Posted on 02/08/2014 at 10:08 PM
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The kid did pretty good and was a better speaker than he thought he was. He brought up points that are cliche but true, like every opportunity being a chance for experience, every failure being a lesson etc. (he may not have said that exactly, but roughly). That thing about standardized testing was definitely true as well, although having heard some of the questions on the TAKS test (again, old standardized test for Texas public schools I never had to take), I'm honestly more worried we have to prepare anyone for that. Specifically, the questions I remember hearing were very basic word problems in math.
It's just that that title alone stinks of a certain pretentiousness. I mean my friend and I are not what I'd call lazy, but we're not about to give a speech to our generation about how everyone else is an asshole. I for one want them all to stay stupid so I can take their money. Y'know, I'm kidding, but when I see people buying holy water from some guy on TV, I think "I don't even think that's unethical of him to lie to you like that; if you're that dumb, you had it coming."