saturday

I dislike pretension. One of the dangers of working with college students is running across 20 year olds who believe they know more than they do. Intelligence can be a blessing and a curse, especially in the young. If it is not tempered with humility, then one becomes a lonely intellectual who insists to have shunned society, when in reality society has shunned him (or her). Most of my friends are extremely intelligent and well educated, but they do not believe they are better than others for these advantages. My friends are teachers, health care workers, librarians, and writers. They share their knowledge and welcome the exchange of ideas. People who believe the less fortunate, or just someone who disagrees, has nothing to offer will never make good use of their "superior" intellect and abilities.