Me and my macaroni
Car Land Er Son (lost_hopes@hotmail.com)
Tue, 03 Aug 1999 14:18:58 -0400 (EDT)
This could go along with a couple of messages, I think.
In school friends of mine, the smarter one at least, read books.
However I was always sort of disappointed in myself because they had always
read more than I did. After I had started reading and writing I felt I
could have more in common with them. I had read To Kill a Mockingbird,
Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, and other almost quintessential
required high school novels, I found my friends any I could not share what
we both had read. They had no opinions on the books the had read. All they
said was, "Oh yeah. I've read that." They read simply to try to be well
read. In the time in takes me to read F&Z they've read 3 more books that
were once considered great works. "Oh yeah. I've read that." These people
are the smartest people I know. Their intellect and mine I would like to
consider equal. I just think it's placed in different areas and while
they'll earn $120,000, I'll be at home reading Seymour an introduction for
the 39th time with Kraft dinner on the stove.
I think the educational system is somewhat to blame for this
happening but deep down it's the individual.
-Car
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