Visual Aide....because just telling you about it wouldn't be enough.
Alright, today I would like to address the topic of visual aide. Is it really necessary? Does it help or hurt the point your trying to get across? In the case of my Chemistry teacher, Mr. Blakley, it ISN'T necessary and it KILLS the point he is trying to get across!!! For example, the other day he started off by telling us some "new science" that was recently discovered. So he told us about how researchers have found that there has been a 12% decline in the rate of extramarital sex in the age group of like 16-25 (somewhere around there). He went on by explaining what extramarital sex was (as if we didn't know) and told us that this also means a decline in unplanned pregnancies. Now, your thinking "This isn't that bad!" aren't you? Here comes the good part!! He then decided to make a really awkward metaphor using sex and scalpals.....yeah. And I quote "Sex is like scalpals. If it is used in the right context, it is wonderful and can save somebodies life, or in sexes case, bring new life. If it is used in the wrong context, it can kill." Hmm.....sex as the new colt .45?! Interesting! He also said that sex is the second most biological something or other and survival is first, and the sex one...I mean second one (he actually did that!) is sex. And the most horrific thing that any teenager can ever hear coming out of a fifty, sixty something year old mans mouth is exactly what I am going to say next.....he said "From my personal experience, sex is a wonderful, healthy, sacred, passionate, thing and it's one of the most loving things you can ever do. It is meant to make new life and my wife and I did just that.".......................................................GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I know that it sounds like I'm just being immature, but come ON now!! This is not physical chemistry, it's the complete OPPOSITE of that! Anatomy is in the other room and I don't think their class is even half as awkward as mine!!! So yeah, we wasted a whole hour of Chemistry talking about sex. Now if you were to meet Mr. Blakley, you would think he is nice, which he is, but he's just VERY odd. He tells us all the time that he thinks of us as his own children....which is sweet, but, let's leave the sex talk to our real parents.
But anyways, enough about visually aided sex, if you died in the last week you might not know that The Office Season 4 comes out September 2nd and I have already pre-ordered mine!!! I got that gift thing from Best Buy where you get the Fun Run t-shirt, water bottle, wristband, and the DVD. It will be delivered to my doorstep on September 4th. Ahh....I cannot WAIT!!!!! Sara has agreed to watch it all before I receive it and tell me all about it! lmdo So I get like a pre-show and then I get to watch it all myself!
Well, that's pretty much all the news I have for you right now....oh, McCain picked Gov. Palin for his VP in case you didn't know that either!!! But I'm pretty sure you do...sooo...I must leave you now. Good day, young fellow!
Love,
Jordan
P.S. One last thing about Mr. Blakley. There are two different kinds of flasks in Chemistry. One is the Erlenmeyer flask
Which he describes as the masculine flask. He says if you turn it upside down, it looks kind of like a mans body build. Broad shoulders and it gets narrower at the hips. So this one, is nicknamed "Earl".
The other, is the Florence flask
This one, he picks up and starts rubbing the round bottom part with his hands while saying, "This is my favorite one!" This is the flask he describes as the feminine one. And it's feminine AND his favorite because "it has wonderful curves like a woman".......and he is still rubbing the flask. Thank you Mr. Blakley.