i still like my cameo here haha, i just need my hair back now well written, quickly though it was

Yes...the pains(if you consider the whole social-ineptness a handicap) of being labeled the smart kid. But whatever, once high school is over, I'm pretty sure that the social barriers will come tumbling down. Loved your essay, by the way.

P.S "What's the answer?" was never one of my monikers... it was more like "psst..."

Hmm. I'd always fingered the school system for making me the way I am. I've never had it put in front of me so clearly, though.

I hate to answer questions, go to parent teacher conferences, or do homework partially because people treat me different if I seem more intelligent than them.

The blip, "All of the knowledge we should have crammed into our craniums is little more than a shadow, except in specialized areas we cared to commit to memory..." This is so true it makes me laugh. I know that Massachusetts was the first state in 1705 to illegallize interracial marriage, but I can't remember what year the United States' Civil War began-or ended.

so true... i like it. muy bien

Hee hee...I can identify with this. Yelling out the phrase "Hey, you...what's the answer?" was in fact synonymous with calling out my name in the sociology class (even from the teacher, in some cases). Thanks for revewing my guide to supernatural fiction! I'll be adding some more son...(ghostly noises)...

Hola, reviewers. I've got something to clear up. Right, the theory stated in the first sentence of the essay is an actual theory, and if you were looking for an explanation of it, I apologize. This essay was to be on knowledge and education, not obscure social theories - but there will be an essay pertaining to it in possibly a few weeks. Sorry for any misunderstandings.

Your first line sounds interesting. By not following up on it or even concluding it, you keep your reader looking for the end of that thought throughout your essay, and you reach the end unsatisfied.

I can relate to this a lot. Just about everybody comes to me for the answer, and they think I'm so amazing at academics. No, I'm really not. I can easily get by with A's by just doing all of my work at the last minute. It's a bad habit, one I'm trying to break, but I still manage to get by with very little work.

Umm . . . not much to say on this that you haven't already heard from me already . . . or the other reviewers . . . or everyone at school who read this. Err, yeah. But I do agree on some level.-Mizu

I know exactly what you're refrring to with this. I was one of those who got labelled a smart kid back then. Imagine my shock when at university I actually have to work for my grades. It was a wake-up call, the strategy with sitting back and enjoying life till the last moment won't work anymore. Of course I still procrastinate, I still write papers as late as possible finishing them in the morning after a long night of writing, but I wouldn't be able to do that had I not kept up the work over the semester - which after the 1st semester I figured out I had to.

A well-worded essay, this. My compliments.

I would have to agree with this article. I was considered to be one of the dummer people in kindergarten due to language problems, but when I finally learned how to speak English properly, I took off, just like the smart people you mention. But remember that not all smart people are like that. There was this one elementary school genius who randomly became a punk in middle school. Maybe you should mention that. And I have one question to ask you - What does P.A.C.E. stand for?

i really like your flow of thought.

your phrasing is wonderful, too.

you have no idea how much i can relate this essay to my life...including the girls.