Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3146930-20140707033105

So during The Shining Beacon, Pt 2, Ozpin gives a speech that to most sounds like a real downer. Here is the speech:

"I'll... keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge - to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."

I personally love this speech and I have seen a few other people comment that they do to, but I never really saw why; so here is why I like it.

For me, it really shows some truth about how the school system works, especially those in their first year of college. Ozpin says that knowledge will only take you so far and this is true. If you go to a school or college thinking that what they teach you in class is all you will ever need to learn, you will be wrong and won't go far. You need to take that knowledge and expand on it yourself, you need to push yourself beyond what they teach you and use that knowledge in a way that works for you.

Those that don't go beyond the limits they set for themselves are a waste, scraping by one the minimum of the knowledge they gain. They assume that by going to class they will know all they need and will gain a purpose as a result. The truth is they need to make their own way and not rely on what others tell them. Otherwise they will have knowledge with no direction to apply it in.

However this is just what I think when I hear this; what about you? Why do you like this speech? 