Random thought: Why is it that while growing up, people are always asking us what we want to be when we grow up? Knowing that if the answer isn't 'lawyer' or 'doctor' they're gonna try and change our mind. I mean, don't ask the question if you're just gonna discourage the damn answer! Why make it so that when we go through school we're struggling trying to make the grades in classes that we hate because we don't give a shit about the material? Why make it so that when we start working we… Continue

So I met this girl the other day; 18 years old, sophomore at Stanford University, Bio-Engineering major, aspires to be a heart or brain surgeon. Here's the thing... her parents sent her to boarding school for her middle and secondary school years. Now this does not necessarily correspond however she is not the only person that I have met that has emerged a semi-genius from attending boarding school. There are certain character traits that they possess that I see in few human beings; they are… Continue