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1652739 No.1652739 [Reply] [Original]

>be an average student in high school
>years later in a train station meet a classmate (girl) from high school, who always had excellent marks
>decide to sit next to each other
>20 minutes later we have nothing to talk about
>get out books to read
>she asks what I'm reading
>it's Master and Margarita
>i ask her what she's reading
>it's the second of third of those Twilight books
>mfw

>> No.1652742
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1652742

>>1652739
>Come on /lit/ after discussing holiday plans with my girlfriend who likes twilight, but I don't hold it against her because I'm not a shallow, ugly, basement dweller who never leaves the house.
>see this thread.

>> No.1652743

>>1652742
I was not aware that I went to school with your girlfriend. I'm sure you could do better.

>> No.1652745

>>IMPLYING YOU DON'T READ THE MASTER AND MARGARITA JUST BECAUSE IT HAS A COOL DEVIL AND BEHEMOTH THAT TEAR SHIT UP.

>> No.1652748

>>1652745

I'm team Behemoth

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>the Master and Margarita
>not shit

>> No.1652759

>implying the correlative relationship between grades and intelligence is anything more than a weak one

>> No.1652761

>>1652759
>Implying intelligent people can't enjoy pop-garbage

>> No.1652764

>>1652759
I've heard lots of people say this before. Coincidentally, they all got bad grades.

>> No.1652766

>>1652764

Stupid people can be trained be repeat good test taking methods.

Smart people can choose to refuse this in preference for a better system (see Ken Robinson's TED videos, go read about the "paradigm shift" in educational style, etc).

>> No.1652790

>>1652766
yeah and i'm sure you got shit marks because you're too clever and "refused" to bend your no doubt formidable will to the man, man

so clever you laughed all the way to a career in retail

>> No.1652793

>>1652764

the people who get the best grades fall into that average/somewhat above average, but not too high, range of intelligence

>> No.1652794

>Implying she hasn't already exhausted the western canon and you aren't an intellectual weakling still reading basic Russian literature