The Wonderful Logic of Individualism

The Wonderful Logic of Individualism

In a wood, there lay a bundle of sticks tied together. One day, someone tried to break the bundle in half. But they could not be broken. A little way away lay a single stick. With a quick snap!, it broke in two and was less of a stick than it had ever been.

The stick had enjoyed his selfish, lonely life. He had lived as an individual. He developed his own thoughts and ideas, ones too precious to be shared with anyone else. They probably wouldn't understand anyway.
The stick relied on no one but himself for his food, entertainment, transportation and the like.

He was independent in every way.

The food he ate he bought himself with money he earned himself by doing a self-employed job which he paid himself for. He even minted the money alone, in the name of self-reliance.

The stick had tried university but found he wasn't a stickler for the many rules and regulations. People were forever advising him on what to do and how to do it, to which he replied that he was an individual. They tried to put many ideas into his head but he was too clever for them, and thought up all his ideas entirely on his own. After all, he had taught himself to read and write. He had taught himself language.

He even had invented language.

He did not like the idea everyone else implied, when they all wore the same clothes, that he should follow fashion too. Sometimes, he didn't even wear clothes because clothes were for the masses, the sheep. When it was cold, he wore clothing that he had made and designed, and for which he had picked the cotton to weave the material, and created dyes to dye the cloth with.

He also made his own car.
No one could tell the stick what speed he could drive at.

The stick tried church but found that Christianity was just about him and God - church was unnecessary.  After all, there was that verse in Revelations saying that Jesus would be returning to earth one day to take to Himself His bride, stick.

Ah, stick. He died a successful and unloved stick. No one loved him because no one knew him. And he never knew love, because he was an individual.

Best Study Tips

First year university is some tough peanut butter.

I'm writing this for you high-fliers who want to do your best, reach your potential, show the world what you got! Ya, that was me at the beginning of 2012. At the end of it, I passed all of my 20 subjects, with 8 distinctions (75% +). And I want you to do better than me. So here are the secrets revealed.

1. Wander around your house or res. Just keep your mind clear and keep walking. Sooner or later you will land up at your study desk. When you get there, there may be notes around. Don't touch them. Stare at them, still keeping your mind clear. Walk out the room. Repeat.

2. Whatever pillows you own, throw them out this instant. .......(waiting for you to bin them).....from now on, you will use your textbooks as pillows. This way, the information will be absorbed straight into your cranium overnight! For 7 hours straight!

3. When in lectures, pay careful attention to what the lecturer is wearing as this will give you insight into your subject material. E.g. Is she wearing black? The information she is sharing with you in that lecture will probably only be important at night time. Is she wearing a lot of makeup? The lecture will only be necessary in 54% of your life.

4. During the night, wake up once every hour, go to the kitchen and fix yourself a glass of milk with a tablespoon of honey in it. Make sure you drink it in 5 sips, but on the third hour, drink it in two. The last time: be sure to wash your glass so that nobody will know.

5. When talking to anyone about anything, use the correct academic vocabulary. This is a university, not a jail house gamble session. Never say "I like your dress", rather, "You walk in beauty like the night." Never "Can I have a chicken mayo sandwich" but "I solemnly request of you one of those delightful inventions of the Earl of Sandwich, and that it shall be filled with both poultry and dressing." You will be the lunch lady's dream. Also make sure the words are spelled correctly when speaking.

6.When looking at a textbook, make sure to look at it from a variety of angles. It really helps to turn it upside down and see what words pop out at you from the page. This kind of the equivalent to listening to Led Zeplin backwards to find out their demon lyrics. (These days, the demon lyrics of songs are in the forward version.)

Finally, some advice that  will work!
Hambani kahle.