"The Scholar"

I’m quickly becoming addicted to “The Scholar.”

Premise: X number of high school over achievers competing for a full ride to the college of their dreams. Throw in some cheesy competitions and you have your new reality series.

Review: I can’t pinpoint my exact attraction to the show. Maybe it’s because I Identify with these kids. Rewind eight years and that’s me, I’m the girl who wanted to change everything, succeed in everything and have everything my intellectual lil mind could fathom. Everything was firmly planted in my vocabulary. I shared the same dreams as Davis (one of the dude’s on the show) and I had the same outlook on life as Milana (another character).

And look at me now…I worked just as hard as the show’s contestants, I pushed myself in the same way, and when high school was over, I gave the graduation speech and walked away with a full ride to wherever I wanted to go, in my case it wasn’t the Ivy League, just some small private school halfway between LA and Palm Springs that most people haven’t even heard of.

As I fell asleep last night I thought about “The Scholar” for a long time, about what it means, I analyzed their marketing/advertising and then I dissected the chosen contestants….then I started thinking about where these kids will be in 8 years like me. Will they be like me, or will they have gone on to find a cure for cancer, be President of the US, or walk on the Moon?

Three of us became Harbison Scholars.
Tommy just finished his masters and he’s teaching at Pomona. Eva is teaching Math at a high school somewhere, and then there’s me, the girl who thinks too much and over analyzes everything. Eight short years ago Tommy wanted to be a doctor, Eva wanted to be a teacher and I wanted to be a lawyer. There is no “lesson” to be learned, rather an observation of an observation….of an observation.

Life is merely a series of ironic events strung together to create a semblance of order and balance. So, I’m going to continue to be me, continue scratch my forehead, wiggle my nose and think too much….and you know what, I’m going to continue enjoying my life:)