I Dont Understand: Humans
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I just absolutely HAVE to agree to this. One of the main things teachers kept constantly annoying me about in Middle School was that I always tried to solve problems without telling the teachers so they could 'handle' it, and every time I always had the same response: "Whenever I call on you to fix a problem, you never actually do anything to fix it. Sure you force them to talk to you about what they did, but they still insist on harassing me, and therefor you failed in your promise." I was forced into this mindset by all of my years in both elementary and middle school, and in High School the problem of lenience to crimes isn't any better, if not worse. EVERYTHING is too damn lenient. I have constantly told the principal of this school "If you want people to stop acting like immature brats, how about you make classtime more strict?" And yet he has never even seen the problem to begin with.JThai said:
Humans are some of the most adaptable creatures on Earth. The reason for our intelligence is our adaptability, how our personalities are created from scratch from our surroundings.
A baby can be torn away from its parents right after its born, raised in another household and have a strong chance of having none of the same personality quirks of its biological parents. This is because the moment we are born, we are blank slates. Our minds automatically take in and process our surroundings, molding and shaping personalities in what it thinks best fits.
One of the leading contributors to our surroundings is society. Society is the mold for most of your personality, it creates your quirks, your likes, your dislikes, and your morals. Things like households or incidents can modify that person's outlook on society and thusly their personality. Two people can both live in the same neighborhood, but if one person gets their house broken into, that person views it as bad from that society and comes out different than its neighbors.
Due to that person's morals, the fact that they had their possessions taken from them is construed as bad. This is because they held those possessions in value, a quirk their personality formed through society. No one has the same morals. What you hold in value, someone else might not have any interest in. What you wouldn't do, someone else is doing. Is that person "evil"? To you, maybe. But to that person, you would do things that they would consider "evil". Morals construct societies, and societies construct morals.
That's human nature in a nutshell.
A baby can be torn away from its parents right after its born, raised in another household and have a strong chance of having none of the same personality quirks of its biological parents. This is because the moment we are born, we are blank slates. Our minds automatically take in and process our surroundings, molding and shaping personalities in what it thinks best fits.
One of the leading contributors to our surroundings is society. Society is the mold for most of your personality, it creates your quirks, your likes, your dislikes, and your morals. Things like households or incidents can modify that person's outlook on society and thusly their personality. Two people can both live in the same neighborhood, but if one person gets their house broken into, that person views it as bad from that society and comes out different than its neighbors.
Due to that person's morals, the fact that they had their possessions taken from them is construed as bad. This is because they held those possessions in value, a quirk their personality formed through society. No one has the same morals. What you hold in value, someone else might not have any interest in. What you wouldn't do, someone else is doing. Is that person "evil"? To you, maybe. But to that person, you would do things that they would consider "evil". Morals construct societies, and societies construct morals.
That's human nature in a nutshell.
This is not all people. In fact, this is by far the minority. A lot of factors play a part in this. The biggest is probably mental stability. The human mind is a complicated thing and therefor the smallest "bug" can be ravaging if the person is in an unstable environment.Trezu said:
I've gone very close to snapping multiple times and the last time was not so long ago. It's heavy stuff but people shouldn't give up because it's always less hard to get out of than you'd expect.
This depends. Only people that think of you bad, or don't see that the pain is worse than they think it is.
This is simply incompetence on the teachers' side. I'm sorry for that, but realise that incompetence is the worst thing ever.
You're referring to the bible? If you do, you should also know why god created mankind, and know the story of Noah, where all the evil people were drowned.
Religion doesn't save "us". It only saves individuals. That's why, according to most religions, bastards go to hell.
Incompetent, like I told you before. That's not just rashly labelling them, I have had those kind of teachers too. They had no idea what they had to do, even though it should be a big part of their education as a teacher.
I hope telling this makes the pain a bit less; people stop doing that, eventually. This is when they grow up. They become all sensible all of a sudden; even the worst of the lot. Believe me, you are not missing out on anything. Being sensible is much more fun when you find the right person
What the heck? Who on earth carried a dead sheep around? That's actually pretty funny though. I might not have vomited, but be utterly disgusted at least. Don't they get suspended for something like that? You can probably point out who did it. And else school is going to have to find out who did that.
Those people are not themselves. They suffer because they need to, to live up to their "friends"' expectations. This makes them bland and generic and you all the more unique and genuine. You are in control, they are not. That's a good thing.
To answer your questions can all be boiled down to House logic.
Every human being acts in their own self interest at the end of the day.
Every human being acts in their own self interest at the end of the day.
Depends on what sides of humanity you get to see I suppose. And also to some extent what you're looking for and focusing on in it in the first place.
Won't always be the same, there'll be ups and downs depending on your own changing outlooks on life, and the differing social environments one will see throughout life. School is hell for many, but then things usually improve.
Won't always be the same, there'll be ups and downs depending on your own changing outlooks on life, and the differing social environments one will see throughout life. School is hell for many, but then things usually improve.
that sounded like a long monologue from an Anime villain who just set of a "blank" to destroy the earth. and the only way to stop him is to kill said villain.
Actually, most people are quite happy with where they're at, or at the very least, wanting more just for the sake of bettering them self. Just from the context of your post, I'm almost sure you're in middle school, because a lot of early teenagers are the ones who generally hate religion and are self centered enough to think that they're innocent and perfect. Listen carefully; I was bullied mercilessly for 10 years. From kindergarten to 9th grade. 6th, 7th, and 8th is where it was worst. I WAS that weird, long-haired morbidly obese kid sitting alone in the back of the class. I was on the verge of suicide in 9th grade until a kid who I didn't know, who later became my best friend, chose to sit next to me and talk like we were old friends. It was then that I realized that I wasn't a productive member of society and most of the obnoxiously liberal ideals I held were completely wrong. My bet is that you are almost the same person to who I was. My message; bullying made me happy. It made me change myself from something even I hated. I became happy with how I am now and I was horribly unhappy before. It got me to lose weight and better my grades. Assholes in the human race have a reason. They're here to flesh out useful people.Trezu said:
