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February 17 One Step At A Time.Exercise releases endorphins, a natural stress reliever. True story.
Over the course of the Christmas break, I started riding a lot more, really just going anywhere aimlessly. The actual distance I managed to get overall must have been more than the distance I had travelled over at least the few months before the holidays, and as I result my fitness really has improved. And it wasn't just riding during the daytime; in fact, most of the time, I was out of the house during the night, as it has been.
Last night I decided to go on another journey around town, to see what I could find. Well, I did find out something, and it annoyed me, surprisingly. It’s near-impossible for me to get lost in this town, or at least, in most of this town, where I’ve lived and moved around for the past few years. For two-and-a-half hours of non-stop riding, without a definite destination, I didn’t once have a problem finding my way to somewhere familiar, even though my sense of direction was a little off sometimes. But that’s really a negligible fact, seeing as the whole intent of this particular journey was to get lost in my own familiar environment.
Minding the fact of that small disappointment, the ride was made very pleasant by the fact that earlier in the night (I had left the house at about 7:45), there had been rain enough to make everything cool and wet, but not soaked so much as I couldn’t get around with ease. To put it simply, it was just very cool, and very calm, seeing as the later at night it gets, the fewer cars there are on the road. As a small tidbit of information, a rough estimate is that 10:30 – 11:00PM is usually the optimal time for having the fewest cars on the road, but as for Friday and Saturday nights (parties etc.) it usually varies, with the traffic picking up a little during this time, dying down again, and then resuming normally at 4:00 – 5:00AM. The music I had playing last night was too inconsistent to be “the perfect playlist” for this journey, where I had a broad range of music I generally enjoy. I discovered that a good mix of acoustic music, a small amount of blues, some house and probably ambient electronic and a little general rock would have done it for me. None of the usual “metal” type stuff I listen to; I actually found that mostly distracting whenever it played, so that was another discovery of worthy note. Music always helps to set the mood of anything, but in this case I feel it would have helped the mood that had been played out for me, what with the serenity of the night already.
As for my own mood, I still think I’m not 100% of myself. Random mood swings can really take their toll on a person’s general stamina (just silly things make me go from one mood to another), but being the go-with-the-flow person I am, and being on a very calm, cruising journey, things couldn’t really be too negative at all. It just lets you think better, much more clearly, than being stuck in the same environment where you’re going to always have the same mindset about things. In some ways, it does relate back to how someone can change themselves, through simple self-analysis, and become a better person out of it. Maybe I’m just a bit of a nutter, though, really analyzing things in a third-person kind of way.
While I didn’t end up anywhere too fantastic, I still had fun last night not really doing anything but riding, and thinking of things in the past, present, and near future. I hope I’ll get the chance to do something like it again, but next time I do think that maybe there should be a destination; if I end up somewhere, maybe I’ll find a dandy new hangout spot, or maybe I’ll see something interesting. I look forward to the many journeys that I’ll take in future, both in the physical sense and in the personal psyche.
Journeys are some of the little things that make each person unique, because everyone takes their own. You can always let them change you, or you can let them be just another part to your memory, another part to all the things that have happened.
Have a good day.
Enjoy,
-E.K. November 10 Why growing up is a matter of change and personal opinion.We all need some time to be ourselves.
As a youth, being antagonized or exemplified due to your age is sometimes hypocritical behaviour, whereby those who are belittling the young people are also telling them to grow up and act more maturely. In this instance, “growing up” is about being mature, in comparison to your age. “Growing up”, as in developing personality and gaining knowledge through experience, is something that occurs through change and situation; changes brought upon by a person’s own will, changes forced upon them and changes to lifestyle out of necessity. Differing viewpoints and opinions on the matter result in multiple interpretations, and these determine how a person perceives the ideas of growing up and maturity.
With age, the broader idea is that a person will act in a more typical adult-like way. Physically, a person cannot be stopped from “growing up” this way, where, the majority of the time, an older person is generally respected more due to an assumption of knowledge or other traits that are believed to come with age. In an emotional, or psychological sense, a person can act any age that they choose to be, within reason. To “grow up”, as to mature, involves the mindset of a person, and it is their decision whether they will change themselves to be just as their age describes them or otherwise.
Change generally involves one of three factors influencing it. An individual themselves can change with their own decision, and by their own decision. As a person can judge for themselves what they want, it becomes a decision to change as to how they will act behaviourally. Independent change is much better for a person in that they gain experience through making their own decisions, over changes forced by an outside third-party. These changes can be beneficial in the same way that individual change works for “growing up”, but they limit the knowledge and experience that a maturing person would gain if they had first analyzed, then changed themselves. One other factor of change that influences “growing up” is the necessity of change within lifestyle. In order to grow, age and mature, a person must consider the environment and lifestyle which they currently live in, and determine, by their own decision or another’s, what changes must be made to both “grow up” and mature, or to gain similar experience while still remaining themselves youthful.
These ideas are followed alongside by non-influencing outside forces; the opinions of oneself and the opinions of others. The opinion of a person from external sources allows someone to gauge their age and maturity in terms of the greater community, but does not change an individual’s opinion of themselves and how they see their own maturity. This is because it is impossible for a person to judge their own character, and proceed to change it, without the knowledge of another to point out faults. And, because that external knowledge is merely a personal opinion, the idea of “growing up” can be judged as a different thing between two people.
The world needs intelligent, mature people in order to maintain structure and quality of life. In a broader, more general sense, though, “growing up” means to become more serious about things, over the child-like approach of having fun with life. Therefore, to “grow up” is both a positive and negative thing, where a balance between both sides is best in order to remain happy and productive. But, this is still underlined by the fact that to “grow up”, or to do so without appearing like they have, a person will be influenced by their current lifestyle and the ideas of others, and that is why “growing up” is a matter of change and personal opinion.
An aging matter, or rather, something to ponder upon.
Enjoy,
- E. K. May 26 I haven't been lazy, or busy; I just haven't been motivatedRewards are the product of a goal successfully completed.
Goals. We set them sometimes, to help with motivation. You know; everyone's always doing something nowadays, so we need to keep motivated; otherwise, what will be accomplished ? Without motivation, tasks become droning and mindless accomplishments, devoid of effort and personal value.
For those of my age, school is often a priority; it is our goal to achieve well enough, to prove that we have the knowledge and skills to support ourselves in the outside world. Of course, we must take into account the fact that no lesson taught at a school can truly prepare any one person for what will happen after school life; rather, it is there, that what we achieve during our stay should, at least, prepare us to expect anything and everything. But, even then, we're setting goals in order to reach that stage of " completion ", at which point a person moves on to become a part of a larger, crueller world.
And yet, I understand and comprehend the importance of everything I'm supposed to do during the course of my teen years, but there's just one problem, per sè; I don't see the point to even half of it anymore. There is a fear that I'm becoming narrow-minded, that the way I'm seeing things is rather a shallow outlook, but I do know that one cause for my problem is a lack of guidance.
No goals. No motivation. No results.
And now we see the hypocrisy upon everything, and the simply flawed judgements. Why aren't I setting goals ? What's the real motivation ? But then what's the point to that ? Or why do I question myself, time and time again ?
It's akin to a dog chasing its tail. It just goes around. And around. And around. But slowly, it edges closer to that nice, big flat brick wall. It doesn't see it coming, because that tail needs to be chased, for lack of guidance and a better mind to do more productive things. Then BAM. It hits it. There goes the dog's day. Wasted on pointless exercises. And it has a big headache to boot.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is, don't succumb to a lazy and goal-less situation, much like myself. Find something meaningful to do, even if it's not helpful in the immediate present; you never know when something produced during " down time " could come in handy.
And don't eat while you're bored. You'll become a stastistic.
Enjoy,
-E.K. January 01 Hats off to a sassy New Year.Hey, while we're at it, let's go skinnydipping.
Now that 2006 is over, we're ushering in a new year of fantastic fun, friends and just plain awesome.
Quote Matt:
" Matt is Awesome " While not always true, he's got some point. Except that we need to replace " Matt " with " This " and we're getting a description of 2007. At least, my initial thoughts hope so. Forget what happened last year; that's already been said and done. We're already in a new orbit around our precious Sun, and we might as well leave a nice big trail of space junk and memories as we progress through the seasons. Of course, that is, unless we're drunk for half the time and can't recall what happened the previous night.
There's plenty of things for us to do in this new year; after all, it has an approximate of 52 weeks, which is about 365 days, which is about 8,760 hours, which is about 525,600 minutes, which is about 31,536,000 seconds. I plan to manage time more efficiently than ever before, but there's a lot of doubt as to whether that will actually happen. I see myself working hard for anything and everything, but only when it counts and needs to be done.
Of all things, though, there is no one particular thing I aim to achieve. A job would be nice, but like others in my situation, working part-time and school doesn't often mix too well. I wouldn't mind doing something so outrageous, so insane, so mind-bogglingly crazy that everyone learns my name and remembers me for what exactly I did, but then again, that might have to wait.
Stupidity aside, let's make it fun.
Enjoy,
- E.K. November 12 Only Partially Zombi-fied.It all goes off in three weeks.
I'll be waiting outside to see you there.
-E.K. October 11 Just a QuestionI've got just a question.
If I wrote your eulogy for you, would you be disappointed ?
I mean, even if it was really, really lame, could you still be happy that I was honouring your life ?
It's making me think.
Enjoy,
- E.K. October 06 Silly Mang FaceApparently, I'm not good enough. I don't know if I really did much these holidays. In the next few days I'll have my Graphics assignment done and finished, and I'm hoping the effort I put into that whore of a thing is worth it. Now that I've said that, I'd like to point you to some interesting facts about me.
I found these on my Windows Live Accounts page:
Registered since: 21 December 2000
Country/Region: Australia
Birth date: ****
Note the bolded text. This e-mail account has been whored by me since 21 December in the year 2000. That means, on December 21 this year, it will be six years old. I can't even remember back six years, let alone 2 weeks ago. In six years I can bet there's people that have had numerous e-mail accounts; some even so many they wouldn't be able to recall the first five or so. And me, I've stayed loyal to myself and who I am; The Original Flat Cat.
I just thought I'd point that out. Anything else you find out about me is a lie. Including that.
Enjoy.
- E.K.
September 17 Press 1 for ServiceThis weekend has been the best in a while.
We're leading up to the last week of school, all but one exam is done, and I feel inspired.
Time to bust out the pencils and paintbrushes and get me a few sketchbooks and canvases for the holidays, I'd say. Although I don't expect to make anything magnificent, it'll the first of anything from me in a while. School really chews out all your time, and as such I try to avoid starting anything new or attempting to focus on something unrelated.
It's also kinda exciting.
Think about it. The last week of Third Term. We only have one more, short, stressed-out term of Tenth Grade left. I'm not advocating anyone to begin the partying just yet; after all, now's the time when we should be studying hard and making up for our losses.
Heh, our losses. Kinda amuses me.
This year, I really promised myself I'd try hard. I can't say I've done that, but I'm sure it's up to about 88% effort put in all around. Even in SOSE, which, apparently, I was doing good in. That last assignment will have changed all of that. Next term I have to bump up the mark for English, and try to push it to the highest B I can manage; I've gotten a C this term, which rapes me of the A I hoped for. Science feels like it could have slipped a little, so I need to make sure I'm going for that top-notch mark again. Math does still need improving; If I manage a high B, I know I've really put in the effort for this one.
And, as always, it's A's all around for both Art and Graphics. Darn I'm good; That's where they've been all year. At least I fulfilled my end on that one.
Well, I guess it's time to put these event of Third behind us, and look forward to our final push into Eleventh Grade.
Am I pumped ?
Hell Yes.
Enjoy,
- E.K. September 02 Over the Hills and Far Away
It seems that all we’re trying to do is survive. No one has any time to change, any time to evolve. Could life just be a struggle into our own damnation ? As it seems, I would agree. I don’t know why, though, it seems that I’m trying to break from this trend. I became the Flat Cat, the one to establish what is life and how we should live it. While I don’t think my views on modern society affect the larger society, I like to think that influencing the way one person perceives life is an accomplishment on its own. As a person, people will not often take you seriously enough to believe what you are attempting to communicate. They become resilient against your efforts to persuade them. As a personality, the wider community can see you for you, but perceive you as though you are someone else. Flat Cat, The Flat Cat, is that personality. While I haven’t changed myself in any way, I have changed the way I appear to people. They now see me as a source of reasoning, and while not always logical, a sense of life. I can freely communicate my messages and have someone listen. Even if they don’t make sense, my messages and thoughts are still a source of inspiration to those that can understand. I feel as if though the Flat Cat is who I am, who I will be, and whom I will leave behind. I can use it, almost as another part of myself, but all the while still being myself. My life has a lot to do with the Flat Cat, and without it, I would feel unheard; just another person unwilling to speak. Many say my opinion doesn’t matter, but I digress, and could almost believe my opinion has much more power to it than some others do. The fact that stubborn opinions make people have narrow visions hurts to me. An open mind keeps the Flat Cat happy. And a happy Flat Cat can be more empowering. The best feeling you get from attempting to influence people though their own will is not happiness, or joy. You feel normal. You feel like yourself. You feel individual. Thoughts begin to flow freely, and decisions you make seem to have actual logic. Enough as to make sense among a seemingly mindless world. When we think using thoughts, using reasoning, or begin to, after having known myself as the Flat Cat, we continue to think. I don’t believe I became the Flat Cat. I don’t think it was a decision, but an influence. The Flat Cat became me.
Enjoy, - E. K.
( P.S. I don't care if you hate my writing. It's mine, not yours, so you can deal with it yourself. ) August 01 Twisted Buildings and a Sense of DirectionI'm out to crush your hopes and dreams.
Well, to be technical, I won't personally do it, but you will do it to yourself. When you realize what I've got in store for the future, my future, yours will seem insignificant.
Oh yes, do I have plans for my future. No, of course they're not set in stone, anything could happen, but I'm sticking to them, and I'm not letting anyone change them. I will not change them to suit someone else. I will not change myself to make everyone else happy.
What are these plans I speak of ?
Big Plan Number One : I'm finishing High School, beech.
What could change this from happening ? : Nothing. Try and think of something.
Next : Study, Go to Uni for Graphic Design course / Engineering Course / ShuttheforkupbecauseImbetterthanyou Persuasive Speaking person / work part time / Journalism career options / general art course
What could change this from happening ? : Well, that's a good question. I have so many options at the moment, and I'm getting people telling me to focus on one thing. But, the way I'm managing myself ( and avoiding people in general that could stop me from doing this, or just people in general ) I always do a little bit towards everything, until a final decision is made.
As stupid as that sounds, it's working, and I am developing in many different talents, which if you want to find out about, go fork yourself, and find out yourself LAZY BEECH. Gosh people, do something other than bother me while I'm doing stuff ( which is, all the time ).
So, as you can see, my future looks pretty good. Can't say as much about yours. Ooh look, you've got one plan. I have what, six ?
The biggest one I'm aiming for, though, is Graphic Designer. Of all things, I want that one the most. And I'm prepared to work for it, even slap you around the face to fight for it.
Ahh, the joys of being me. Which you aren't.
So fork you.
Enjoy, in whichever way you swing.
-E.K. July 27 Go Fork YourselfUtensils are possibly some of the greatest inventions ever.
Not only do I show my superiority when using them ( and everyone else's lack of ability to do so ), but most of the time, they're a sparkly silver grey.
Now forks, you see, seem to pose a difficulty to some people. They're like one of those puzzlers that no-one can seem to figure out. Except, for only a certain group of people.
Let's start with examples:
1. " The Bloke " : The typical Australia man, can often use a fork, but usually prefers to use his hands. So what if it's natural, FORK YOU, food should be eaten properly.
2. " The mentally Deficient " : No, I'm not talking about the Retarded, but the one's that don't seem to think as well as others. Once in a blue moon, one will migrate to the good side of people and use a fork, otherwise, they don't deserve them. The grey is too much.
3. My Brother : Probably should just be shot in the feet or whatever you want. Can't use knives and forks for peanut butter. Often makes huge messes when eating. Rightfully also classified as " The Embarrassment ".
Fork you if you try to stand up for people in the above.
Fork you if you're in one of the above.
Thanks if you can think of anything else that should be in the above.
Thanks if you think I'm a retard, fork you.
...
I'm so forking bored.
A'right, I just remembered. I'm going to have to post something about Captain Cutlery. He should feature in a Flop Story, which I might add, haven't completely died out, yet.
Drop a line, if you can find the e-mail.
Enjoy.
-E.K.
Har HAR ! Bet you thought this was another pointless rant ! You were wrong ! I'm just trying to keep my mind thinking while I do work, so I typed this out. No draft, this is it.
We can only imagine what would happen to me if I took drugs =\
It's not gonna happen xD. June 28 The Food Between My TeethI refuse to be antagonized for doing nothing wrong. That's all.
Most people would say it's " funny " how life works.
I say, it just happens, there's no humour attached to it, and the only feelings are the ones we give it, the ones that shape the way we percieve the world. It peeves me to hear how people try to describe things with feelings. Feelings are something people make up to associate with things; sure, it's natural for humans to label everything, but why does everyone have to follow each other ? Everyone is the same. No matter how rich or poor, how strong or weak, how intellectually impared you are, just stop doing it !
You will find everything feels a lot lighter, subconsciencely speaking, when you do. I've learned, in my 15 years of living, to not stay attached to anything. And, as selfish as it sounds, I have the right to do so. Not one person will change my mind, because in doing so, I will be succumbing to the horrors of living a life like everyone else. It's official. I'm living my life to be, for the most part, lonely, detached but still attached from society, and loving every moment of it.
As I have previously stated ( in my blog about how people suck ) people suck. In general. In general doesn't mean everyone, but if you think that you're excluded from the inclusion, don't get your hopes up. People probably deserve to be shot by cows with guns, for all I care, which is very little, but until genetic mutation allows for that, I'll be damned to talking to myself for a while.
I'm thinking until my 221st birthday.
Enjoy ( Or rather, being the stupid human you are, DON'T. You're ruining my " me " time )
-E.K. June 26 Jazz it UpThanks Jayden, man. I'm diggin' all the new music you got to me.
I was playing Soul Caliber 2 on our poor little black box we call a Gamecube the other night. It's a fantastic game, I must say that, and some of the characters are fantastically designed. Personally, I love the characters Talim ( not a lot, though ), Xianghua nd Nightmare, not because of the way they play in the game, but because of the way they look. Call me a little fanboy, but I'll take it. I've always paid attention to things like that, the way characters " feel ", the way that they present themselves.
In fact, I've also been reading a lot of MegaTokyo lately. I can't believe Fred Gallagher, the guy who makes the comic, will often beat himself up about how " disorganized " or " substandard " his work is. If I could draw, at a level close to his, I would be proud of my work. I'm sure he is, but he shouldn't be so stressed about everything he does. Just take everything as it is, man, keep a few breaths ahead of yourself, and you'll continue to make some good work. It's the way I see things. And it's his work that's inspiring me, to achieve better things.
Tomorrow, I'm heading out town to get myself some drawing supplies; sketchbooks, pencils, erasers, and anything else I deem fit for drawing. While I'm not going to be making some webcomic, I am going to be just freesketching some stuff, like characters, objects, and environments. It's a start, to teach myself, and get into drawing. I've done a little bit of stuff in the past, but nothing special. So, officially, this is where I start.
Who knows. Maybe my Pixel Art will help me, maybe it won't. I wanna see if they'll both interact with each other. You know, freehand sketching and pixel art. Most people would say to use Paint Shop Pro, but you know me, I seriously couldn't be bothered to fork out the cash for it, nor do I think I need it. I'm content doing things by hand, and I've found it to be that much more " personal ", and gives it my own little touch.
One last thing, before I leave this post. Anime and gaming.
I'm a total newbie to Anime. I wanna get into some good ones. I think I'm open minded, so I'm willing to try some different things. I'm also totally clueless when it comes to videogames, to be honest. If I had the cash for these things, I guess I'd be right into them. Otherwise, it's more " for fun " right now, although I wouldn't mind some good suggestions for some good games and anime. Currently have Computer and Gamecube, for those wondering.
Other than that, I guess I'm gonna be locked away for my holidays. Drawing, K'nex-ering, reading, writing and a little gaming. I think I'm almost in heaven.
Enjoy.
- E.K. June 19 I'd like to start.FIRST NOTE: All comments disabled. I'm sick of them. Everything is much cleaner now. I don't have to deal with people bitching to me on my space.
Onto the Blog.
A few words of inspiration. They will guide you through life:
" If at first you don't succeed, quit. " Now that you're inspired, I'd like to let you know that you're not dreaming and you're still on this desolate planet. Filled with selfish, hairy, sexually active, overpopulating moronic idiots we like to call People. Well, as a generalization, that is. If anyone tries to fit myself into that category, they must have a very good reason, approved by nonexistant aliens, chewed up by lazy bulldogs, regurgitated, pecked at by birds, scattered across the globe, collected by SUPER SAIYAN's like Dragon Balls, dipped in nuclear waste, shredded in 100 paper shredders, and glued back together with the pre-chewed chewing gum of one thousand high school desks.
Only then, can you call me a stupid human.
I don't know why, I just don't seem to like people anymore. Maybe it's the inter-species killing, maybe it's the corruption, maybe it's all the misunderstanding, or maybe it's none of the above. I can still relate to people, as a whole, but when we get down to individuals, they're all really the same. Everyone is. They can seem to be different, but they're not. I seem to notice that. And I then think ahead, to what is going to happen in the future. Can we still hold out for a change ? Will I become just another one of the mindless f00ls of society ? Or does the future seem so bleak, I won't be able to think ahead anymore ?
Only time will tell, and only with time, will I realise myself and who I am to become.
Recursively Thinking,
- fc63.
Short blog today. Didn't feel like doing much else. Besides, it's the first in a month. I took a hiatus to see what would happen. Never do that again.
May 12 I refuse to accept thisI refuse to accept that some people were concieved legitimately.
Why do I say this ?
Because I can. I'll hate society all I want. I'll watch it until the day its perfection swallows itself whole and excretes its own remains over the corrupt minds of our communist government.
Not only has the Australian government absolutely guaranteed its own failure in future, but it has ensured that by the time of the expiry of the Japanese treaty of them not being able to have an army, we will be screwed.
This is another " Don't you hate it when something is stupid and you can't do anything about it " moment.
It's like when you accidently shoot yourself in the head. You trust the ambulance officers to arrive swiftly, but jerks who can't drive properly in the city don't care about anyone but themselves. This then relates back to the government and the health system crisis. I think we should rob Johnny boy and force him to live in public housing. That's if the government can be bothered to find some.
Now back to the original argument.
John Howard is an ugly test tube baby who has sapped so much money out of me, by the time I'm 20 I would have had enough to buy a house and a car. Not to say that I would want to, though. I'd be more likely to live in the back of a flea-ridden Bus-Van-Thing with a collection of bear skins. If that makes any sense. Speaking of bear skins, another byproduct of scientific research goes by the name of Terry Goan. That's right, my school princi"pal" whose ears love the sound of his own voice and whose inflated head would explode if touched by a sharp pointy object ( Mission 1: Grab the nearest emo-kid and watch some fat head fly ). While sometimes he can run our school and make some good decisions, for the other 99% of the time he's a real arse. I swear I walked past him 30 seconds after the bell went today and I was late for class, according to his watch which can go forward in time when he wants it to.
While on the subject of time travel:
I need a lift to Sydney, for no particular reason. If you can get me there in 20 hours, that's time travel.
Enjoy.
- E.K. April 09 MoneyHere's a question:
What would have happened if Robin Hood kept all of his own " profits " ?
It really makes you think.
I myself would have preferred if he gave me the money, you know, just for a small birthday present. After all, it's on the 17th.
Not that I or anyone else should bother. I don't care with presents most of the time. I don't expect presents / gifts from anyone, unless they're really enthusiastic about it. Parents are the only one's I really get asked about " what do you want ? " or something similar... it's always the same reply:
MONEY ! So I'm rather cheap. I still can't get a job... a real one, that is. I need a tax file number. Darned.
Something to do in my holidays, if that's what you call 10 days off.
Enjoy.
- E.K. April 05 Insomnia" Motion to sleep seconded ! "
" JOE, GO TO SLEEP ! "
Doubt it.
I should get some though... I haven't felt comfortable sleeping lately.
I have no idea what it is, I'm just feeling a little weird.
I'm gonna go try sleep again.
Not so much thickness in this post, now was there. Darned. I like wasting time.
Enjoy.
- E.K. March 26 N.O.A.H. - The Great Boycott
At the time of writing this, I'm doing an assignment.
By the completion of this, I'm still going to have more assignments to do.
And, once I've done those assignments, I'm still going to have homework, and, most probably, more assignments.
The single most contradictory thing about this is, my teachers wonder what I do with my time. " Why isn't this done ? " I get asked. " Oh, sorry miss, I couldn't do your work because I didn't have any time after I was wasting it on assignments ". " Well that's a detention for you, because you were doing work ".
Now, this is a real problem, happening every day, in many places, all over the world ! As a solution, Karl and I have discussed a plan to relieve some of the stress of all of this work.
Part one: The Boycott Part one of our plan involves boycotting assignments, by getting as many people as possible to sign a petition against assignments and outside of school work. Once enough support has been gained, we photocopy the petition hundreds of times ( this would probably be out of our own money ) and hand them to as many people as possible. Everyone will know, we hate assignments.
You know why ? Because they waste time. I seriously can't be bothered to do a good job on them anymore. So what if I still get good marks for them, I don't care. Assignments waste time, which could be used for studying and relaxing which means we're in a better mood for school. And guess what, if we're in a better mood, we can think a lot better, as well.
Part two: The Argument I know, people will oppose me on this idea. Those people suck. They are the ones who think that an unfair advantage on everyone makes them better. They might study a little harder, do a little more work, or put in that little bit extra effort just to suck up to some jerk face teacher, but that doesn't make them any better than the teacher themselves. In fact, schools are mainly screwed themselves. The schools will oppose my idea. Simply, because they think students need something to occupy them.
Go fuck yourselves. Assignments are ridiculously easy to pass on. What does that teach ? Not a thing. We can just copy small bits from here and there and call it done. Seriously, why make students do homework and assignments ? A lot of the time, it's not done until the last minute. What does that teach ? Be lazy ? Not one person is forcing us to do them. Bring back Communism, then that'll get us working.
Part Three: The Replacement What happens when the schools stop placing the huge amount of pressure on students, with MOUNTAINS UPON MOUNTAINS of assignments and homework ? Quite simply, we replace it with regular testing, done at school. A recent summary of what has been taught within lessons. An actual average of how well the student has been understanding the work being taught.
You see, exams, and regular testing allows students to study, and not be forced into some impossible task. We can relax. We can get into a habit of actually learning something, instead of going out the other ear. We, can sleep, instead of those long nights of staying up to just get that assignment done because we couldn't do it in the week due to having to do another one.
If you thought like me, you'd know what I am saying. I think this is a teriffic idea. If you agree, link this to all your friends. In fact, e-mail it. I want everyone to see my stance on the fucked up rating system we have for schools. I want something to be done about it.
I want, N.O.A.H. to be the new trend within schools: O ASSIGNMENTS or HOMEWORK
Tell everyone you know. Link them back to here. Let them see, how much easier this system would be.
Enjoy, -flat_cat63 |
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