There is a select group of people, above the rest. They have powers, they do extraordinary things. No, I'm not talking about Heroes, I'm talking about the elite. You may recognize them by there call signs; they always sound condescending, hold there noses high, and speak almost entirely in acronyms. These are the creme of our crop, the best of the best. They go to UCs, Ivy Leagues, and spit on state colleges. Because, after all, a good education has to cost at least twenty grand. Sarcasm aside, these people are the plague of our existence. The only thing more annoying than an idiot is an idiot at Harvard. You may be saying to yourself: “But wait, only smart people go to Harvard!” That’s what i thought, until i went through the college admissions process. So, brace yourselves, you’re about to read a first hand commentary on elitists. Why me? Well, i was one. I go to school at the School of International Studies which is based around an elitist pre-college program (or in international spelling, programme) known as the IBO, or International Baccalaureate Organization. From hence-fourth i will give you but a glimpse of what it is to be an elitist, from their language, their lack of actual common sense, and finally, what they do to be among the elite.
Do you know what an acronym is? Well, i could bore you with the actual definition (a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words), but i think i’ll just give you the gist; success. That’s why elitists practically communicate in acronyms. Just look at some of the more famous ones: SAT, ACT, IB, AP, UC, BA, MA, and , who could forget pHD, the best. See acronyms are like words, only better. This is because they are so important, and used so frequently, that it would just be too much to say the entire phrase. Like doctor of Philosophy, gross... who has the time for that gibberish, pHD sounds so much better. God only knows what SAT stands for, hell, i took it and no one ever told me. Acronyms have vastly become the corner stone of education and scholarly activities. Without acronyms, college would be a lot longer, imagine using master’s degree in common conversation!
Despite how impressive it is to have someone only speak to you in letters, do not be fooled, elitists are not very intelligent, just intellectual. The difference between an elitist and a normal, average citizen is mainly that when asked a question he does not know, the elitist will make an educated (or not) guess and stand by it to the grave, where as your normal person would answer honestly; “I don’t know”. The educated guess the elitist replies with is commonly referred to as BS (and i don’t mean bachelor’s degree of science) and with good reason, as his answer is BS. However, when the elitist stands by his BS answer, the average person is intrigued by his intellectual response, and that, that is what makes an elitist come off as smart.
If you’re thinking that elitists must be smart because they got into Harvard, oh, think again! I’ll give elitists this much, they work hard to get into college. However, little of this process is actually based on IQ, in fact, a person with any brains wouldn’t go through half the crap you have to wade through to get into an Ivy League College. Applying to UCs or privates entails just about everything up to selling your soul to the devil. Besides the arduous task of applying, there’s also paying for it. Here’s how it goes, the really rich can afford to go to Harvard, and the really poor can get in with financial aid. This is why the middle class is never elitist, they make a moderate some of money which in turn makes them exempt towards affording an education.
The next time someone replies to a question that just seems out there to you, question there logic. Nine times out of ten, they no less about it than you do, you just have enough self esteem to not need to BS an answer. A teacher of mine once told me that he believes the smartest people are those who admit they don’t know, because there really is a lot that is just plain not known. This is my philosophy on smart people. Elitists are not smart people, their merely the few, the proud, the lucky. Getting into some overpriced university after bending over backwards to apply doesn’t make you smarter, or better, than anyone else. I believe the most intelligent people are the ones who realize when something just isn’t worth it, whether it be getting into Harvard, or saving a fraction of a second by using an asinine acronym.
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