A Week at IGOR

Well, hi there. I know it’s been a while since you last heard from me properly, so sorry about that, but you know… I’m a lazy teenager.

I went back to school today. For some reason, my school sends us back on Tuesday instead of Monday. Don’t ask me, because I really don’t know, and I’m not sure my school does, either.

Anyway, going back to school reminded me of how much I really hate it. The funny thing is, I don’t hate it because I have to work. Nor do I hate it because I have bad teachers. Understandably, I don’t like all my teachers, but they’re not the reason for my distress. Instead, the thing I really hate about school is the people. My peers.

Now, to clarify, I’m not bothered by anyone at school. I have some great friends there, and they make going to school great. But, everybody else just ticks me off. The people in my school are arrogant and idiotic, and are too ignorant and obsessed with their own world to even have a worldview. They don’t put in any effort with their work, and their marks reflect that. It’s a complete and utter waste of the school’s money, and a waste of human life, because with the effort they’re putting in at the moment, they’re not going to be contributing anything to society.

It doesn’t make me pity them, either. It just makes me angry. My generation has the resources and the capacity to be infinitely knowledgable. We are the first generation to have easy access to the largest database of information ever assembled. My generation are intuitive, and we learn quickly, but instead, we choose to squander all our opportunity being immature, and acting like idiots.

Of course, I can’t deny that I’ve never done anything stupid, but at no point in my life have I thought “School is pointless”, because it’s not, and anybody who thinks that is either deluded, or is denying the truth: that school is worth going through.

I suppose it would be okay if these people were quiet in class (or simply didn’t attend, because they didn’t want to be there), but no. Instead, they’re loud and disruptive, and wreck everyone’s focus. Not only that, but when they’re disciplined by the teacher, they have the gall to claim that they were “unfairly treated”, and then leave class afterwards talking to their friends about how bad the teacher is. If they’d shown the proper respect to the teacher, they wouldn’t be in that situation in the first place, so there’s no claim for unfair treatment. They should just shut up and take their punishment. They deserve it.

I honestly can’t wait until I leave school, and get to university. That way, at least most of the people there will actually be committed to doing some work.

- Callum