It's FINALS WEEK!

Haha, I'm so stressed it's making me high.

Like, literally? Today I had a quiz and a test.

Tomorrow I have TWO tests.
(But then I had to move one because my stupid choir director is making everyone skip the next block and THAT WAS MY TEST YOU *********)

So, now I have a test and a maaaaajor project due WEDNESDAY.

And Thursday I have a project and a test. Again.

And the worst part is? There's so much stuff that I have to do. And so I have lost the complete will to do it.

AND my Secret Santa isn't helping either.

(Just die and forget it all)

Haha, you've been FURLOUGHED. Have a nice day!

Hi.

So, our government has closed down.

And over 1 million people have been furloughed.

So, who's at fault?

The Democrats, who "made a huge mistake first" by pushing Obamacare ahead instead of focusing on other government activities?

Or the Republicans, who are so stubborn as to prevent the Democrats just because they won the elections again?

So, we've compared the stats- but with Athens and Rome. From a long time ago.

Here we go.

(By the way, this was a school assignment. It's related, sooooo...)

Athenian democracy represented people much better than the Roman republic. The Roman government consisted of the Senate, who had 300 members. This Senate was elected by partisans and determined by their wealth and land. This makes it so that the common plebeians were not heard when the Senators were elected. They were represented, but didn't have much power compared to the Senate.

 The Athenian democracy was a direct democracy, making it so that most everybody’s votes were heard. Although, if you looked at it from a different view, since the votes were decided by people shouting them out, some people could be not heard. Athenian democracy also put everyone on an equal pedestal. 

Power plays were not present in Athens, but the form of government Rome had made it so power plays were very possible. (Like our government today. Stupid politicians.) (Fuuuuuuuuuuu.) 

Aaaand, that's our answer. 

Thanks, guys.

Poem #1

Ode to Graphite

Inside pencils,

On paper.

  They wait, black and silver, like metal.

Pretty, but full of dents,

Of marks.

The surface, silk.

But still useful.

There is one scrape,

Where it broke, under too much pressure.

I try to erase the marks.

Some are hard to erase,

   Like bad mistakes.

                              Drawing, writing,

                                  The words stutter and fade,

                                       like a horrible storyteller.

      I sigh, letting the pencil fall.

              

                In front of me is a paper

                    Filled with markings.

Meaningless.

Prompt #3

Writing prompt #3- What kind of student are you?

I am aggressive when in a group when we are doing projects. During discussions, though, I tend to sit back and only put in some (hopefully well- thought) input. Well, most of the time. There was this one time during a History discussion that everyone was yelling and I just sorta sat back….then joined the fray with my own opinion.

Haha, I’m so weird! :P

Anyway, I suppose North* people can get really loud and stuff, just to make sure everyone is paying attention. And interrupting. I used to do that a lot, but now I try to catch myself and just stop, say sorry, and let the other person finish. Otherwise, I’ll never get my word in (and you know how important it is :D ) and the conversation will end and the topic will be effectively cut off, and I’ll never get to say what I had wanted to say.

Competitiveness. Another big thing. Like in Science, when I’m competing with Hari and Colin and Austin and all the other guys I sit with. (Not of my own accord, we have assigned seats. I dunno, all my friends are guy friends. Girls are way too…..too…..girly.) Also in sports, or PE. I just HAVE TO WIN!

I think I want to be more detailed oriented and open to ideas.




*As to the reference to the North-

By this, I do not mean if you were born in Ohio or something. There was this game we played in Advisory, and it was how you studied, using the four cardinal directions as sections for different people. Northerners are aggressive, who usually lead and barge ahead, not really thinking of other's ideas, or just being leaders and tackling projects. Westerners are OCD people who pay attention to every little detail, but are not able to see the whole picture. They may plan out every little piece of the project, but are not really able to put it together. Southerners are gentle, kind, listening to others and paying attention to all input. This may sound good, but this impassiveness may lead to an inability to decide on things, since they desperately want to have everyone's input in and thinks nobody should be left out. Easterners can only see the big picture- they have this great idea, but they can't plan the steps in between, leading a big disaster midway because it was unexpected. So, which direction are you? you can be split between two who are next to each other, like Northwest, but you definitely cannot be something like North and South. So, figure out who you are, and comment below!


PS. I know it's been a long time, but I kind of lost interest in this blog. Up until now, of course. A Long one to make up for the absence!