https://andreprakash.com/tags/perspective/Recent content in Perspective on Andre's CornerHugoen-usFri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://andreprakash.com/posts/wasted-time---what-it-means-to-be-productive/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://andreprakash.com/posts/wasted-time---what-it-means-to-be-productive/<h2 id="productivity-guilt">Productivity Guilt</h2> <p>I struggle with productivity guilt. Always feeling like there&rsquo;s a more efficient way to spend my time, like I&rsquo;m wasting it in some way or another.</p> <p>However, recently I&rsquo;ve been thinking about the nature of &ldquo;wasted time&rdquo;. What turns time spent into time wasted? After some thinking, I believe I&rsquo;ve reached the conclusion that it&rsquo;s far more difficult to actually waste time than some might think, although it is definitely still possible.</p>https://andreprakash.com/posts/why-the-school-system-failed-me/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://andreprakash.com/posts/why-the-school-system-failed-me/<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>For context, I&rsquo;ve always been considered a &ldquo;good student&rdquo;, and I say that with no boastful intention. I&rsquo;m the run-of-the-mill &ldquo;A&rdquo; student, always ready to do extra credit and succeed in the eyes of whoever is evaluating me.</p> <p>But recently I&rsquo;ve come to the realization that this title and identity is entirely worthless in the context of actual knowledge, growth, and understanding the world around me. Some of this is a consequence of my own faults, but I feel as though much of this hollowness can be attributed to the system that raised my intellectual self.</p>