From a Somewhat Achiever

I was just watching a recorded episode of the Colbert Report. The guest was Alexandra Robbins (yes, she's cute), who discussed over achievement in the high school and college experience. It made me think about the standards by which we measure achievement. What is achievement? At what point have we achieved something? Is there not always something more to achieve, whether a healthier lifestyle or financial success or exotic vacations? Another interesting question is whether we are using achievement as a placeholder for dominance over others. Because it seems to me like that is what achievement means in American society, which is disturbing. I would prefer if achievement meant dominance over one’s own faults or making positive contributions towards a better society.

Moreover, why is a show that invents words like “truthiness” making me question the foundations of society? Ugh. One would think that after five hundred years of development that someone besides the king’s fool would grow a pair and start shaking things up. As it is, all we have is our modern day Touchstones over at Comedy Central.