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Friday, March 30, 2007
hunger!
mwahahahaha I'm back!!!
you may not have noticed my absence, due to the fact that i'm OFTEN gone for no apparant reason. Usually, I'm busy
Anyway, I was gone this time cos I was in Georgia!!! I was visiting my grandmother there. she's very nice, and I love her especially since she's nicer to me than my other grandma. But it drives me absolutely CRAZY how she's so "racially centered"
For example, you know she's talking about a white person if she just says "guy" or "gal." but anybody else is a "black lady" or a "black man" or whatever. I know she doesn't mean them ill will, but she IS afraid of black people, and she DOES look down on them. Which bothers me.
I know she's from the south, but damn. Plenty of people from the south don't care about that. she makes such a damn big deal over nothing.
Oh!!!!!! And here is my simple, brilliant theory over the vicious cycle of education.
as my grandma (whom I call Petesy) was saying, "well, i hate to say it, but it's a truth that the schools around here are all black and they're not very good..."
I said, "Well, at least in Denver (here's my theory: ), the schools with better performing students, and higher achieving students are the ones with RICH WHITE KIDS, whose parents can donate more money to them getting better books. Any poor school i've gone to has to buy inferior books and you can't keep them, and everything is just a lower quality. my physics book is basically useless because it's so bad, both in what it teaches, and in what it is."
I continued, "So if the students have crappier materials, it is harder for them to get a really good education. Imagine all the fancy stuff rich kids schools have. And then, those rich white kids' parents went to college, and so they can easily afford to send, and expect their kids to college."
it's easy to think of, but I had to say something. ><
speaking of school i don't wanna go back. it's hell!!!!!!! not really but I am just ready to graduate. I had dreams of graduation last night. strange ones. O.o
anyway again, in GA, I did get Wallflower #11, and Death Note #1 and #2...I just discovered Death Note, it's really good. I also got some Naruto. But i'll send the Naruto and Death Note to Japan, to my friend who wants manga in English.
Mostly, I got (and read) Lord of the Flies, and (haven't read yet) a couple books by Faulkner. He's awesome!!!!!!
alright, i must skoodle! toodles!thank you!
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