After an extremely long break from blogging, I think I want to get back into this. I have to wonder who reads this and what they think about what I am writing. A question that I don’t think will get answered anytime soon. But that doesn’t matter. What matters is that I am writing.
This is what has sprung me back into the blogging field - stupidity! Pure stupidity. That isn’t a good thing. Just two days ago I opened up the local edition of the Daily Universe and started to read some of the Letters to the Editor. Normally they don’t get under my skin but the stupidity just amazed me. One girl complained about how college demanded too much of her time. First problem, when you do math and send it for about 10,000, if not more, people to read - check your math. 168 -161.5 does not leave 8.5 hour. That is not the point. The point is, if you are taking classes that require you to study 45 hours a week - her supposed 3 hours per class - then you need to change your major and what you are doing with your life! I took 18 credit hours last semester. I never - ever studied 54 hours in a week. Yes I was busy studying and working on things but never spent 3 hours studying for every hour of class I had. I am taking a student development class this semester about studying and habits, and they will tell you that you don’t study 3 hours for every class period. A few classes will take that and require you to do that kind of work but most won’t.
There were a few other articles that all I could say was “hey retard, think before you write.” But I will refer to those as I go. But this is the take away message. We all have opinions. Not all of them are great or respectable but they are our opinions. The most important thing to remember is that when you go to express that opinion think, just for two seconds what everyone else would think about that, or even if you have a legitimate argument compared to everyone else. Just saying - think before you speak or write.
This is what has sprung me back into the blogging field - stupidity! Pure stupidity. That isn’t a good thing. Just two days ago I opened up the local edition of the Daily Universe and started to read some of the Letters to the Editor. Normally they don’t get under my skin but the stupidity just amazed me. One girl complained about how college demanded too much of her time. First problem, when you do math and send it for about 10,000, if not more, people to read - check your math. 168 -161.5 does not leave 8.5 hour. That is not the point. The point is, if you are taking classes that require you to study 45 hours a week - her supposed 3 hours per class - then you need to change your major and what you are doing with your life! I took 18 credit hours last semester. I never - ever studied 54 hours in a week. Yes I was busy studying and working on things but never spent 3 hours studying for every hour of class I had. I am taking a student development class this semester about studying and habits, and they will tell you that you don’t study 3 hours for every class period. A few classes will take that and require you to do that kind of work but most won’t.
There were a few other articles that all I could say was “hey retard, think before you write.” But I will refer to those as I go. But this is the take away message. We all have opinions. Not all of them are great or respectable but they are our opinions. The most important thing to remember is that when you go to express that opinion think, just for two seconds what everyone else would think about that, or even if you have a legitimate argument compared to everyone else. Just saying - think before you speak or write.
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