tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682036990627515116.post3081203108415158023..comments2024-03-21T18:41:05.522-04:00Comments on Brigid Brockway is Technically a Writer: I'm not a role model, but I play one on TVBrigid Daull Brockwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06808132338148865533noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682036990627515116.post-49377932071820699732010-06-15T22:20:00.834-04:002010-06-15T22:20:00.834-04:00I myself was peer pressured into taking Honors Com...I myself was peer pressured into taking Honors Comparative Political Systems and AP Latin IV my senior year. It was horrible.Brigid Daull Brockwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808132338148865533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682036990627515116.post-32527582840114300752010-06-15T09:54:36.776-04:002010-06-15T09:54:36.776-04:00I've seen that kind of attitude in kids too. ...I've seen that kind of attitude in kids too. I don't know when kids get to be the age when being smart was uncool, but I can say that it's mostly an American phenomenon. As an Asian-American kid growing up, it wasn't so much a choice of getting good grades or not, it was more of how many AP and Honors classes I was going to take on top of that. My parents made it very clear that my main job as a kid was to get good grades, and the proverbial shit would hit the fan if I ever got a B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682036990627515116.post-31912453193288821262010-06-14T22:10:51.707-04:002010-06-14T22:10:51.707-04:00I apparently had two good things going for me in l...I apparently had two good things going for me in life, one was that my parents tried as early as I could understand that at least to a certain degree what other people think doesn't really matter. If you're good at something and enjoy doing it then be proud of what you do and show it. Fortunately for me I fell into a group of people in high school, college, and since that seem to have been raised with a similar ethic. It was cool to be smart... as a matter of fact it was even cooler to be smart in an unconventional or unique way. <br /><br />I hope to raise my kids the same way. I will be proud of whatever they decide to do with their lives, but if they do go into professional sports then I hope they'll be one more like Michael Jordan, the type of role model that was one for more than his skills in basketball, not one that can look at the camera with a straight face and take pride in ignorance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682036990627515116.post-33451399715373759682010-06-14T19:30:03.755-04:002010-06-14T19:30:03.755-04:00Man, we've got a whole damn political movement...Man, we've got a whole damn political movement in this country based around the idea that education makes you untrustworthy, and thinking about things makes you a bad person. At least Kobe isn't legislating anything.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490102537399222213noreply@blogger.com