Hasty generalization: The fallacy I hate the most
Would you please, please, PLEASE stop making hasty generalizations on my school!I know you come from what is considered as the "best state university in the Philippines", but that doesn't give you the right to think that everyone else from all the other schools are beneath you!
Does the fact that Ateneo has no fraternities mean that Ateneans are weaklings? Does the fact that you do mean that everyone in your university is strong and tough? COME ON!!!!!!!!! The presence of fraternities does not guarantee the physical strength or the strength of the mentalities or personalities of all members of the population in your school! On the other hand, the absence of fraternities in our school does not mean that all members of the student population in Ateneo are soft and weak!
Dammit. Dammit. Dammit.
Being "the best state university" doesn't mean that you ARE the best university in the whole country! And even if you are, all I'm asking is a little humility and respect for my decision not to go there! You do not have to berate, criticize, and insult my school all the time! I hate your effing contempt, condescencion and patronization!
So what if more government officials graduated from UP than from Ateneo? They're mostly corrupt anyway! And hazing doesn't indicate that you're "tougher" - it indicates that you actually have the mental shallowness to think that physical strength is an indispensable part of success in life, when I think it's not!
And the worst part is, I cannot argue with you like this. I can't pour out my anger and irritation over your obviously illogical conclusions and prejudices regarding my school because I have to respect your age and status in the family.
But just because I'm younger than you and dependent on you doesn't mean that you are right all the time. I am a person too, therefore I have dignity that DESERVES to be respected, not trampled upon. I have my own opinions too. Despite the argument that older people have more experience and are thus more often correct, I believe that I am right in saying that conclusions should not be drawn from prejudice and incomplete observations.
I only make allowances for you, hiding my anger from you after you leave, because it is my DUTY to respect you. But because of your contempt for my affiliations and the obvious immaturity that you show in your hasty generalizations, I find that my respect for you has been gradually decreasing.
You expect everyone to listen to your side of the story. Why in the hell can't you listen to MINE? Why do you always regard my opinions as if they are inferior to yours, though I've academically achieved more than you ever had?
The only release I get is by fuming behind your back. And the worst part is, I'm obliged to feel guilty because I am supposed to be loving you and respecting you for all the things you've ever done for me.
Why do I always end up on the losing side if it's between you and I???
posted by steph @ 11:51 PM
1 Comments:
you write so very maturely steph... kaya ka DL. :) haha but seriously, don't worry about that up crap; when you think about it, in terms of ratio, more students really graduate from there, therefore they really should have more politicians. (they probably have more graduates who're murderers there too with all the useless hazing).
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