Still alive

[JR_IsP]

Just been too busy for college and a little above my cinism average level to answer anything.

Btw, is there a way to avoid being cynical as hell while in college?

 

[Jennywocky]

Just been too busy for college and a little above my cinism average level to answer anything.

Btw, is there a way to avoid being cynical as hell while in college?

Lose lots of games of beer pong.

You won't feel cynical until you wake up sober in a dumpster after graduation with a useless degree stapled to your forehead.

 

[JR_IsP]

Odd. But interesting, tho.

 

[Jennywocky]

Odd. But interesting, tho.

more serious answer...

kinda hard not to feel a bit more cynical when you go on to school, it's like seeing how the sausage gets made. There's stuff you might not have been exposed to, you learn more sides of a topic, and you also are seeing more of how the real world works. Idealism gets knocked down a few pegs.

If it matters, life and experience is always revealing new things. With some things you might realize that what you hated realizing might actually just be the way life works, and then maybe there are some benefits to that that you missed in your idealism. Or maybe not. You just probably won't ever really know it until much later because as I said the process of gaining experience is always opening up new angles on things you already thought you knew.

If you are able to view life as a continually "opening up" of the world to your understanding, then maybe that will help some.

... for example, there's that adage about it's not what you know but who you know. Unfortunately this is pretty true. Originally I hated it. When I realized it actually was true, I hated it more. Then I realized it wasn't actually bad to know people, because they open up opportunities that you might not have uncovered on your own, which in turn benefits you, and it might also put you in touch with people who will jolt your own learning. Connections in themselves aren't bad and can actually be enjoyed. So there is a negative aspect to it (when people without competence reap rewards they did not earn) but there are some positive angles you might not have originally realized.

 

[Pyropyro]

Hmmm... I was too busy trying to survive college to muse and become cynical in the process. I guess having a plan on what to do afterward and moving through said plan would help you avoid cynicism.

Oh yeah, seconding Jenny on connections. Good friends and networks are quite beneficial in the long run.

 

[JR_IsP]

Well, yeah, been trying to make some friends and stuff to get emotional support (mostly). So far, maybe a gropu where sometimes I feel like an outsider, but who cares? At least I've some pals to hang out (most of time).

It's actually kinda funny, cuz last period I started to give some math classes and by now I've won a little reputation of "damn, he's a genious", and... I have to admit I like that (even tho now the rooms are begginning to fill with people I've no idea where they're from).

But hell, sometimes they give too much authority, just because I may have good memory or I just like the themes it doesn't means I'm superior to anyone (...well, maybe to some dumbs, but shh),

Now I'm late to college, 4:43 in the morning.