school

I have never been good at school, and I never will be. I don't know why, anybody who has ever met me usually comes to the conclusion that I'm the guy to ask if you don't know how to do something and want to get something done. I usually am that guy, and they're usually write. Certainly no one who has ever read my books or seen me reading Shakespeare would probably not get the impression that I'm the dumb guy. (In truth my grades aren't terrible, they're just entirely average.) No, my trouble with school seems to stem from one more or less basic problem: From my point of view school doesn't ever really seem to be about anything other than doing exactly what your told, every minute of every day.

It's not just that I hate this (Although I do) it's more that I really can't do it, any more than a fat guy could run the Boston Marathon, or a person with Hydrophobia could swim the English channel. I just have difficulty doing exactly what someone says, for no pay. (In truth, I don't think I've ever had a job where a boss wanted me to do exactly what he says in the way my digital logic teacher does, but that's another story.) It's just not who I am, and it never will be.

I'd like to be able to say that there is some sore of reason for this, that some degree of self analysis has given me some sort of insight into what makes me this way, but I think the truth of the matter is that sometimes you are simply trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, and there's nothing you can do.