Eighty-Five Motherfucking Percent
My cousin's back from Marine training. Although I personally disagree with some of the methods and techniques the military uses to engender "stronger" individuals, he has returned as a well put-together young man. I hope this inspires some direction in Jackie, Jonas, and Alfred's lives. Despite the troubles that have happened lately, everything seems to be happier when my cousin's around. He leads an organized, yet carefree lifestyle. I think it's genetic.
Today, my French professor started talking about this 20th century writing style in which authors write whatever comes to mind. No formal punctuation/organization/structure/cause-and-effect diagrams. Just straight-up writing. It reads like a continuous stream of consciousness. I began reading some of her English writing on the powerpoint she created and the fact that my French professor is a genius dawned upon me. She writes so well for English being her third language (first: Arabic, second: French), and I find her ideas very profound. She also has this way of communicating them so effectively.
Perhaps, she's not a genius, but maybe the education and values of the public school system in France may just be better ("better" by my definition) in general. In French culture, individuals actually enjoy going to the library just to read (not for the sole purpose of finding those damn reliable, primary sources you can never find online). They have a greater appreciation for their literature (In fact, it's one of the three subjects [the others being sciences and economics] for the difficult BAC exam ALL French secondary students have to take in order to graduate). According to New York Times (thank you, Starbucks!), the voter turnout for the French presidential elections was eighty-five motherfucking percent! WTF mate. I bet if George Bush and John Kerry sang their renditions of Aretha Franklin's "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman" and consequently recieved critiques from Simon Cowell, our voter turnout would compete with France's.
There's a demented skew of values in American culture: entertainment over education. Basketball players make bank while this past year, teachers in Hayward have to strike for two weeks to get their first raise in the past ten years. Yeah, yeah. It's the law of supply and demand. Less men out there capable of aiming a ball into some ring, therefore they have more overall demand. More supply of teachers, less demand. We understand this concept through economic law, yet we, as a society, still decide not to act against it. Just keep an eye on where all your money is going to.
I like how I added in all these ideas in parentheses when writing. It's a little somethin' somethin' I picked up from reading Italian passages. I have found that as I study more foreign languages, my English writing skills have increased dramatically. Why are these parentheses a representation of Italian culture? I am not a qualified linguist, but my best guess is that they have time to go off onto tangents. American writing is straight-up (doesn't fuck around like Bacardi 151). Americans generally don't care about the details and specific names of everything; they only care about the main point of the passage. Americans have things and people to do, and other shit to handle because if they don't get to their shit first, someone else will and eventually fuck them over (capitalistic competition). They don't have time for this imagery and allegory bullshit. Italians (as with many other cultures) enjoy their siesta and have time to linger on thoughts. They enjoy reading specific, clarifying details which are demonstrated within these parentheses.
I'm really upset that Nicolas Sarkozy won the French presidential elections. It would've been cool to have Ségolène Royal (a woman of the Socialist party) as the leader of a Western nation. She was all for minority rights and had me all convinced and shit. Nicolas Sarkozy is your traditional, conservative asshole. We need progressive thinkers! UGH.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Mouna, Peggy, & Betty: Pick CAL! Hahaha. As much as I would love you guys to come with me to write this new chapter of life, make your own decisions regardless of my opinions. Choose what's right for you. =) However, if you did pick Cal, it would be totally over! Hellllooo Castro!
Actually, pick UCLA. David Beckham is now on the LA Galaxy! dpaih0pihj2w0398rh093842adfasdjnsapojdfhpowiuehpohiweoprhopjhpo2i. You might get to see him workout that temple of a body of his! Posh Spice, that lucky bitch!
I don't know why I didn't think my French professor was initially intelligent. It must be her accent. I have to change my way of thinking. Internal changes have to be made in order to inhibit external changes.
I love my life.
Today, my French professor started talking about this 20th century writing style in which authors write whatever comes to mind. No formal punctuation/organization/structure/cause-and-effect diagrams. Just straight-up writing. It reads like a continuous stream of consciousness. I began reading some of her English writing on the powerpoint she created and the fact that my French professor is a genius dawned upon me. She writes so well for English being her third language (first: Arabic, second: French), and I find her ideas very profound. She also has this way of communicating them so effectively.
Perhaps, she's not a genius, but maybe the education and values of the public school system in France may just be better ("better" by my definition) in general. In French culture, individuals actually enjoy going to the library just to read (not for the sole purpose of finding those damn reliable, primary sources you can never find online). They have a greater appreciation for their literature (In fact, it's one of the three subjects [the others being sciences and economics] for the difficult BAC exam ALL French secondary students have to take in order to graduate). According to New York Times (thank you, Starbucks!), the voter turnout for the French presidential elections was eighty-five motherfucking percent! WTF mate. I bet if George Bush and John Kerry sang their renditions of Aretha Franklin's "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman" and consequently recieved critiques from Simon Cowell, our voter turnout would compete with France's.
There's a demented skew of values in American culture: entertainment over education. Basketball players make bank while this past year, teachers in Hayward have to strike for two weeks to get their first raise in the past ten years. Yeah, yeah. It's the law of supply and demand. Less men out there capable of aiming a ball into some ring, therefore they have more overall demand. More supply of teachers, less demand. We understand this concept through economic law, yet we, as a society, still decide not to act against it. Just keep an eye on where all your money is going to.
I like how I added in all these ideas in parentheses when writing. It's a little somethin' somethin' I picked up from reading Italian passages. I have found that as I study more foreign languages, my English writing skills have increased dramatically. Why are these parentheses a representation of Italian culture? I am not a qualified linguist, but my best guess is that they have time to go off onto tangents. American writing is straight-up (doesn't fuck around like Bacardi 151). Americans generally don't care about the details and specific names of everything; they only care about the main point of the passage. Americans have things and people to do, and other shit to handle because if they don't get to their shit first, someone else will and eventually fuck them over (capitalistic competition). They don't have time for this imagery and allegory bullshit. Italians (as with many other cultures) enjoy their siesta and have time to linger on thoughts. They enjoy reading specific, clarifying details which are demonstrated within these parentheses.
I'm really upset that Nicolas Sarkozy won the French presidential elections. It would've been cool to have Ségolène Royal (a woman of the Socialist party) as the leader of a Western nation. She was all for minority rights and had me all convinced and shit. Nicolas Sarkozy is your traditional, conservative asshole. We need progressive thinkers! UGH.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Mouna, Peggy, & Betty: Pick CAL! Hahaha. As much as I would love you guys to come with me to write this new chapter of life, make your own decisions regardless of my opinions. Choose what's right for you. =) However, if you did pick Cal, it would be totally over! Hellllooo Castro!
Actually, pick UCLA. David Beckham is now on the LA Galaxy! dpaih0pihj2w0398rh093842adfasdjnsapojdfhpowiuehpohiweoprhopjhpo2i. You might get to see him workout that temple of a body of his! Posh Spice, that lucky bitch!
I don't know why I didn't think my French professor was initially intelligent. It must be her accent. I have to change my way of thinking. Internal changes have to be made in order to inhibit external changes.
I love my life.