Okay so the news media is rife with reports over the weekend that (gasp) our kids are snorting ground up attention deficit drugs to score better on college placement tests. I mean I guess these new pharmaceutical marvels give you laser like focus, boundless mental energy -- and the ability to expound at length on any obtuse arcane obscure subject the test might have conjured up. Of course you do have to remember to turn the page in the exam book on your own. A twenty thousand word answer written on one page is kinda tough on the examiners' eyeballs.
But whatever -- I say kudos to this generation. I mean we used to abuse substances to just generally mess up minds, ruin our futures, screw with our parents’ heads and set new standards for low productivity.
But now you get high to achieve better grades and get into the Mathematics Institute or Law School of your choice. How cool is that.
And of course the drug companies are saying to themselves, “Hey kids it's about time . I mean we named the drugs for suggested abuses – you know…
Adder-all and Writ-alin… “
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