2 observations
1. listening to high school students speak (with a few that i know as exceptions, of course) makes me cringe and feel kind of...angry? bitter? disappointed? today on the train there were five kids sitting in front of me, ragging on their teachers, complaining about homework, etc. one was saying, "i mean, i'm fine with getting Bs. every parent/teacher conference my teachers always tell my parents, 'she could be getting As if she worked harder but instead she gets Bs' and i'm all like, so what?" there is nothing particularly wrong with that statement--i'm sure i've said similar things myself (like about the two Bs i received this semester, for example) but i guess it's just that high school, teenage arrogance...i had little patience for it even when i exhibited it in high school, and i have even less patience for it now. i think that when most people hear kids talk like they know what they're talking about or about complete dribble, they just think "oh, they're kids, they'll learn." i think that i just expect people to learn faster--i don't understand why they can't, but more so why they don't want to. i have such ridiculous expectations for people in general--it's quite a problem.
2. i stumbled upon some livejournals of people i vaguely know in all sorts of ways, and it was so odd to look at their insights. it is interesting to me how the internet allows everyone to be a writer and a poet in their own way. there's something kind of nice about that.
2. i stumbled upon some livejournals of people i vaguely know in all sorts of ways, and it was so odd to look at their insights. it is interesting to me how the internet allows everyone to be a writer and a poet in their own way. there's something kind of nice about that.