Swear to shake it up if you swear to listen
This was inspired by Tuua, who in response to my complaining about Dalton winning everything at Model UN said "I feel sorry for them". My instant response was somewhat bitter: "Yeah, I'm so sorry they have a life of priviledge". I feel this comment was sort of hasty, but it was necessary: after all Parkville was annihilated by the school that Tuua felt sorry for.
The irony was that I saw Tuua's point quite clearly, as in 10th grade I felt sad for her when she told me that her parents were not having Thanksgiving Dinner with her because they were on call. To me, Thanksgiving was about families gathering around a big meal with parents, and it seemed alien to think that one would be seperated from your parents at thanksgiving.
However, I still can not feel sorry for the kids at that school. It might be me being a sore loser, but having opportunities better than others comes with a trade-off. I mean its not like Parkville kids all had laptops or could afford for four days of wireless at the convention center. Anyone who feels that this has been overly biased can talk in the comments...Hell, I may edit this post if anyone proves I am entirely wrong.
Lyric of the Day:
" Do you have the time to listen to me whine about NOTHING and EVERYTHING all at once"
-Green Day: Basket Case
Random Story of The Day:
So Elan and I are playing chess, and he starts beating me. He is up three pawns, a knight, and a bishop. He has to leave, so he tells Juneki to play as him, telling him that it is impossible for him to lose. I don't know if Juneki took this as a challenge or something, but somehowI managed to get to a position,after a weird chain of trades and forks, where I was actually up pieces. The problem was that I had a king, knight and pawn, while he had just a king and pawn. Realizing that this could take a while, we opted to tie. So I guess I can say I beat Elan.
posted by Big D @ 7:17 PM
4 Comments:
It's interesting. I've ranted about this to you before: Had i been born into wealth, I might've been a better musician, or an Intel finalist, or just been a more "accomplished" person. And I'm not the only one, obviously.
But I'm over it. It's all about context. You can only make do with what you have, and in all seriousness, if you have all the intangible qualities you need for "success" in life (professional success I guess), then I doubt it'll matter whether you went to Dalton or went to Dundalk.
So in conclusion, fuck Dalton, because in the long run, it doesn't matter. (Haha, you can tell I'm getting myself ready for a bunch of college rejections.)
well dinesh, looks like ya never herd me all those time where i said "if someone offered me all the money in the world, i'd kick them in the balls and walk away". guess dave would be a case and point- think of the money he has, we are talking litteraly millions, this is the man who fucking called donald trump after the first apprentice just to get on his case. however he is probably also one of the lonelyest men i have ever met because of it- not his personality, but because people are a) intimidated by his cash or b)just takeing advantage of him. then again, maby part of this is because (personaly) i define success less as the cash in your account or the car you drive, but how you feal every night before you go to sleep (ie the state of your mind moraly- guilty, lonely, exc) and the state of your mind when you wake up (do you feal good about the day(s) ahead or deread them with a passion). those dalton kids will never feal realize this, because they are brought up to follow their family's footsteps whether they like it or not, and their overindulgence prevents them from fealing lifes true highs. i'm willing to bet you their victory ment nothing to them, as they expected it from the start. however i could allready see that the fact that some of your mesures got passed was a huge plus. was this because you felt inferior mentaly? fuck no, and besides none of you are. its simply a matter that unlike the dalton boys, you dont walk into a room thinking your gods gift to man (well, not as much as they do anyways :P). and in the lines of work i've done, i can also say that yes, they may wind up in higher positions than us because of conections, exc, however when their in their country clubs, with their trophy wives talking about nothing but work- haveing long forgoten the little thrilles of life- those people are truly the most sorrowfull sight i have ever had the misfortion of witnesing- and given what i've seen in my short 18 years, thats by far no small thing. as far as i see it, they may be prone for buisness success, but as for liveing a truly good life, they lost the second they threw away their asperations to follow their parents footsteps. its as simple as that.
-dan
wow
Im on the internet.
I googled myself to find a story ABOUT myself.
this is kinda cool
hey, my friend showed me this, I go to dalton and went to jhumunc last year. just pointing out that i'm on scholarship as are many kids on the team and following in my families footsteps is not really my goal in life, so idk.
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