I do not want to develop a mastery orientation. I am performance oriented because I truly do not want to master the material. I am not in school by choice. I hate school not because it's challenging, but because I oppose the very basis of it. When we acquire knowledge, we lose our innocence. Mankind is separate from the beasts not by good fortune, but by the curse of knowledge. If we could be free, like the creatures of the field, that would be a blessing.