Glaring headline: Reuters wins Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography for coverage of Israel-Hamas war
Now they are handing out prizes for propaganda that is not even close to reality. I am so disgusted.
MjL 07 May 2024, 3:56 a.m.
I was a Star Scout working on advancing to my Life rank and considered going all the way to being an Eagle Scout. Unfortunately, I lost all interest in academics and accolades after an experience at the end of my first semester of freshman year in high school.
I had always done well in school and was a member of the Honor Society. My guidance counselor asked me to come visit her to discuss my acceptance into the High Honors community. At some point in the discussion, she showed me a list of the other members and I was flabbergasted to see about a dozen names of the dumbest guys who ever existed. I asked how in the heck the dumb jocks got on the list and she said academics were only a part of the qualification. Basically admitting it was more a popularity contest rather than an academic standing. I told her I wasn’t interested and walked out. I dropped out of the Honor Society altogether. I wasn’t going to stand next to jocks and cheerleaders and pretend it was an intellectual community.
This attitude carried over to other aspects and although I graduated in the top 5% of my class academically, I was still expected to take “placement” tests like SAT, etc. I didn’t take those tests either.
So with this disdain awakening in me I lost interest in the accolades of #Scouting. I continued to enjoy learning and experiencing camping and woodlore but couldn’t help wondering how many Scouts of high rank actually earned the accolades or were just popular. The “It’s not what you know, but who you know” adage has always disturbed me.
Last Friday I called my medical supply for a new mask for my CPAP breathing machine. It’s predicted to get here Thursday. This is a fine example of how the USPS is totally borked. (Read from bottom up)
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