Assignment #4 "Educated one V Uneducated one"
Please note the work below is a rough draft. As a matter of fact the Professor didn't even ask for it as of yet., I wrote this back on the 13th. I am posting it anyhow just so I can track my progress as I go through this class.
Bob and John grew up in the same city, but it might as well been different planets. Bob’s parents had all the time in the world to look after him and got him reading at an early age. Bob’s mom at one point learned that reading to your children young positively affects their learning. Bob’s dad, a big wig at the office, had enough vacation time left over so he could spend it with his wife and newborn son. They started a college fund and a bright new future for Bob.
John was just a couple of miles down the road. His mom and dad didn’t read much about new ways to bring children up smarter, they were just glad that John was born. There were many health complications and John was born early. With his dad always working, John’s dad was like a stranger in the house. When he wasn’t at work he was at the bar trying to get over the stress of a bad job and a new son.
With Bob’s parents in his corner he was defeating anything life put in his path. John just tried to avoid his parents and the problems life gave him. It’s still a wonder to his parents how John got into a specialized High School, but it wasn’t a surprise to John. Sure John got into trouble but he always knew he was smart, he just didn’t care. He would get average grades during the year so he wouldn’t get a letter sent home to his parents, which annoyed his teachers to no end because they knew how smart he was. Then when the finals came John aced them, not because of the sense of satisfaction one would get from doing well, but just to anger his teachers! The student sitting next to him in this specialized High School hated John because of these antics. This student was Bob.
Bob was always a great student and was never satisfied with just an A. He would do extra credit, stay behind after class was done to discuss with the teacher how he could be a better student and yes how the teacher could be a better instructor. But they also talked about how students like John could do almost as well overall and still not care. Bob decided he should speak to John, he figured he might be able to get through to him better than a teacher would.
John did not quite understand why this “nerd”, this “teachers pet” that went by the name of Bob was trying to get his attention. Perhaps he needed change for a ten dollar bill or something. For John there was no other reason why Bob would want to speak with him. John had seen the looks he got from the teachers and Bob and he knew he wasn’t liked. “Hey John can I speak to for a bit?” spit out Bob in short breaths, he had been running after him, at the same time John wished he had run from this conversation. “What!” John said curtly. “What’s up with you John? You are always getting great grades, though not as high as mine, but you are even being considered for honors society?”. “What’s you point?” said John, getting angry that he was wasting his brain power on trying to find out what Bob’s ulterior motive was. “You don’t like me do you John?” “Hell no” said John “Why do you ask?” “Well then why are you doing so well on these tests, do you really want to make the honors society, not your type of crowd right?” “Just to piss you guys off, maybe I will join honors society!” “Great maybe we will be friends” Bob retorted and then continued: “Just think of all that time we will spend together, perhaps we will work on a project for the school newspaper together”. Bob’s insides turned when he said that, to think that he would be paired up with John, with someone who didn’t care about how others thought of him, who didn’t care about his career, his future! This would dent Bob’s faith in the educational system. John thought about the same thing but as in a mirror “I won’t be caught dead with creeps like Bob who just want a diploma so they can get a dead end 9 to 5 job that will give him stock options” thought John. “Listen Bob, you can have your honors thing a ma jig and all that comes with it I don’t care, peace”
John eventually left school. It was easier then having to deal with Bob and like minded folk. Maybe John thought that he would be a burden to all those bright young minds, the future of this country, or maybe he did not want to be caught dead breathing the same air as the geeks in the honors society. Bob was satisfied that he might of helped rid the school of some malcontent, some loser who was going to end up driving the cab he might hail one day or prepare the food he might order.
John was satisfied as well: he got a job at a restaurant, one that Bob and his friends frequented. He just couldn’t wait until Bob and maybe a teacher came in for some dinner. He dreamed about preparing that order.
“The Educated one V the Uneducated one”
Bob and John grew up in the same city, but it might as well been different planets. Bob’s parents had all the time in the world to look after him and got him reading at an early age. Bob’s mom at one point learned that reading to your children young positively affects their learning. Bob’s dad, a big wig at the office, had enough vacation time left over so he could spend it with his wife and newborn son. They started a college fund and a bright new future for Bob.
John was just a couple of miles down the road. His mom and dad didn’t read much about new ways to bring children up smarter, they were just glad that John was born. There were many health complications and John was born early. With his dad always working, John’s dad was like a stranger in the house. When he wasn’t at work he was at the bar trying to get over the stress of a bad job and a new son.
With Bob’s parents in his corner he was defeating anything life put in his path. John just tried to avoid his parents and the problems life gave him. It’s still a wonder to his parents how John got into a specialized High School, but it wasn’t a surprise to John. Sure John got into trouble but he always knew he was smart, he just didn’t care. He would get average grades during the year so he wouldn’t get a letter sent home to his parents, which annoyed his teachers to no end because they knew how smart he was. Then when the finals came John aced them, not because of the sense of satisfaction one would get from doing well, but just to anger his teachers! The student sitting next to him in this specialized High School hated John because of these antics. This student was Bob.
Bob was always a great student and was never satisfied with just an A. He would do extra credit, stay behind after class was done to discuss with the teacher how he could be a better student and yes how the teacher could be a better instructor. But they also talked about how students like John could do almost as well overall and still not care. Bob decided he should speak to John, he figured he might be able to get through to him better than a teacher would.
John did not quite understand why this “nerd”, this “teachers pet” that went by the name of Bob was trying to get his attention. Perhaps he needed change for a ten dollar bill or something. For John there was no other reason why Bob would want to speak with him. John had seen the looks he got from the teachers and Bob and he knew he wasn’t liked. “Hey John can I speak to for a bit?” spit out Bob in short breaths, he had been running after him, at the same time John wished he had run from this conversation. “What!” John said curtly. “What’s up with you John? You are always getting great grades, though not as high as mine, but you are even being considered for honors society?”. “What’s you point?” said John, getting angry that he was wasting his brain power on trying to find out what Bob’s ulterior motive was. “You don’t like me do you John?” “Hell no” said John “Why do you ask?” “Well then why are you doing so well on these tests, do you really want to make the honors society, not your type of crowd right?” “Just to piss you guys off, maybe I will join honors society!” “Great maybe we will be friends” Bob retorted and then continued: “Just think of all that time we will spend together, perhaps we will work on a project for the school newspaper together”. Bob’s insides turned when he said that, to think that he would be paired up with John, with someone who didn’t care about how others thought of him, who didn’t care about his career, his future! This would dent Bob’s faith in the educational system. John thought about the same thing but as in a mirror “I won’t be caught dead with creeps like Bob who just want a diploma so they can get a dead end 9 to 5 job that will give him stock options” thought John. “Listen Bob, you can have your honors thing a ma jig and all that comes with it I don’t care, peace”
John eventually left school. It was easier then having to deal with Bob and like minded folk. Maybe John thought that he would be a burden to all those bright young minds, the future of this country, or maybe he did not want to be caught dead breathing the same air as the geeks in the honors society. Bob was satisfied that he might of helped rid the school of some malcontent, some loser who was going to end up driving the cab he might hail one day or prepare the food he might order.
John was satisfied as well: he got a job at a restaurant, one that Bob and his friends frequented. He just couldn’t wait until Bob and maybe a teacher came in for some dinner. He dreamed about preparing that order.
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