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JinnKai, by no means did I imply that I considered myself different from the crowd... that's what I tried to say by stating that I had gone through school in the 80s and 90s, too. And yes, that experience inflated my self-esteem, until I got out of school and realize how smart everyone else REALLY was.

I don't think I said anywhere that I thought I was a genius... I just said that as a teacher, I believed many students over-valued themselves, to their own detriment. My pedagogical training involved learning to measure student performance and comprehension on as an objective level as possible; just because I am trained to do so, and have my observations of my students, doesn't mean that I think I am the shit. I apologize if my tone sounded that way.

On-topic: I think with age, one realizes what a royal waste of energy it is to rebel against that which will never change. Call that complacency... I would have, at 20. But there are other things to do in life than be angry at unjust authorities (there are other ways of changing an unjust social structure than attacking the authorities).

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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
--Khalil Gibran