political science 101.

Forget Survival of the Fittest. What they should be teaching kids in biology is the Survival of the Smartest - the politically smart, that is. Biology is the study of life, and politics play a large role in life.

Let us start with grade school. Everyone knows there is the popular crowd. This would be the group that wins all the votes - always gets chosen as line leader and later always gets voted class president. It is about who you know and what you wear. Come on, you know you wore your No Fear and Yaga shirts twice in one week to make sure Lindsey Gardener, captain of the volleyball and basketball team, saw it.

Then there is college. Coming from a highly populated greek school, politics took precedence over my chosen major. Affiliations were the main means of networking. The Alphas are good with the Betas, but only because the Gammas are their sisters. The Gammas host events with the Deltas to try to take numbers from the Epsilons, who are absolute rivals with the Alphas.

At the end of four years, a diploma graduates you to the next level of politics. Now, instead of making sure people see you with certain clothes on, you are making sure people see you with clothes off as you sex your way up the corporate ladder. Okay, maybe that is a bit corrupt. The real world brings new meaning to "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Be careful what you say - there are eyes and ears everywhere. Everyday you have to play your cards carefully; you never know if someone else has a better hand.