Thoughts And Bitching About School And Life

28 February, 2006 - 7:10am — Inkblot

I think the people at my school are finally getting used to me. The only ones who run away from me in the halls are the ones I don't want to talk to anyway. My gayness has become just another quirk of The Weirdest Kid On Campus. I wonder if anyone will challenge me for the title?

I feel like I exist to do my homework. I have better things to do than figure out what x times 47 plus y equals. Math is so very, very pointless. To those who say it is a life skill I will need, I say: Calculator.

I hate 'teen drama'. I somehow ended up having to comfort/pay for the drinks of both my friend his ex-girlfriend. The entire notion of refering to someone as one's girl/boyfriend after THREE FUCKING DAYS is insane, and I ended up as the messenger service between them, being the only person (apperently) who is both detached and 'understands' both genders. "Sarah says that she said to tell you..." AAAAAAAHHHH! Fix your own goddessdamn relationships.

I now return to my crypt.

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28 February, 2006 - 10:15am — pixies_in_the_u...

I find that ridiculous, too,

I find that ridiculous, too, and you're right about the calculator thing...God I hate algebra II b/c all you need is to learn how to press the stupid buttons!

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anaïs Nin

3 March, 2006 - 7:51am — slacksmarin

Missing the point

I'd surely agree that math (and especially arithmetic) is not for everyone, but to so simply write it off is tragic. I mean, math gets treated (here) with absolutely no respect for itself as something more than a mundane task to get you from some lame moment in life to the next. How many people would agree that art is ridiculous because you will never need to really draw a map and directions in your real life...I mean, we have google maps now. What's the point? It isn't like I'm going to need to draw ever. Sure. That is actually true in itself. The point, however, is obvious. Art has value in itself. More of the same is the simple fact that no one really needs to know what a pear or a nude or a sunset looks like...but paintings of those things are hardly just meant as a reference for the real thing.

Maybe it is too zen and too mystical, but I really hate to see anything written off and stripped down to ONLY the parts that really don't matter...at the expense of seeing why someone, somewhere thought enough of it to develop and continue the study of it.

It would really be a shame if the calculator put an end to what Math (not arithmatic) really is about...the same as it would be sad if the camera put an end to visual creative arts.

Life is nothing without art...and there really isn't anything that can't be understood at an artistic level. The real task of learning is to find that place in everything.

...ok, sermon over. ;)

28 February, 2006 - 1:56pm — Cleopatra

Ha! At least you only have to go through Algebra..

To tell you honestly, Algebra is way too easy than studying trigonometry and geometry at the same time. It sucks, I know, but my school lets us do it. And the least thing we expect is long pop-up quizzes about those 2 freaking subjects. And mind you, we're not allowed to use calculators in solving stuff, you know. So consider yourself lucky...

you have to take risks...we will only understand the miracle of life fully if we allow the unexpected to happen- paulo coelho

28 February, 2006 - 6:41pm — simplyme