Wednesday, February 27, 2008

I'm a bad wolfie...

Things of mine to see:

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I really should be doing homework right now, even though it is 11:30. I should be finishing my research paper for English. The dreaded Junior paper.....................................

I'm really far behind on it too. The entire project is due on Monday, and my speech is due on Tuesday. I haven't even started writing the first draft of the paper because I'm a dumbass and I haven't even finished reading all the research materials I printed out. And of course, bad gets worse because I have other school assignments being assigned over top of that. Ugh.

I'm really pissed that we're giving speeches again. We already gave speeches TWICE, and there are only supposed to be two attempts at the objective per state requirements, but we're giving it a THIRD whirl because one jackass didn't give a speech the first time. So apparently, because one person is irresponsible, we all have to suffer.

I think the fact that we have to give speeches again is blamed solely on the everyone-deserves-a-trophy mentality the school system in my area has adopted. If you even try at the very least, you get one point per descriptor on the grading rubric. This means that absolutely bombing it will still warrant you a 40 percent or something like that, whereas realistically, that should be a zero. However by the state's rules, EVERYONE HAS TO GET SOMETHING FOR TRYING!!! What's the matter with people these days? It's like we're too afraid of hurting someone's feelings to say that they failed. Instead we get ratings like "Beginning", "Progressing", "Proficient", and "Advanced". It's just crap. If you failed, you failed; if you passed, you passed. There should be no "Oh, you tried, so we'll give you something" involved. Does the average workplace function like this? As far as I'm aware, no.

It just makes me mad that even though I gave two speeches and some other idiot chose to not even attempt it once, I still have to prepare to speak again. I HATE PUBLIC SPEAKING. The closet thing to public speaking that I think I might enjoy is perhaps acting...........

Anyways, sorry I went off on a rant about how retarded the system that is supposed to make us "well-rounded, contributing members of society" (smart) really is.

The time has sonehow gotten to a quarter until midnight. If I want to function tomorrow, I must go to bed relatively soon. Unfortunately, no matter how much I try to convince myself otherwise, sleep is a basic necessity for the sustaining of life in any organism. So that I must do. I wish you all the best in your attempts at this precious resource.
--Kos

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