<p>I still have sympathy for friends and things, but I don’t have sympathy for the people who always complain about teachers and assignments. Especially those who tell me I’m “lucky” when I get a good grade or stuff like that.</p>
<p>@fizix2</p>
<p>If you want to take an AP Physics class because you’re interested in learning Physics of if you love history and want to take an AP History class, I’m fine with that. I was talking about kids who think its necessary to take 13 AP classes in high school just because it looks good and not because they’re legitimately interested in them.</p>
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<p>xD don’t worry. I’m pretty certain that “brain space” is infinite scientifically. it’s just the time it takes to process the information that is limiting</p>
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<p>Feel free to go have autoerotic brainsex with your SAT score. I’d rather spend my time forming meaningful, trust-based human relationships, thank you very much.</p>
<p>@jimbo: that’s hilarious
@yankee: what about kids whose interest is learning itself?
@fizi: I don’t need friends for mental health - I have enough milligrams of lexapro to keep me relatively sane</p>
<p>The one downside about me getting on CC is that I’m genuinely shocked when I realize that people from the real world do not have ultra-mega-high standardized test scores, perfect grades, or academic obsessions. They don’t scramble to go to a million EC’s, fret about how competitive their schedules are, or worry about their “chances” to elite institutions. </p>
<p>They’re just people.</p>
<p>I no longer feel compassion for my fellow man =D =D =D</p>
<p>i know…my parents asssume everyone is like me and are shocked when they are not. like i was saying how my best friend is running for treasurer and my mom goes “why isn’t she running for president or VP” xD</p>
<p>In the future, everyone will run for President of the United States. They will all get first place ribbons and they’ll carefully photocopy them and paperclip them to their resumes. A half-dozen people will get grand prizes, and they’ll go to the UN, where they’ll participate in Scantron Races with the other nice little boys and girls from the other countries, and they’ll all get participation stickers. The highest scorer will win the honor of 500 free volunteer hours, and every few months he’ll be flown into New York to fill out a multiple-choice foreign policy memo. </p>
<p>It will go like this </p>
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<li><p>The United State is at war with _________
(a) Lebanon
(b) Uzbekystan
(c) Sweden
(d) the mental health of its children
(e) Cuba</p></li>
<li><p>_______________ is/are a universal human right.
(a) Water
(b) Houses
(c) Ph.Ds
(d) Food
(e) A functioning economy</p></li>
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<p>and so on. All the answers will immediately be adopted as policy, since the winner would have already proven himself to be the most capable human being alive. </p>
<p>Then, he will have a fill-in-the-blank essay on the effectiveness of the past two-month period. The UN delegates will read it and give themselves a score out of 6 based on the evaluation. It will go something like (with the brackets holding example filled-in blanks)</p>
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<p>The essay will have three body paragraphs and a conclusion (to be written in the reverse order of the introduction and with the help of an online thesaurus—we have to be modern, after all, as this is the future we’re talking about).</p>
<p>This is rational, as long as you alter your behaviour in more dire situations.</p>
<p>Although in general I’ve noticed that I personally am better at empathizing than sympathizing.</p>
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<p>They do at elite institutions!</p>
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<p>What are your definitions of those?</p>
<p>Meaning I am able to feel their emotions but I do not actually care about them.</p>
<p>Oh, interesting.</p>
<p>LOL I love my friends. But I’ve found that after CC, I notice that I tend to get more frustrated with the more, uh, intellectually challenged of them. I’ve lost a lot of sympathy for those type of people. It’s made me stronger, I guess! Now whenever a stupid girl comes up to me and says something annoying etc, whereas before I would’ve probably smacked her or said something equally as insulting back, I just tend to walk away now. It’s more like a thought of, “guuurl, you ain’t goin to college.” I used to sympathize for that part of the population. Now…</p>
<p>Meh. But CC hasn’t changed me so much as in to become a heartless biiiitch. 
8th Graders, you guys need to loosen up and still socialize. Please.</p>
<p>I suppose I’ve become less sympathizing at those who are disappointed with their grades and haven’t tried that hard. I realize their definition of hard is different from mine, but it seems like so little… (my friend was talking to me about college in the beginning of the year). I AM nice, I just can’t say anything reassuring anymore, like the OP</p>
<p>Okay reading these posts made me realize that I didn’t make something clear:</p>
<p>My life isn’t revolved around SAT, grades, etc. I actually have friends and a social life. In the beginning when I said I rather be stuffing my brain with SAT words was an example of what I could do instead of listening to their constant whining.</p>