The Walking Dictionary

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Ever since I have plunged into my literary interests I have been considered my family's personal dictionary.

It is interesting. Coming from a family that lacks academic interest, I have now become their portal into the accretion and scaffolding of their vocabulary. If a member stumbles upon a word that they cannot identify, pronounce or define, I am summoned to assist with all three elements. 

Sometimes it comes at a great annoyance to me because of the fact that I have such high expectations laid upon me. Indeed, I am a literary fanatic. Indeed, I tend to read and write a fair amount and I tend to divulge myself in the creation and appreciation of all forms of academic essays, and indeed I tend to know and use uncommon words, however it is inequitable of anyone to fall under the assumption that I am the personification of a dictionary.

I am content in conversing in a converged manner, that is speaking of things that are unknown to both me and the person that I am conversing with, because that improves both of our knowledges on things unknown and makes the conversation quite interesting. But to be placed on the pedestal wherein those sitting on it are deemed the givers and explainers of all things English is not the place that I would like to sit.

I can understand that that is the commonplace for me in an educative setting, for only in that scenario can the exploitation of my mind and what I know and what I can offer be justified. However in settings where people place themselves below me and place me so high that if I cannot solve their word riddles I am kicked down below them, I am not content with. 

I do not consider myself that overly intelligent to begin with. I am acquainted with certain individuals who I do consider to fit that descriptor, and I am appreciative of their funds of knowledge however I do not exploit them, for it would be like drinking from the fountain of youth and draining all of the liquid so as to stop anybody else from getting younger, and to deplete the entire point of the fountain itself.