Have you ever taken an advanced class in school? Were you assigned difficult and usually complex assignments?? Did you ever feel like it was too much to even think about???
If not, well how about these questions?
Have you ever been in a class where you DID understand a lot of the materials? Did your classmates ask complicate questions that overcomplicated the current subject and discussion?? And did THAT ever annoy you???
If not, then stop reading this blog post immediately! Otherwise, carry on.
So as a member of the LDS church, I was expected to take a church class (usually off campus; known as Seminary) all throughout high school. Was was a Freshman back in D.C., I got up at 5:00 in the morning to go my instructor's home to take that class. After moving into Oregon, there was a church-owned building behind the school to go to during school hours. That required me to take a class period off on my schedule. Now the latter method was a lot easier on me because I didn't have to wake up as early as was used to. But as always in my case, there were always Pros and Cons to both scenarios...
The Pros for getting up early:
If you're a good student, it's generally quiet and you could get a lot out of the class. Other classmates would be just tired and usually won't be talking amongst each other. And when class gets out, you are given a lift to school.
The Cons for getting up early:
You have to wake up early in the morning. And there are times when you're too tired to stay awake in class.
The Pros for going during school hours:
You don't get up early for this one. Plus there are times when this class really makes your day.
The Cons for going during school hours:
Well... That depends. For me there were times when class size annoyed me. Other times, it was usually certain individuals that were the spoiled apples in the pack... In general, by not waking up early, the students have SOME energy to start a ruckus... Oh, and there is the factor of giving up a class period just take the class (which doesn't count towards earning a high school credit by the way).
Now don't get me wrong. I enjoyed these classes. I got a lot out of it in my four years of high school. But like I said, there are Pros and Cons. And I'm a no-nonsense kind of guy and there are times when I lose patience. Believe me, I've had those moments.
So what does my religious class have to do with complicating or overcomplicating??? Well, in a nutshell, another one of my pet peeves of course! Specifically during the second semester of my Senior year...
This is probably gonna come back to haunt me, but what I hated about my religious class that part of the year were two things:
1.) The class was quite talkative (And it was under 20 students; numbers that I can usually tolerate!) to a point that the class discussion would get off track. And every time we got off track, it was just a test of patience. And let me tell, there were days when I lost my patience...
2.) There were a few people that asked off-topic or stupid questions. Other times, they would try to look smart by asking questions that overcomplicated an already complicated discussion, lecture, etc. Again, it would be another test session of my patience. If I ever had a question that fell into that category, I would hold it and ask the instructor/teacher after class individually. Ever heard of "keeping it simple"!?!?
What? Do you think I'm a little too serious??? Well, there's nothing wrong with that right??? I mean, can't I choose to be serious in my studies??? I've got nothing against having a good time, goofing off, and letting off a little steam... But let me ask you this:
Would you throw away your future just so you can screw around for the rest of your life???
You have got to grow up sooner or later right???
Now I'll admit that my standards are a little high. But I do question how much commitment others around me have. I also question how much consideration everybody else has when comes to those around them...
Thanks for reading.
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