The truth and the untruth

There are five types of people in the world.

Opinionists
Non-opinionists
Critics
Experts
People who don't care

Now generally, I am an opinionist. One of those people who, as far as possible, enrich their lives through media (whether printed or otherwise) and through that enrichment then forms an opinion about a subject. This subject can be absolutely anything from music to news to the chewing gum stuck at the bottom of the counter at KFC.

See, opinionists are important, because they enrich the lives of all others. Whether you’d like to admit it or not.

A friend of mine is a brilliant opinionist on the topic of music. One can ask him absolutely anything and he’ll have some comment on it. On the off chance that he doesn’t know, you can be sure he’ll look it up asap and then give you feedback.

Opinionists are what they are for the sole purpose of knowing for themselves.

Non-opinionists are those people who you don’t really catagorise. They like the hand full of interests they have. They follow it, but never bother delving into the finer detail of anything.

I know too many people like this. The only reason they can hold any conversation is because they regurgetate whatever opinionists, like my friend, has told.

Thus far: Opinionists are the enrichment and non-opinionists are leeches.

Critics. Now, read CLOSELY what I’m saying.

These people are opinionists who think they have enough info referring to a certain subject, to actually think that their opinion matters. They then go vocal with it, trying to sway other people.

This often ends in dismal reviews of movies, bias opinions and a general sense of being ill informed.

Everyone is a critic. Indeed, for the sole reason that every person in the universe, at some time, proselytizes their opinion without proper research or regards.

I don’t exclude myself from this group.

Experts. Now I wish there were more experts out there. Then, maybe, the world would be a better place and we’d not sit in the midst of a global economic crises. {Although I must say South Africa is doing quite well, given the circumstances.}

Experts are few and far between. They devote their lives to the cause and know all the finer details. Please note, that not every student is an expert, nor every professional.

Now you’re thinking to yourself: WHAT is she ON?

She’s on nothing.

She’s simply saying that the reason you become a teacher is because you want to facilitate the growth of students, and then, you become less of a teacher, because you don’t keep up with all the developments. Whether due to a lack of resources, interest or motivation ~ the point is that the teacher is not an expert, because they do not stay ahead of the pack.

I’m not going to say who I see as an expert, because I fear you finding a hole in my opinion. :P

Then there are the people who don’t care or give a shit. They never bothered to read this.

What the hell is my purpose with this long story?

It’s easy, actually.

Don’t consider yourself in the position to force your opinion on others if you really are just informed. The accuracy or capacity of your info is not important. What is important, is the fact that you realise when you should give an opinion and when you should just shut your gaping hole.

I am giving my opinion. Reason? That arsehole that gave that review, which I just read, is SUCH a bias critic-mofo that he has NO idea about the true implication of the crap he wrote. He could instead have said: “I like you so much I want to dry-hump you and spew your babies out of my nose on regular intervals with the rainbows that I lick from your arse.”

But again, that’s just my opinion. :)