which is rarely a good thing that this whole idea of "school" is ridiculous. the issue with having to pay for knowledge - for a sheet of paper telling you "good job," the idea of inequality in education which spans across the united states, across the world... the hierarchy of community colleges, colleges, universities, private colleges -- the ( Read more... )

we need more lives in portland, you know that? XD so in a couple of weeks Seattle is getting D'espa, the Underneath, and MUCC. i ought to go - totally wanna see D'espa & the Underneath. i'm still thinking about it, but most likely not. xP

oh, so june 24 - july 10 my sister will be in japan i am way jealous! and so i should totally find something ( Read more... )

mrs. ali wasn't really there... and guess who our substitute teacher was...

SANTA!!!

ooooooooooooomg!!! so this huge guy dressed up as Santa (well, he claimed to be Santa himself) walks up to the classroom, with a key, and unlocks the door. (this is totally ironic, since Mrs. Ali is Moslem... XD)i'm gonna put this behind a cut, it might be ( Read more... )

tadaima! i'm home! XD sooooo, my teaching thingy happened today... and holy crap, i was a nervous wreck! xP it's great, 'cause i was able to use my own experience of being a nervous wreck and relating it back to the chapter that they've just learned. >.< so it went all right. XD not great, but not lame either. a couple of the kids actually came up ( Read more... )