macmarty15221
December 9th, 2010, 02:28 PM
First I am DELIGHTED that this support topic exists. Glad to know I'm not the only person with an imperfect remembery.
Protagonist is a young man, and the story takes place when many young people are analyzed and then "filled up" with the knowledge needed for their careers. Our protagonist "fails" the test in some way, and is sent off to a remedial school of some type. Needless to say, some angst and self-criticism follow.
Time passes: Protagonist and his friends gather in a stadium, where individuals compete so as to show off their knowledge. Some are experts on the "Smith Nucleator Mark IV" or some such, others are experts and compete for fast repairs on some other device, "Wobbleheimer Analog Distiller", and other things usually with some person's (or company's) name in description.
Protagonist has a flash of insight: Each of these amazing devices was CREATED by someone who had enough insight and creativity to improve on the prior state of the art. This is confirmed to him, and he realizes that he is not a failure, he is in fact one of the relative few whose analysis showed the potential for true creativity. Rather than be allocated to some mundane carreer or skill, he was sent to the "remedial" school in hopes that he would come to this epiphany himself, since creative people can't be FORCED to create.
Protagonist is a young man, and the story takes place when many young people are analyzed and then "filled up" with the knowledge needed for their careers. Our protagonist "fails" the test in some way, and is sent off to a remedial school of some type. Needless to say, some angst and self-criticism follow.
Time passes: Protagonist and his friends gather in a stadium, where individuals compete so as to show off their knowledge. Some are experts on the "Smith Nucleator Mark IV" or some such, others are experts and compete for fast repairs on some other device, "Wobbleheimer Analog Distiller", and other things usually with some person's (or company's) name in description.
Protagonist has a flash of insight: Each of these amazing devices was CREATED by someone who had enough insight and creativity to improve on the prior state of the art. This is confirmed to him, and he realizes that he is not a failure, he is in fact one of the relative few whose analysis showed the potential for true creativity. Rather than be allocated to some mundane carreer or skill, he was sent to the "remedial" school in hopes that he would come to this epiphany himself, since creative people can't be FORCED to create.