People are plenty educated though. They're making an informed decision to make certain sacrifices and take certain risks to improve their school performance. The problem is that the more people make that decision, the more YOUR decision becomes to either do the same or fall behind.Iskanderia wrote:Regardless, I don't think shaming is the best way to deter people from using substances. Educating has always been the superior method.
Similarly I don't think Mr. Universe competitors are on steroids because they lack knowledge about them. It's just a situation where the lure of the reward outweighs the risk for some people.
Nope. The difference is that what people eat, how many girls they sleep with, etc. is none of my business. Realistically, none of us will probably ever live in a situation where the amount of food someone eats or the number of girls they sleep with takes away from the supply available for others. (But if we were on a desert island with only one coconut tree, you bet I'd be shaming overeaters too) But in school, you're in a direct competition with everyone else for class rank, etc in order to get into a good college or grad program or wtvr, which in turn impacts what kind of living you can make. And yes, this is because the American education/employment system is ridiculous, but that's what we have to deal with. So if you're in school and someone decides to change the "rules of engagement" for this competition, they've made it your business too. You've got the right - and I'd say the responsibility - to push back. That's your only form of input into the unwritten rules of engagement.If shaming for this kind of behavior is okay, then it must also be okay to shame people for how poorly they eat, how little they work out, how much sex they have, how little they study, how little they try to talk to girls , etc. etc.
As for the people who genuinely need to take Adderall or whatever else, I'm fine with it, but that's not really what we're talking about, or at least I'm not.