Moral confusion

I wanna propose a flipside to meritocracy. This theory may come across as farfetched, but since in chaos there is calm, I guess in exaggeration there lays the root of truth. Lmao, philosophical.

In society we have people. People function through the mind and heart -- heart as in emotions, not the blood pumping organ. There's logic VS. feelings. There's IQ and EQ. There's actual VS. perceived. And through development we've seemingly conjured an 'effective' means of measuring the actual lest assuming makes an ass out of u and me. Success is determined from results. You're given credit for producing the best out of yourself. Really?

No. Not really. Actually, you're given credit for outdoing others. For scoring higher. Running faster. For doing more. So when, unfortunately, you don't outdo someone else, even when you've produced your best, do you get credit? Well, rarely. Say you pass your subject for the VERY FIRST TIME, wow! But, you're still last among everyone. Is not the credit given to how the test seems easier than before? Maybe I'm skeptical, but prove me wrong.

And here's where the heart comes in: deep inside, you felt like you've worked yourself out. You've breathed the textbooks till you suffocated. But okay, you're last in class. Perhaps you could do better?

Wait! But you've done your best, right? And you're still last.. Well.. Maybe you could try even harder. And no one acknowledges you for your past effort, so maybe you didn't try very hard after all. Perhaps.

See? I think this happens, and people become wrecks when nothing further changes. Sometimes I think we need to open up to the truth that a limit has been reached, and change our methods, or take a different path entirely. To continue on is just to continue scraping layers off your self-esteem, and waste a whole lot of time and effort doing it.

Amirite? Or amirong. Well either way, I think we need a reminder that some things, like meritocracy, aren't always THE way. It's just the best way right now, and if we do consider the problems it holds we could possibly figure something better.