Flowers for Algernon

I've started reading Flowers for Algernon.  That short story stayed with me after reading the short version in 8th grade.  I've always wanted to read the full novel or watch the movie, but I never got the chance until now.  I found the book at the recycling center (along with a few Shonen Jump magazines and a fair condition Agatha Christie novel).

So far, a quote that stood out to me the most, is on page 50, "Now I understand one of the important rasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be."

I think that's the change that I feel within me.  The change in my perspective on things is not because I've been practicing writing with my left hand to activate my right hemisphere in my brain when I'm bored in class.  It's from what I've been actually learning in class.  But that's all that I'll say about what I think of that quote.  I'm embracing my pessimism even more now.