Cutthroat academics: that's what Oak Ridge's success as a college prep high school is based on. No student can argue convincingly that the competition here is “friendly” or even 'healthy." The school's reputation as a topnotch institution full of highly intelligent scholars is due not to the fact that we love to learn, but that we are obsessed with trampling our classmates underfoot. I have no problem with students who genuinely are interested in learning. …showed first 75 words of 541 total…

…showed last 75 words of 541 total…Something needs to be done; if we can’t teach students to appreciate learning now, who is going to do it later? A career in this money loving, ignorant environment is worthless if these values are not achieved. Even though my time may be a “drop in the bucket” of time and space, I still believe when knowledge truly does become power (unlike the School House Rock version now) life will truly become something meaningful.