Is fighting at School Smart?
Sept 17, 2023 13:22:09 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Sept 17, 2023 13:22:09 GMT -5
Is fighting at School Smart?
Funny question? Well, since so many kids seem to consider it cool, and to be cool is to be smart, according to them, then the question is really about if they are right or wrong. Isn't it? I mean, as a kid, I did a lot of things that I thought were cool at the time, and that were the smart things to do. What things?
Well, things such as ruining my lungs by constantly smoking until I developed bronchitis and then permanent asthma which means that I was constantly out of breath while everyone else at the kung Fu dojo was breathing easy.
Or wanting to be a leader of a gang and exposing myself to getting knifed or shot and having either my health being permanently ruined, or else landing myself in a pine box after brief stay at the city morgue.
The ironic thing about this, is that my parents were paying good money to have me taking classes at a Dental Tech school while I was going around doing these idiotic things that I considered smart or cool.
Got myself drunk and almost murdered my friend with an icepick thinking it was smart or cool. Almost got my brains blown out and knife in the chest because I thought that my behavior was smart or cool. Almost go myself beaten to a pulp by stupidly challenging a gang leader on his own turf with his homies around because I thought it was smart or cool.
So you see, I know that kids today think they are being cool and smart by fighting each other in school. But I also know that just as my behavior was stupid, for what should be obvious reasons, their behavior is just as stupid as well.
Think about it. Is it really worth the risk of winding up brain damaged or paralyzed because some dude you agreed to were fight repeatedly stomped on your head while you were knocked out cold. Or your having to go around with partial or full dentures for the rest of your life because he kicked in your teeth? Or have a criminal record of violence that will affect if you get or don't get a job in the future because the employer prefers to hire someone who doesn't' have your record?
Is it worth wasting precious time not learning basic skills cause you are too busy fighting while the real smart kids are preparing to be the doctors and lawyers, presidents of the future while you might very well wind up homeless on the street living under some bridge in a cardboard box or in some crowded musty, community shelter?
Think about it. Is it really being smart?
Well, things such as ruining my lungs by constantly smoking until I developed bronchitis and then permanent asthma which means that I was constantly out of breath while everyone else at the kung Fu dojo was breathing easy.
Or wanting to be a leader of a gang and exposing myself to getting knifed or shot and having either my health being permanently ruined, or else landing myself in a pine box after brief stay at the city morgue.
The ironic thing about this, is that my parents were paying good money to have me taking classes at a Dental Tech school while I was going around doing these idiotic things that I considered smart or cool.
Got myself drunk and almost murdered my friend with an icepick thinking it was smart or cool. Almost got my brains blown out and knife in the chest because I thought that my behavior was smart or cool. Almost go myself beaten to a pulp by stupidly challenging a gang leader on his own turf with his homies around because I thought it was smart or cool.
So you see, I know that kids today think they are being cool and smart by fighting each other in school. But I also know that just as my behavior was stupid, for what should be obvious reasons, their behavior is just as stupid as well.
Think about it. Is it really worth the risk of winding up brain damaged or paralyzed because some dude you agreed to were fight repeatedly stomped on your head while you were knocked out cold. Or your having to go around with partial or full dentures for the rest of your life because he kicked in your teeth? Or have a criminal record of violence that will affect if you get or don't get a job in the future because the employer prefers to hire someone who doesn't' have your record?
Is it worth wasting precious time not learning basic skills cause you are too busy fighting while the real smart kids are preparing to be the doctors and lawyers, presidents of the future while you might very well wind up homeless on the street living under some bridge in a cardboard box or in some crowded musty, community shelter?
Think about it. Is it really being smart?