My communications teacher Professor Kelley said it the best. When he used to hire people, he said he never cared about GPA. He would actually prefer someone with a lower GPA who had a resume filled with other activities then a boring resume with just a high GPA. His reasoning? Anyone can pick up a book and study, but it's those people who go out and support their school or learn a skill that can't be learned in class are the people that can be seen taking the extra initiative in the future. They're the ones getting real world experience instead of staying huddle up in their room, studying the night away and never going out to experience life. So what good does that do you? Sure, you now become a master of doing things by the book. Sucks though, cuz things never happen by the book.

So let me just say it once again: I'm sick of all you book-smart stuck-up self-named intellectuals who cannot do anything but regurgitate information that they read from a book. Big whoop, you got a 4.0 GPA. So let's see, I study all of zero hours to pull an average of 3.0. I can only wonder how much hours of study are needed to get a 4.0. Doesn't matter. It can be any number X. No matter what, i'm going to say that's X hours too many. Equate that.

Now, with all my free time, I can say that I've learned to repair and maintain every aspect of a car, from changing oil to rebuidling engines. Big deal you say? Yea? Considering car repair is one of the most reliable industries in the US today, I wouldn't say it's something to brush off. So some 4.0 brat might end up making more money then me (again, that's a stretch, since I believe what my comm professor was talkin about), but then, she'll end up paying up to 3000 bucks a year repairing and maintaining her car. Me? I'll be the one she's paying it to, and that's just the kind of money I might make on a given weekend on top of my real job and real salary. The benefits of taking up a hobby.

That's just one of the many things that I do instead of wasting hours and hours for 4 extra points to pull an A. If I get an A, I want to get it because I am smart enough to comprehend it, not because I read the whole book, and memorized every possible aspect the book told me to.

Whatever, I don't even know why I choose to be this defensive. The booksmart people will continue to covenant the worthless A, while the truly intelligent will learn through life, always remembering that it takes more then an education to succeed.