oh how i love school

i hate school. i hated it then, i still hate it now.

well, maybe not that much in the masters... i mean, i am having fun (a bit) from making fun of my classmates and professors. and i have more fun when my classmates and my professors make fun of me. i mean, c'mon, it's post grad studies... it's supposed to be where the "real" learning happens right? a bunch of smart asses all bunched in the confines of a four-walled classroom, supposedly discussing and solving real-world fucking problems while drinking mocha lattés and pondering the benefits of super-democracy in the consumerist's point-of-view at the same time applying the concepts developed by adam smith, karl marx, che gueverra, sig freud, and donald trump. that really really really sucks! but it's where the learning happens. afterall, UP is the seat of educational excellence in the country. where smart-ass and wannabes all fucking mesh to mold the future of this rut we call philippines. bullshit! double fucking bullshit! double fucking bullshit with cinnamon... hmm.. tasty.

[news break: donald trump is one of the richest guys in the fucking planet. please explain why the hell does he have to wear a fucking doiley over his head? hey trump, wanna fire someone, fire your toupee stylist yah fucking turd!]

to tell you the truth, the most remarkable and significant parts of my education (or miseducation for that matter) were (1) from first to third grade, and (2) post graduate studies, which i am currently finishing.

why is that? why did i leave out highschool and college in the mix?

well, ever heard of that saying.. "everything you need to know in life, you learned in the first grade.." or something like that.. well, that's exactly how i feel. basic math operations, the alphabet, reading, writing, some biology and shit.. all i got until the third grade. everything else that came after that were either duplications or corruptions of the essential facets of knowledge.

highschool and college for me were just necessary evils we all had (have) to hurdle to gain that ever elusive and semi-prestigious piece of paper that society forces us to get in order to have a future... a fucking diploma. yes, ladies and gentlemen, especially those of you who's had the "honor" of graduating from college, we've all been fucking had. oh you didn't know!? you didn't know we were asked politely by society to bend over and pick up that fucking proverbial soap, only to have it hard and fast right up in our tight asses? my ass still hurts i tell you!

anyway, i did go to highschool and college and half-pretended to have enjoyed the fucking ride. actually, it was my excuse to party and meet people.. so there.

what really bothers me though, is the inability of schools / educational institutions to teach kids what they really need in life. and that is... drumroll please... to make more money and to get laid more often. don't get me wrong, i mean, learning about math, science, and english is nice and all, but i think, kids who are good in math, science, and english make for good employees... nothing more.

i mean think about it. geeks land great jobs in multinational corporations and they are paid well. but they don't get laid. tell me, since when did being a fan of startrek ever get someone laid? i mean, seriously. on the other hand, there are jocks who often get laid, but don't have enough gray matter and emotional quotient to even land a decent job much less keep one. so they get their brains fucked silly, but if they don't make it to the pros, which most of them really don't, they end up as either used car salesmen, grocery baggers, porters, or bellboys. talk about poetic justice for these bullies eh?

those who make the real bucks and get their brains fucked silly are the movers and shakers of the world. those who have crazy, out-of-this-world ideas. and there are no fast and hard rules on how to be one.. but don't you think it's high time for schools to device a curriculum specifically designed into molding kids to be a donald trump minus the toupee? or to be a bill gates minus the erectile dysfuntion? or a to be an alan greenspan minus.. er... minus.. ah... did i just say alan greenspan back there? fuck!

i'm out.