Sunday, January 2, 2005

   Grades
You ever have a subject of academic importance that you thought was completely useless? Of course you have. Just take Geometry as an example.

Situation: On a date with your dreamdate
"So, I think you have beautiful eyes" you say to your date.
"Really?" your date replies.
"Of course" you answer "not everyone has eyes shaped like almonds"
Your date blushes
Suddenly, a waiter walks by carrying a tray of food
You quickly turn and stop him
You grab a plate off the tray while the waiter yells at you and show it to your date
"IT'S A PERFECT GEOMETRIC TESSELATION!!!" you exclaim
The entire restaurant stares at you in confusion
"Huh?" you date is dumbfounded
"See? the fish is a rhombus which has perpendicular diagonals and opposite sides equal and fits between the triangular shapes of the carrots whose area is 1/2 base times height that fit around the potatoes which are shaped like a oct..."
You see your dreamdate has disappeared
"Where did my date go?"
You walk out of the restaurant to see your date take off in a cab
"Hey that cab has a geometric pattern of squares on the..."
End Situation

Yes, I realise no one would really do that, but if you tried your date wouldn't like you very much, now would they?
You see, in most classes which are stupid, who wants to do the work? No one, right? Though, we must and always will have to do the work to pass. But have you ever gotten so annoyed at a class that you just couldn't do the work without starting a two page rant about how stupid it is to do said work (aka this post).
In my school district, there are two high school social studies classes that are required. Three years of history must be taken though. The two classes are US History and World Civilizations. Well, it would only make sense to cover World Civ for two years seeing as it has more material and do US History in the last year. But, no, the Board of Education decides that US history should be two years and Wolrd Civ be one year. Well, that's a great idea...if you want to memorize the whole bloody Constitution!! >_< Insolent fools!
As you can probably see I don't really like US History. So, I have a "D". 52 notecards a week. At least 3 packets of 10 questions over the weekend and 1 packet of 12 every night. 150 pages of the textbook explaining how to interpret the Constitution. 20 pages on how Ponce DeLeon looked for the fountain of youth. Etc. It's really annoying. Everyone in my class and the other periods agree. Stupid class. And a whole 'nother year of it next year. I don't give a flying cahoot about the 3rd amendment "The right of quartering soldiers"! It's so useless if you are not going to be a lawyer. Yeah so, I missed a few assignments out of spite for the teacher. And I have a "D" because we haven't had any other assignments for me to catch up. >sighs<

~Lumi ^_^

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