RE: Can I just say, and I'm just being honest...
March 12, 2017 at 4:10 pm
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2017 at 4:16 pm by Kernel Sohcahtoa.)
(March 10, 2017 at 8:20 pm)Mamacita Wrote: CIJS...
We have some pretty smart kids in this forum and I'm having a proud moment. When I was their age I was debating if as a Christian I'd experience the end of times or not. Lol
When I was young (high school days), I didn't care about academics in the least, nor did I like school for that matter. More importantly, IMO, during these early years, I didn't allow myself to realize that school is much more than teachers, books, tests, and homework: it is an opportunity to learn to think for oneself, to expand one's thinking, and to become an intellectual leader via going beyond what the books and the teacher says and developing one's own thoughts, theories, and conclusions about the subject-matter and connecting it all to oneself and to the world/reality that one occupies.
With that said, I always find it cool to see AF's teenage members taking an active interest in academics, ideas, and intellectual growth: IMO, it will give them a head start in becoming leaders in whatever it is that they want to pursue. In addition, there are definitely plenty of intelligent posters of all age groups on these forums. In particular, I hope that I am able to maintain the level of curiosity and personal cultivation of some of the members here who are much more experienced in life than I am.