I've come to accept that I was retarded as a teenager, not through any failing of my own, but because teenagers are all retarded. Being upset at yourself for being stupid as a teen is like being upset that you used to shit yourself as a baby. It's just what babies do. Can't be helped.
My problem was I was intelligent but not wise. Meaning I could argue with most of my teachers and win, yet their position would more closely reflect reality. And I am stubborn.
My frustration isn't simply that I was deceived but that I know people who are like I once were are being deceived today. My story isn't unique. How to keep others from making the same mistake. Or barring that, being able to later recognize the a mistake?
I've come to accept that I was retarded as a teenager, not through any failing of my own, but because teenagers are all retarded. Being upset at yourself for being stupid as a teen is like being upset that you used to shit yourself as a baby. It's just what babies do. Can't be helped.
My problem was I was intelligent but not wise. Meaning I could argue with most of my teachers and win, yet their position would more closely reflect reality. And I am stubborn.
My frustration isn't simply that I was deceived but that I know people who are like I once were are being deceived today. My story isn't unique. How to keep others from making the same mistake. Or barring that, being able to later recognize the a mistake?