Last year in Mr. Clark's class we read a Rousseau essay concerning education; earlier today I read part of a Daniel Quinn speech concerning education; Quinn and Rousseau have very similar views on the subject. Why am I posting about this? Because I overwhelmingly agree with the two of them (and I bet you do too)!, and it's something to think about ( Read more... )

NPR report this morning: most alcohol related car crashes and deaths in Houston are in the "Champions area". Houston has the most in Texas. Texas has the most in the United States. Well.

I need to explain an awkward situation. Here goes: I was at dinner on Friday night with long long time friend X. We ordered. We were sitting, talking. This is a small restaurant. Three people walk in. They are ex-friend(Y) of X and I of long time ago and his family. They are seated right next to us. I acknowledge Y with a bit of a nod, it was all I ( Read more... )

Had to spend extra time at off-campus today. I'm so exhausted. I fell asleep in one of my classes today. I forget which.

There's nothing at all exciting in my life right now but I don't really mind. We're only five school days into the semester. It feels like months. For the first time in a long time, I feel like a cigarette.

I have to read The ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning with the idea that it was winter. It was quite chilly in my room and my windows were dewy. And I was really liking the fact that it was winter. Really. I'm still pretending that it is. It's still chilly and my windows are still wet ( Read more... )

Today was strange and interesting and awful and it had its moments ( Read more... )

My counselor couldn't fit me into AP Macronomics and I'm pretty relieved. It sounded like a good idea at the time but now that things are about to start up I don't want a big workload.

My schedule then should be: English IV H, Latin IV H, Macro Economics/Government, Digital Graphics, Business Multi-Media, Journalism Adv. News.

Shouldn't be bad at

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With all the goodbyes, I feel like I'm going away too.

More later!