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I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
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I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
Being in hick town, reading a book here makes you look like Einstein. That said, I get disgusted looks all the time "You READ???? WHY? HAHAHA SMARTPHONE APPS!!"  anyone else get this?
I'm not popular. At least not in a good way, and today on "who's who" which is basically an American popularity contest, I got voted most "studious". I guess being silent, socially awkward, and read a couple of books (I'm kidding, books are my crack) and you get that title. Woo hoo.   
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RE: I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
I was voted "most likely to succeed" in middle school. The kind of success I have in mind is not the kind of success they have in mind.
Hello, traveler.
This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.
Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"
Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.
People are allowed to change their views.
Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.
If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
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RE: I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
(05-06-2014 09:59 AM)no Wrote: I was voted "most likely to succeed" in middle school. The kind of success I have in mind is not the kind of success they have in mind.
Yeah, it's pretty subjective. You might be dirt broke, and working as a garbage man, but you're happy! That's success in my opinion. 
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RE: I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
(05-06-2014 10:07 AM)scorchededge243 Wrote: (05-06-2014 09:59 AM)no Wrote: I was voted "most likely to succeed" in middle school. The kind of success I have in mind is not the kind of success they have in mind.
Yeah, it's pretty subjective. You might be dirt broke, and working as a garbage man, but you're happy! That's success in my opinion.
Being affluent enough to live decently is a big boost to happiness.
I never got any votes, but I won second place in a school geography bee sponsored by NatGeo around 2007. I got a badge and my mother gave me 100 dollars that she promptly took back so she could buy me books I wanted. At least I appreciate books. (That or winter clothing, which I also appreciate.)
First place would have meant me going to the state competition, which I don't think I was prepared for. I still felt bad about it though, because this was when I was feeling fairly depressed.
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I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
I've gotten honor rolls, high honor rolls, student of the month(more than once), most studious, most likely to succeed, second best smile, considered a living encyclopedia(Dune readers can think "mentat"), have some other awards from science Olympiads, robotic competitions, AP distinguished award(forget exact name).
I felt more enthusiastic getting all 100 hidden packages in GTA 3. 
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I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
I got honor roll in 5th and 6th grades pretty consistently. My 7th grade Lexile scores were also, according to my mother, at a level normally reserved for high school graduates (and it was a dip from my 6th grade score). I didn't care then, and while I find the circumstances interesting now I'm not too pressed about my Lexile score these days either. Most of my reading is on the internet now, anyway.
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I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
My peers thought I was going places back in 5th grade. Of all those places, I don't think my graduation will be one of them :(
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RE: I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
At my school we don't receive any award or something like that lol
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I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
I would like to have books. Unfortunately, I don't think a conversation with my parents about buying books on Marxism or anarchism would end well, so I just get free PDFs of books on my phone or PC.
What do you read about?
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I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
I usually win a ship ton of awards at school and really I could care less. It just tells me the teachers think I'm a better person than I am. This is me talking by the way I often use a nicer alter ego for comedic purposes, but really that's just who people think I am. I still have shelves full of books, but I've grown tired of reading them.
Have your regrets, but always stay strong from yours truly, Illuzion.
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RE: I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
(05-08-2014 02:43 AM)I Must Enter a Username Wrote: I would like to have books. Unfortunately, I don't think a conversation with my parents about buying books on Marxism or anarchism would end well, so I just get free PDFs of books on my phone or PC.
What do you read about?
Are your parents mine?? I had to sneak a couple of those from the library. And gay fiction books too. My dad's not a major capitalist or anything, but he's pretty Conservative. Mom hates equality.
And what I read is lately social science books like social norms on boys and girls, college, etc.
Young adult and tech magazines.
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I got voted as most "studious" in my school?
I've gotten "awards" for best couple and most likely to succeed.. both were lies but i accepted the attention anyways xD
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