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Skipping school

redpilledmonkey · 2019-03-07T15:04:34+00:00

I found TRP last summer and went through the usual improvements through lifting etc etc. Now after all the success I find myself skipping school a lot partly...

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March 7, 2019

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Title	Skipping school
Author	redpilledmonkey
Upvotes	3
Comments	10
Date	March 7, 2019 3:04 PM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/askTRP
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/asktrp/comments/aydjm9/skipping_school/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/askTRP/skipping-school.221202 https://theredarchive.com/post/221202

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[–]1FixYourselfFirst12 points13 points14 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

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[–]Endorsed ContributorFereallyRed13 points14 points15 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

High school graduation is a baseline. You'll get nowhere in life without it.

Truth time, grades don't really matter unless you want to continue in academia, i.e. go to college, get a masters, go into research, etc.

For the majority of people, having a high school diploma is enough. You passed, good. That means you're not a fuckup of the primary order.

But the tests and the marks are not what you should be focusing on.

You're young. That means you don't know shit. Seriously, that's not an insult. Nobody knows shit in high school.

School is trying to get you to learn shit. They're exposing you to different ideas, theories, ideologies, history. Take that and run with something you find interesting. Not to get good grades, but to increase your understanding of the world.

I had a high school biology teacher that was so cool 4-5 of us would hang out in his class for lunch. He'd eat with us, and tell stories of his life and experiences. That's education.

I still (30 years later) remember some of the wise things he said...

"KPCOF genus species" - catchy way of remembering taxonomy ranks.

"You think shaving is cool now but it gets old really quick" - He was right.

"Never have sex with a girl that's crazier than you are" - wise words.

"Never get a monkey as a pet, all they do is masturbate and throw their own shit around, why would you want that in your life?" - Never got a monkey.

Random shit, right? But he talked to us like adults about the adult world. That's invaluable.

The point is, exposing yourself to this conglomerate of the collective is meant to stimulate you. It's not about the tests.

The kicker is once you get interested in something, the tests become easy.

Stay in school kid. But keep your eyes open.

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