Why I Want To Be Like A Tempest

Had I left the room without saying so much as a word, I would be no better than those who inhabited the room. However, should I haven chosen to be like my uncle, I would be better than them. Yet, in a certain sense I would be less than them. My “goal” was a spring in the north, calming at times but irritating at others.
It had been a weeks time since my birthday, my uncle’s gift to me was not some mere object. No it was more profound, insightful, and meaningful, something that impacted me and took hold of me by my roots. Like a spiteful man losing his home to a tempest, only to discover said tempest paved a greater foundation for a greater home. He had planned to take me to his college class, now I haven’t always been the best student due …show more content…
I questioned my uncle why a significant amount of people in the class did not seem to try or rather insinuate any interest in the course. I was taken aback when my uncle said, “It’s simple because most of them don’t care or they’re too dumb to do well”. I was mostly taken aback due to how pretentious and arrogant the answer was. When we returned and the students had been presenting an assignment, I witnessed a fair amount of the students copy and paste their assignments from online sources or show their unfamiliarity with the computer program. I couldn’t help but feel he was kinda right, although he does possess a silver tongue at times.
When class was finishing up I wanted to prove that this wasn’t all for nought, I wanted to make sure I stood a par above the rest. I wanted to prove that I had learned something, that perhaps I can be a worthy asset to the class even though I was not part of said class. I decided to play devil's advocate with one of the teachers points, at that moment I felt like a military private questioning the authority of a general. The professor was impressed by my questions, and it turns out I knew things that my uncle