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 Land of the FFA, am I still stupid?
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Sometimes I feel it hurts to be smart and actually know things. When a person is smart and responsible, he is expected to always live up to pre-set expectations, that usually are pretty high.
I remember in high school people had the preconceived notion that I was fairly dense and I had no applicable talents to anything functional. It didn't bother me very much. Well, at first it did, but when I realized exactly what was going on, I felt I could use their ignorance to my benefit. I got a lot of enjoyment doing or saying something intelligent and look at the total shock in someone's face. When someone assumes a person is dim and realizes later he's actually quite the opposite, they will begin to treat that person with far more respect than the next person.
Also, they learn things. I was rather odd in high school (I know, big surprise). That seem to be the reason for this assumed air of stupidity and/or ignorance. And sure, growing up with problems with reading and spelling also gives people the assumption someone isn't the brightest bulb in the box.
Anyway, the last few days I've been thinking a lot about this. I've been very busy at work doing things anyone stupid couldn't even dream of doing. A lot of very technical and very, very detailed work. Everything I've been doing these past few weeks all come down to today. How today goes will show how effective our hard work was.
I don't want to talk about the details of it right now. I might make a vblog when everything is finished. I won't be able to go into detail, but I can give the basics.
I just find it amazing how far I, a former LD student from a small country town who everyone had no faith in, could go so far with just a little bit of hard work.
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Posted by: admin
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Monday, March 31 2008
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