[I realize now that I should've written more while I was in school.  I keep writing after I come back from my 1 class because it's the only time that I have to sit around and do nothing but listen to some dude talk.  Since I don't learn anything in class, I let my mind wander].  I realized another thing about myself:  I've pretty successfully faked my way through life, which has consisted mostly of school up to this point.  At some point in the future, I'll be able to say that I faked my way through school, not all of life.  But at this point, I've been in school for about 19 of 23 years in my life, so I consider my life to have consisted primarily of school.  But I digress.  I've realized this concept before.  As I was sitting in class listening to how much other people actually understand (which is a lot at times), I realized how very little I understand.  Even the questions that people ask when they don't understand something have more knowledge of the subject than I do.  Yet somehow, by the grace of God, I manage to get by.  And not only that, I do pretty well, praise God.  My secret is this:  don't try to learn everything.  Or anything.  Just figure out the pattern.  All classes are based on a pattern.  Different teachers have different ways of giving tests and different ways of grading, but they all follow a pattern.  You don't need to master a subject to pass a class.  You need to pass the tests to pass a class.  Note to younger readers (if there are any, ever):  don't listen to me; do your best, learn all you can, because you don't want to waste all the time you've spent in school.  I would like to take my own advice, but I guess I just have a little trouble basing my life on my career in school.  It means nothing.  It's just a way for me to get a job and make some money so I can do the things I really wanna do, like drive to Vermont for the weekend to go snowboarding.  Or go to Disney World with my wife.  I have a skewed perspective. #education