I'm the on NuTang's Most Active! Have I really surfed...wait, let me check...1996 pages already? Wow! And I passed Kuri.

Seriously, I've only been here FIVE DAYS? I feel like I've been here forever!

It's such a luxury to go online all day, everyday. When we turn around the corner into September's arms, well, all the opulance of time disappears. School starts;
there are projects to be done, essays to be written, the annoyance of homework, clubs and practices to go to. We'll all be so busy...except for those of you who've already graduated. Lucky you.

Yeah, yeah. I hear you. I should enjoy the time I have left in school. School is so interesting, you get to have fun, and see your friends everyday. Once you start working, it's not going to be like that. Stay in school for as long as you can. Alright, alright.

Anyway, my first private entry! Well, it won't stay private for much longer. So check it out later!

Oh, and I uploaded some pics. Check them out, too.

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Well, well, well.

I'm sorry if I didn't read/comment on some blogs! Needless to say I'm busy...*sigh*

I'm happy about my schedule because...I start third period! So I get to sleep..actually, not that much later. What can I do? It takes at least 45 min. to get down there so I'm pretty much up at the same time I used to. Besides, if I'm early enough--and I get permission--I can catch up and do a quick blog! Then I'll do a proper one that evening, er, night.

I have an EXAM next week. Physics. Yippee. No, my teacher is pretty nice and he says it won't be on anything we haven't learned by then. Do I believe him? After today's class? Yes, I do. He looks like an old, boring teacher who's been teaching for 23 years, but! He makes it fun and interesting. So, yeah, I like his class.

Hey, I wanted to put a video thing up, but I have no idea how to... Someone teach me. Please? Thanks!

Pluggies: ikamashokie, little-b, thaitanic, The-Muffin-Man, Kirei, Kuri, v13txhuniie

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I was just watching 20/20 on channel 7 (abc7). This segment was called...something Stupid America or stupid schools...something.
I sat there watching John Stossel tell me why I should be skeptical every time I'm told something.

I was the customer at his resturant and he was putting the dishes on my table one after another. There was no time for me to taste it or remark upon the beautiful ways they were arranged.

Don't get me wrong, I believed every word he said. It was channel 7, they would never state anything that wasn't a fact they had researched. I was in a french resturant, I knew the food would be superb. And I trusted them enough to know there wouldn't be turds in my filet mignon. They had definite data to back them up.

Okay, I'm being threatened again. I'll continue my rant later. See ya!
--And I'm back! Sorry, Kuri, if I don't make sense...

You know how there is a demand for more money for schools? Money for education! It's for a good cause: our children! The unions and teachers are telling the politicians and the public how money can help kids get better grades.

NOT TRUE!!!!
Example #1: Billions of dollars were given to a particular school that hadn't been doing so well. Now they have an olypic-sized pool, a huge cafeteria, indoor track in a gigantic gymnasium. But the grades? Gotten worse. Down, down, down.

Example #2: School with no donations, but has a great principal. He visits every class and gives out money for perfect attendance! The kids love it!

Example #3: There are teachers rewarded for good teaching. They know they'll lose their jobs if they don't teach well. So they make learning fun. The kids are excited to do phonics, etc...

Schools in South Carolina aren't getting better. On the list of States' SAT scores: South Carolina is dead last with 993...or was it 933?...either way, that's not good. And yet those in charge argue that it is getting better and that it's perfectly fine as it is.

You know what's even worse? If you go up a couple of places on that list, you'll find New York! I live in New York! Why is it so bad?

Remember the No Child Left Behind Act? Teachers are teaching little kids to cheat to pass into the next grade. They're giving them the answers to get them out of there.

Also, kids have to go their zone schools. Their parents can't choose the schools for them. Even if the school is really bad. Here's another bad thing: if they're rich, they can move and buy a house in the right neighborhood with a good school. A governor's kid can choose not to go to his zone school because...well, he's the governor's kid.

You can choose what kind of cell phone you want, the ringtones and wallpapers, but not your school. There's a school so good, parents would die to get their kids in. So they have to hold a lottery. Whoever wins gets in! Yay! Because otherwise, they'd never have had a chance.

I believe it all. I really do. But I had barely enough time to digest it. It went by pretty fast though I understood it all. They just have a lot of facts we need to know with a limited time slot in which to tell us. *shrugs* Oh, I remember now. It's called Stupid in America.

I hope I made sense...I just started typing and this is what came out. Mind you I watched this last night. My memory's pretty impressing, eh? *lifts eyebrows*
Later!

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I have a splitting headache. I'm just not used to thinking again. The space behind my eyes is empty. The little clam inside screamed as the lever of learning wrenched the shell open.

I was really hungry so I got a nice yummy sandwich from Subways.

As I walked, I passed the Columbus Circle mall. I stopped and asked myself, "Should I go up to Borders?" There was a chance new manga was on the shelves. In fact, I knew there would be. I haven't gone to the bookstores in a while. I've been too busy with NuTang. IT'S TOO ADDICTING!
Anyway, I decided not to since I'd been gone all day and I had a lot of catching up to do. And I was right.

Except I have nothing to blog about. And I've given up on reading all the blogs written today. My eyes are already tired and my headache won't get better if I continued. There's so much to think about!

Oh, and I have special classes that I'll be taking at night. So it'll take even more time away from NuTang.

*sniff*

Oops, I forgot the pluggies again! I'll start with day-before-yesterday's (which will be long because there are 14 people: thank you!)

Day-before-yesterday's Pluggies: frostbitten, ikamashokie, The-Muffin-Man, Kuri, Chloefoxx, invisible, of_your_mind, thisdisease, papaphysix, Dilated, little-b, Princess_00, randomjunk

And!!!

Yesterday's Pluggies: Kuri, The-Muffin-Man, ikamashokie, Chloefoxx, little-b

Thank you! Thank you!

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What do educators have against technology?

I'm sooo tempted to bring my laptop everyday. But it's not small like ipods, cells or whatever. Hard to hide...and so d*mn heavy! Mine is about 6 lbs. To lug that around all day...not a happy prospective to look forward to. Except I really want to bring it to school! >.< Argh!

Wouldn't it be nice to have around? Notes and classwork could be typed up during class...though it may get noisy from the clacking keyboards. ^-^;; And you wouldn't need to line up to use the outdated SLOW computers in the library...

But! My genius of a brain also understand why. *sigh* We could be doing other things during class. Such as playing games, doing homework or surfing (NuTang!).

Schools officially prohibit cellphones now. What's the difference? Still the same old, same old.

^{"Here's a secret between you and me."} The teacher whispers with a playful smile. ^{"You can have your cellphones with you in here. Just keep it out of sight or I'll have to take it. The principal told me--well, all the teachers--so. But just between you and me, you can keep it on you."} He straightens and nods like he did a real favor. The students nod back with their eyebrows nonexistant against their hairline. And of course, they exchange looks with one another.

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