How sad is it that I have an A average and am still the antisocial psycho that is me?

Now you may think that this is just going to be some insane rant about how sorry for myself i am, but that'd be wrong. That having been said, let's get started.

I've noticed recently, that many people in this world change themselves to conform to an image, or ideal. I'm no exception to this. I've noticed that since I came to this school in Gr.4, people have become nicer to me every year, and i have subsequently been dumbing myself down. It seems that if you use a large vocabulary etc. that people don't seem to like you as much.

That is not to say that you have to let your grades fall as well to become popular. My friend has been popular forever, and up untill last year retained an A average. So the key is not to destroy your academic life, but to simply sound less serious and more casual in conversation.

That said, there is another stereotype I would like to address. It seems that I you are cool, or a punk, etc. that stereotype is to be stupid. Also, the stereotype for an intelligent person is preppy and condescending. Take for example some famous rock stars.

What do Marilyn Manson (aka Brian Hugh Warner), Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne all have in common (other than being famous rockstars)? They are all very intelligent, to the point that Cooper and Manson both have University Degrees. This highly contradicts both the stereotype of a punk (if they can be labeled as that) and the stereotype of an intelligent person.

All of these artists have their various addictions, whether it's drugs (Ozzy and Cooper)or alchohol (Manson). This shows that rich people tend to get more messed up than poor people. That seems to contradict the fact that when a parent sends their kid to a private school, part of their motive is always to keep their kid clean. Little do they know that it is actually the rich, preppy kids that get high or drunk more than anyone.

This just goes to show you that a book should never be judged by it's cover. After all, if life has gone to show us anything, it's that looks can be very deceptive. On a side note, You don't need to be "gangsta" top be cool, and you don't need to be preppy and condescending to be smart. when put into moderation, they can both be utelised. After all, those anti-social beliefs and questions toward "The System" had to have stemmed from someone intelligent, as it takes someone that is at least a little bit perceptive to notice these flaws in the first place.

Wow. That went from "you don't have to be a dork to be smart" to a complex ethical discussion on how you should look at someone. Sad.

Signing off for the night, Me.