From the trophy generation

[East Coast Hustle]

I gotta say, your two explanatory posts were well put enough that I almost feel like a jerk for calling you a whiner about the OP. I say "almost" because without the subsequent conversation I would still interpret the OP that way. Not 100% sure whether that's because it's too vague about making your point or because I'm just wired to slant it that way in my own mind.

I still disagree about the "everybody makes the team" post but as far as what you're saying about access to and engagement in the educational process I think you've won me over for the most part. I'm still instinctively drawn to the "screw you losers, I figured it out and thrived so why can't you?" mode of thought but now I'm gonna try to start keeping that in check when it creeps too close to the forefront and realize that my instinctive attitude is probably not conducive to the well-being of our society as a whole.

[Golden Applesauce]

I gotta say, your two explanatory posts were well put enough that I almost feel like a jerk for calling you a whiner about the OP. I say "almost" because without the subsequent conversation I would still interpret the OP that way. Not 100% sure whether that's because it's too vague about making your point or because I'm just wired to slant it that way in my own mind.

I still disagree about the "everybody makes the team" post but as far as what you're saying about access to and engagement in the educational process I think you've won me over for the most part. I'm still instinctively drawn to the "screw you losers, I figured it out and thrived so why can't you?" mode of thought but now I'm gonna try to start keeping that in check when it creeps too close to the forefront and realize that my instinctive attitude is probably not conducive to the well-being of our society as a whole.

np.  There's a sweet spot where I'm uninhibited enough to hit the post button, but still coherent enough to write what I mean to say.  I don't think I hit it in the first post.