Questions

           So there's this kid in a few of my classes that always has a question. Actually, we call him Questions. There's always one in every class; those kids that ask when the exam is right after the professor says "Exam on Friday!" When we first hear his voice and realize that it's him who is asking the question, the class just sighs in unison. He aggravates everyone with his irrelevance. For example, in biology our professor will be explaining how two specific amino acids compare to each other, and he'll ask a question like "well, how is that amino acid related to (some random amino acid irrelevant to the course)?" or "how does this amino acid aid in fighting cancer?" It's safe to say that this kid has some form of A.D.H.D or A.D.D., but should we really consider him to be as weird as we do? Questions is an outcast in our classes because he asks about things that we aren't going to be tested on, and if its not on the test then who cares right? That's the mentality of most college students. It's not about the knowledge, it's about the grades. It's sad that this is how our generation views education, but we can't be blamed. All that teachers and graduate schools and employers emphasize is GPA and class rank. It's unfortunate that most kids cheat their way through college, or just temporarily memorize what is supposed to be learned. The only knowledge we are really attaining is how to survive in a dog eat dog world, and that the ends justify the means.