studying

in reading the readings i did not read for the class discussions for which they were topical, i'm now realizing that the people i thought were having incredible insights were actually just people who read the readings. this is so silly, i mean, no shit, read what the person who has thought about this subject for decades has to say. what sophomoric nonsense for me to think i can watch a scene out of a movie i have never seen and have read nothing about and expect to say novel things, interesting things, anything worth hearing? life is so simple sometimes.