Comment by _ieq6
6 years ago
> Those classes are all about conformity. It's about learning how to play the game of life and not going against the grain. "smart students" learn to read their teachers and know how to feedback the expected answers even if they don't agree or believe in it. A lesson that's very much needed in life.
> A lot have not learned this lesson and this is why many of us on this site still marvel at the bullshit companies raising millions and wondering HTF! Because those "smart founders" learned how to feed BS that their audience expected back to them.
> I learned this lesson when I took humanities, it was so stupid, but I knew exactly what the teacher wanted to hear when we studied architectures & paintings. It was all subjective and her own opinion. I fed her back her crap and I passed the class.
> If you haven't learned this yet, it's not too late. The world is full on chicken shit.
> "smart students" learn to read their teachers and know how to feedback the expected answers even if they don't agree or believe in it.
Telling something even though you don't believe in it for personal gain is called cunningness.
I see many people misunderstand smartness with cunningness, people who are smart can be cunning as well but they chose not to.
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