Assumedly Simple

Recently a friend of mine took Adderall for the first time. He tweaked out for like 10 hours straight, got a ton of studying done, and did well on his exam.

While I am happy that his exam went well and he was able to recoup the studying that he didn’t do, it also brought up the difference to me between people who use substances to study in college, and others who do not. While Adderall is prescribed to many people who actually need it, I know of many people who use the drug to get by in their classes after all they do for most the semester is drink, sit around, and don’t come to class. Honestly this annoys me because while I am not the best student, I like to think that most of my exams grades reflect fairly accurately how much work I put into them.

Using Adderall for good grades is like using steroids to win the tour de France. If you have used something that makes you super human, have you really accomplished anything?

College is a learning experience, I have heard many times over that most degrees don’t actually teach you the things you need to know for your job, they teach you how to learn. If you use Adderrall as a crutch to pass your classes, then that becomes the way you get things done, that is your way of learning. While this may be right for some who actually need it and will be using it for the rest of their life, the ones who don’t need it will forever be worse off for taking it.

The reason for this article even being is that I do not want someone who has been whacked out on Adderall to do better than me in a class simply because they are taking Adderall.  This takes all of the equality out of a class, and who knows how that person would have done with use of Adderall.

These are simply my views on the subject, and not meant to change anyoneelses actions or views.