prior to this, I have absolutely no idea on what Tumblr is, until my internet savvy sister told me that this is THE BLOGGING THING around to watch out for. “Forget about LiveJournal, Blogger and WordPress, bro. They suck.” said my sister. And so here I am trying to test the validity of her statement.
I used to blog on Taiwanese Mandarin blog service provider, Wretch. Unfortunately, they disabled embedding music on blogs, something which will irritate the hell out of music lovers around the world. And hence, my other reason to switching to Tumblr, for I hear this cool thing allows sharing of music through blogs. Cool stuff !
Anyway, what’s up with my title today ? The Smart Ones. I believe all of us with some form of education would have encountered this group of intellectuals during our academic career. Well, considering that I am in my Honors Class for Sociology, doesn’t that make me one of them ?
Technically, yes, if we are comparing with the rest who did not qualify for Honors. But as the saying goes : 人外有人，天外有天。There are always gonna be people better than you. That sucks , huh ?
And so I just finished Social Memory class and it’s one hell of an interesting perspective of society. But it gets challenging when you try to match yourself with the few smart ones in class who can see things from perspectives that elude you. And you go “Damn, why didn’t I see that?” Or “Wow. They are good”.
When I was younger, I hated The Smart Ones. I thought they were showing off their intelligence and insensitive to the ones less smart. But now, I don’t know. Because the class in a seminar, contributing ideas to the class is a big deal. It is the driving force that turns academia, that makes academia relevant.
So, the question is:If you have The Smart Ones in your class, would you see them as showing off to the professor that “Hey, look here dude. I know something that they don’t! Better give me some more credits, aight?” or should we see them as truly, sincerely wanting to contribute to the class for the advancement of academia and therefore mankind ?
Hmmmm.
What will happen to them years after graduation? Will The Smart Ones become The Successful Ones? Or will The Less Smart Ones be the The Eventually Admired Ones?
I am thinking too much.
