Dumb People

You are dumb.

Let that sink in for a second.

No, seriously, you're pretty darn stupid, and I know that for a fact. I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but...you're dumb. Now I know what you're thinking - "I'm not stupid! How dare you!" and then you continue on to defend your intelligence by stating your class rank or what medals you've won or how good you are at something. But I promise you, despite your defense, you are, in some way, shape or form, dumb.

But don't worry, you're not alone. I'm probably one of the stupidest people on this planet; I'm inconsiderate, jealous, lazy, and a bunch of other things, and I'm sure you are too. But are you as stupid as me? Ha! Oh, good luck if you are, because you're going to have a pretty tough time with life. But I know for a fact that majority of you who are reading this will find out that you are one type of dumb.

Now, according to google definitions, stupid is identified as the lacking of intelligence or common sense, and intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. To learn means to gain or acquire knowledge of or a skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught. Does that make sense to you? A stupid person is not smart, being smart means being able to do things, and to be able to do things you need to be taught. Do you get it? Probably not. Let me dumb it down for you.

So there are a few different types of dumb people; there's the jealous dumb, the lazy dumb, the procrastinating dumb, the smart dumb, the ignorant dumb, the show off dumb, the inconsiderate dumb, and the cautious dumb. All of these types of dumb people are different, but are all similar at the same time. I know this concept must be incredibly confusing to you to the point where your brain is in physical pain, but I'll try to explain it to you as simply as possible. We'll go in order of the list so it's easier for you to understand.

So a person who is considered as a jealous dumb is someone who uses their emotions to prevent them from learning; typically this emotion is jealousy. You've probably seen a person like this on reality T.V. or in your classroom; they're pretty easy to come by. Being jealous is one thing, but being a jealous dumb is another, because a jealous dumb will find themselves complaining about something to the point where they don't learn how to do anything other than complain. I know I've been in this situation before. During my three years as a high school student, I considered myself to be pretty smart compared to other people; I mean, I took a few of college level courses, only a dash full of low-level classes, and the rest were high-level classes. Because I had decent grades (in total, I had twelve A's, two B's brought up to A's and two C's brought up to B's in the difficult classes) I believed that even though I wasn't the smartest person, I must've been in the top 50's for my class rank because of the level of difficulty of the classes I signed up for. My world shattered when I asked what my guidance counselor what my class rank was in junior year: #106. Now I know what you're thinking: "You had B's and C's on your report card and expected to be in the 50s? Ha! Wow, you're really optimistic, aren't you?" Yeah, I was optimistic, because for someone who dedicated so much of their life studying for high school to the point where I threw my social life out of existence, was only able to achieve a maximum of twelve out of the twenty-one decent meals I should have eaten per week since freshman year, never involved myself with any extra-curricular activities (except track during freshman year) because it would interfere with my studying, and has one of the worst memories on the planet (I mean, come on, you're talking to someone who forgets their own birthday constantly), I expected my hard work to pay off. But no, I had to sit in the guidance office and listen to my guidance counselor telling me that 105 out of the 300ish people in my class were smarter than me and that my GPA was 3.75. What really irked me was the fact that my guidance counselor said, and I quote "...so you're in a really good spot right now! You should be happy!" Listen, honey, I know it's your job as a member of the school faculty to help boost my self-esteem every once in a while, but not one single person in the world would be content with those results, despite if they put in my amount of work or none at all. I skipped levels and I signed myself up for classes that I knew were too difficult for me, but I wanted to challenge myself and let the world know that I will pass this class despite the fact that I don't belong here, and to know that my sacrifices weren't being compensated for created a thick lump in my throat.