remember that kid at school that always showed up late to class, listened to a walkman while the teacher was talking, never did any homework and then didn't care when she got a d+, even though everybody knew she was an a student?

that wasn't me. i was a bit of a punk, but i broadly did well in high school. in the end, i graduated with an a average....it could have been higher if i had applied myself, but it was an a, nonetheless. so, i was the punk kid that was maybe a little underwhelming to some, but still got (almost) straight as, anyways.

they say that the kind of student i described at the start is often the kind of student that ends up in management. if you're an a student, your boss will probably be a c student, because you want the smart people actually doing the work. the best way around this stupid reality is to get rid of the fucking bosses.

but, i wonder how prevalent the opposite situation is, the a student that shows up at work and, when placed in an under-stimulating environment, just...stops...caring. as the d+ student may screw around in class but excels at work, how many a students are there that just find themselves lighting blunts on break and throwing paper airplanes at the boss when they turn around, because they're so fucking bored and ultimately so terribly out of place in the office setting?

i don't know. i know that's what i was, and i know that's what i'd be if they sent me back to work. and, i'd have some d+ student boss yelling at me to stop screwing around at work.

but, i've never been a pothead, and i don't want to be one now.