vent vent vent

okay. so i know i only use this thing to blog for school, and the only person following me is my teacher, but i am really mad and need to vent. so mr palo, if you havent already guessed, this has nothing to do with anything government, despite the fact that the majority of the things i post have nothing to do with that either.
okay. so the reason i missed school today was to check out the two schools i got accepted to. (niether of which are the school i wanted to attend) so im gettin ready for my day, all excited to miss school and visit some colleges. well i come to find out that today they had the every 15 minutes thing today. THE ONE IVE BEEN EXCITED FOR FOR A MONTH. i didnt know it was today, but i knew it was this month. well i was pissed, obviously, but i kept a positive outlook, ya know the whole "this is my future" thing. well visiting these schools only confused me even more! and i am really pissed that i missed that thing! everyones talking about how cool and eye opening it was. everybodys saying "oh ill never drink and drive after seeing that"... WHAT THE HELL? you thought it was okay to drink and drive before watching that simulation?? NO! ughhh...... i am sooo irritated. its like i miss anything/ everything remotely entertaining at that dang school.
and the thing that really sucks is that this isnt the only mildly interesting thing i missed this year. i also missed homecoming for volleyball. the carnival and the game. and my best friend was a queen. and oh yeah, its my senior year and that was my last one. gahh. well. this didnt help at all and only got me even more irritated, but hey, it was worth a shot. mr palo, if you actually read this whole thing, i am sorry. i guess this will prove that i actually do have emotions, i just never show them in your class. okay. well. bye.

'Sophisticated Pot- Growing'

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/04/authorities-find-pot-growing-operation-crestline-san-bernardino-county.html

There was 237 marijuana seedlings and cloned plants found in a Crestline home today. These plants were grown in a so called 'sophisticated manner,' meaning they were in a room with temperature controls and growing lamps. There was also a small amount of methamphetamine found in the same house. The one thing I found funny about this article was that it said this man was arrested on 'suspicion of cultivating marijuana and possessing methamphetamine.' I thought all of this had already been proven when they found the weed and meth in his house. Apparently thats not proof enough.

San Diego couple arrested on suspicion of stealing toys from Christmas toy drive

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/04/san-diego-couple-arrested-on-suspicion-of-stealing-toys-from-christmas-toy-drive.html

So this couple was arrested because apparently they stole toys from the Ronald McDonald House donation box in the lobby of a credit union branch in San Diego. That is so pathetic. Really? If you're going to steal, don't choose to do so from a donation center. And for underpriveleged children? So sad.

Lybia Cartoon

cocaine saturated ropes.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/federal-officers-seize-ropes-saturated-with-cocaine-at-lax.html

Federal Officers seized ropes and cords saturated in cocaine at LAX on March 15. They were inside the backpacks of two U.S male citizens, ages 20 and 21, who were from Panama City. They said they bought them at a swap meet and were going to use them on his fishing boat. They were both arrested because, well, they had cocaine covered ropes.

Discussion Reflection

Many things were mentioned during the discussion on Wednesday and the one thing that most, if not all, of us agreed upon was the need to get rid of tenure. I strongly stand by this because I really do not understand why we need tenure. I think that if a teacher really loves what he/ she does then there would be no need to solidify the job. If a teacher does a horrible job at what he/ she has gone to school to do then he/ she is obviously in the wrong field of work and should be fired. I brought up the idea of merit pay and how I thought it was a good idea until someone disagreed with me. She said that a teacher shouldn't have to be rewarded for doing their job and I honestly agreed with this.
Another thing we discussed was how students should be given more freedom, such as having a bigger variety of classes and different times to take the classes, kind of like college. I think that if we were given these freedoms it would either be a hit or miss. I personally would use this to my advantage and take a variety of courses in the day time to help me find what I want to do with my life. But on the other hand, there would be the students who would take easy courses and would completely mess it up for everyone else.
One topic that we didn't get to touch on was No Child Left Behind. I really did want to get to the topic, but we ran out of time. I feel that NCLB should be abolished. It does no good and I find it pointless. Why should a student be able to slide through grades 1-11 and do nothing, then during their senior year they have to make everything up. Its not fair for the students who actually try and also isn't fair for the students that are just being bumped up to the next grade. They shouldn't be made to think that they can get through life doing the bare minimum. The sad part is that becomes the harsh reality when they are sitting in the bleachers watching their friends graduate.

Nude man caught on security video prowling around an LA preschool

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/nude-man-caught-on-security-video-prowling-around-la-preschool.html

Well this is a really creepy story. So this dude was caught on video parading around a preschool lobby naked, engaging in *cough* strange behavior of the sexual nature. This article was updated and it was found out that this man actually forced his way in and was looking for expensive things to steal. He stole a few keys and some other stuff. Then he proceeded to rip off his clothes and parade around the lobby. Creeeepy...