The guy in the above picutre. I feel like him right now. But he seems oddly comfortably. Maybe its because he's a cartoon. I don't know.
All's I know is I might as well have three books on my head while reading another surrounded by books in what seems to be a very depressing place. At least just for right now.
I am studying for a dreaded Mr. Sothers' test currently which is not fun or enjoyable or at all my ideal plan for a night. But in the midst of studying, I found the time to find a true hidden meaning of studying as related to religon: Diligence.
I could have used humility, but that means you have to feel confident going into a test and well.... I'm not confident at all. Just as you need to persist and make a conscious effort at faith, you need to do the same with studing or you will fail... in my case miserably.
Without diligence, studying would not get done. If it did get done, that would mean I would want to study and that's bordering on insanely unrealistic. When now realizing studying is a virtue, does that mean its justice? For it to be justice, you need "to give each his due." So that doesn't explain why studying could be justice to us.
Is our "due" studying? I don't see how it is. Unless we are getting payback for all the times we talk back to our parents, bully our siblings, or cussing, studying is not "due" to us. So I've come to the conclusion that studying is not justice.
But wait, I'm forgetting one thing. What about the grades that occur as a result of studying. Studying may not be justice, but when that 'A' comes out on a paper, that's justice.
Studying can still be taken from a religious point of view however. Along with diligence, patience and humility can also apply to studying. You need the patience to study all the material and the humility to realize that your not too good to study. Someone lacking humility could go into a test thinking he doesn't need to study and then when he gets his paper out: 'D' THAT'S JUSTICE.
Justice is when someone who studies for 4 hours gets an 'A' and someone who fails to study at all gets an 'F.' The guy with the 'A' was given his due for studying and the guy with the 'F' was certainly given his due. This obviously doesn't happen every time as some guys who study still do poorly and some guys who don't still can do good. But the majority of the time, justice is served to those who study.
Another example of justice is the constant schoolwork you do for 10+ years of your life and you get home and receive your ACT score: 28. That happened to me today and I was overjoyed as it was only my first time taking the test. It removes pressure to do great as any college I'm looking at will accept it and still I should raise that 1 or 2 points in my upcoming tests. That almost makes it all worth it.
Although in retrospect, it does seem kind of pathetic and depressing that 10+ years of studying comes down to one ACT score to get you into college. And also that it makes those 10+ years worth those 4 hours of a test. Yes, that is unsettling to me.
Now, I will go about rotting my brain with useless information that I will forget about a week later just so I can get an 'A.'
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