subcultures of students

the culture of students is rather obvious: we study, we learn, we take exams, we get results. nothing really complicated. but thats when the subculture takes effect.

i know there is a lot of articles about "snobbish" behaviour in schools...and i hate to say they are always true, and thankfully at the same time they are wrong. you cannot group students of the same school into the same group of behaviour, i'm certain that out of a population size that big, there has to be plenty of deviation from the 'norm' or 'snob'.

so basically, why do people pick on this 'snob' behaviour? simple: IT'S DISGUSTING! seriously, it is like "Animal Farm" reproduced, "all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others". ridiculous.

so what is a snobbish behaviour? its like rich-kid syndrome. too much free cash. not paying attention in class? tuition; new com? why go for a normal working desktop, go for extreme 'cool' (despite having the practicality of a peanut). and there is phrase i heard over and over in sec3 and sec4: go to sch to get taught, so you pay teachers to teach.

first of all, its a privilege to go to school. no matter how boring and dry it is, it is still a privilege to go to school (just think of history, when schools first started). teachers are not obliged to teach, they are called to share their accumulated knowledge, and are paid to compensate the fact that they could have gotten better paying jobs outside if they didn't became teachers. WE as students are obliged to listen to what they share with us, to learn as much as we can from their experience.

then there is the issue of practicality. somethings in the world was just made to be a white elephant, with as much daily use as how a nut can feed you for years (aka the use can be counted in miliseconds); others have so practical, you cannot go without it(aka its use can be measured in years). when you finally realize how fragile life is, you understand the money and the most expensive items mean nothing. your mac air can only last you years, but a strong friendship will stretch beyond your death. a good house will last you through your lifetime, but good children will last one generation and will have impact on future generations.

you can look this way and see many snobs. but look another way, and you'll always find their antithesis: the students who are truly students. academic honesty, a RIGHT SENSE OF MIND to observe certain things like individual work. thats not to say we donated our souls to get a 4.0GPA, i'm sure many of us have times enjoyed some good stuff like good food, a new gadget. but they're not show offs. there is the lack of a narcissistic need to be the center of the world.

i think there are several things that define who we are, one of them is our actions. just think about what you've been doing and you'll see how much the pple around you can influence you. i'm certain there was at least a period of time this year alone when i was snobbish, and i regret doing what i did then. in retrospect, it was stupid and achieved nothing.

so why do we worry if we don't get the newest 'toys'? there is no lack of happiness, i've been playing with the same lego set since i was born, never grew sick of it. (i still have them under my bed, my cousin treats them like treasure)

money cannot buy happiness.