I am a whirling dirvish...
Okay, I just got back from class and I have several key notes...
There was this couple in class when me and Chris first came in. I was saying how I'd probably never take a class w/ my girlfriend, nor would I have given the chance back in school when it WAS a possibility, but I am single now, so it doesn't matter. Anyway, so I was thinking hmmm, I wonder how this is gonna work out. BF doesn't even really pay attention during class but has the day schedule on his desk. Funniest thing happens like 2 hours later, he turns around and asks the lady behind him if she had an extra pen, and it sounded pretty urgent so I thought he heard something he wanted to take notes on. So lady has an extra pen and hands it to him and continues taking her own notes, but what she missed was that he freakin gives the pen to his GF so SHE could take notes! I almost laughed out loud it was so funny, and my friend Michelle saw it too and we were both laughing. I had to tell Chris later cuz he didn't see, but I that that was so absolutely ridiculous...ha h a ha. Next point, I hate people who just blurt out questions throughout the duration of class, once, MAYBE twice, is okay, because some people just have urgent questions and forget to raise their hand. But some people man, speak out like they're the only one in class and that no one else has questions, and they constantly interrupt our teacher, it's annoying. Lastly, I think I'm more into school now than I ever was before. Is this one of those realizations in life that come after the fact? How important learning is? Probably...but hey, I'm enjoying my class so it's all to the good!
One sad really important point I came to realize in class today. My class is one of those financial management classes and stuff...and I just realized that most people out there aren't there to help you out. It's to help themselves while at the same time the screw you. Why else would they con people into getting loans they can't afford, or buying the more expensive car, house, etc. It's because they'll get more $$$ and once they've gotten their $$$ from you, they're done w/ you...that's it, finito, finit, over. I mean, sales people look for the suckers, not really how they can help people out. Makes you kinda have a negative outlook on the world sometimes, no? But hey, I'm not trying to say that the world is bad, and I definitely don't feel that ALL sales people are like this, because I genuinely feel that there is a lot of good out there that overcomes the bad...it's just one of those sad things that you notice, you just gotta be aware and keep looking for the goodness in people I guess.
Before class, I was watching Bush's State of the Union Address, and of course, I have several things to say about the 30 minutes I did see. I always wondered why it always takes so long for that thing to finish, and today, I found out. They do so many lil things that prolong the whole event. First of all, what's with the shaking everyone's freakin hands while you're walking in? Let's save the congrats and hello's after he's given the address, it just makes it soooooo long cuz seriously, he shook hands w/ like 50 people before he got to the podium, and of course w/ each handshake, there has to be words...goodness...talk about torture. Second thing was that, in 30 minutes(I didn't get to see the whole thing, remember?) the house and company gave 11 Standing O's...ELEVEN...in 30 minutes, that's more than 1 every 3 minutes...WTF?!?!? Dude, that made everything last soooo much longer than it needs to be. Can't someone say something like, please hold your applause til the end? Like at graduations or something? And finally, there's like lil pauses that make it longer, when Bush is like waiting for an applause...I bet the whole address could be shortened by a good 15-20 minutes excluding all of the above. Secondly, just by seeing the type of poeple who are AT the state of the union and by who Bush focuses on in the address, it's obvious how little we, the youth and the future care about our own gov't and country. It's kinda saddening, I think, and yes, I know I am not always intent on learning what the heck our gov't is doing, but just by what I heard, things that are geared towards our future is in part of that address and I think we all need to learn from it. I mean, we're talking about the future here, cleaner environments, wars, and I guess to me it's a big deal cuz my kids will be living in this world and I want to have been able to say I helped make it like this(and by "like this," I mean good). I don't know what all this banter is about, maybe it's the age thang, ha ha ha, but I just wish more people cared. I guess that's just the bottom line.
Okay, I just got back from class and I have several key notes...
There was this couple in class when me and Chris first came in. I was saying how I'd probably never take a class w/ my girlfriend, nor would I have given the chance back in school when it WAS a possibility, but I am single now, so it doesn't matter. Anyway, so I was thinking hmmm, I wonder how this is gonna work out. BF doesn't even really pay attention during class but has the day schedule on his desk. Funniest thing happens like 2 hours later, he turns around and asks the lady behind him if she had an extra pen, and it sounded pretty urgent so I thought he heard something he wanted to take notes on. So lady has an extra pen and hands it to him and continues taking her own notes, but what she missed was that he freakin gives the pen to his GF so SHE could take notes! I almost laughed out loud it was so funny, and my friend Michelle saw it too and we were both laughing. I had to tell Chris later cuz he didn't see, but I that that was so absolutely ridiculous...ha h a ha. Next point, I hate people who just blurt out questions throughout the duration of class, once, MAYBE twice, is okay, because some people just have urgent questions and forget to raise their hand. But some people man, speak out like they're the only one in class and that no one else has questions, and they constantly interrupt our teacher, it's annoying. Lastly, I think I'm more into school now than I ever was before. Is this one of those realizations in life that come after the fact? How important learning is? Probably...but hey, I'm enjoying my class so it's all to the good!
One sad really important point I came to realize in class today. My class is one of those financial management classes and stuff...and I just realized that most people out there aren't there to help you out. It's to help themselves while at the same time the screw you. Why else would they con people into getting loans they can't afford, or buying the more expensive car, house, etc. It's because they'll get more $$$ and once they've gotten their $$$ from you, they're done w/ you...that's it, finito, finit, over. I mean, sales people look for the suckers, not really how they can help people out. Makes you kinda have a negative outlook on the world sometimes, no? But hey, I'm not trying to say that the world is bad, and I definitely don't feel that ALL sales people are like this, because I genuinely feel that there is a lot of good out there that overcomes the bad...it's just one of those sad things that you notice, you just gotta be aware and keep looking for the goodness in people I guess.
Before class, I was watching Bush's State of the Union Address, and of course, I have several things to say about the 30 minutes I did see. I always wondered why it always takes so long for that thing to finish, and today, I found out. They do so many lil things that prolong the whole event. First of all, what's with the shaking everyone's freakin hands while you're walking in? Let's save the congrats and hello's after he's given the address, it just makes it soooooo long cuz seriously, he shook hands w/ like 50 people before he got to the podium, and of course w/ each handshake, there has to be words...goodness...talk about torture. Second thing was that, in 30 minutes(I didn't get to see the whole thing, remember?) the house and company gave 11 Standing O's...ELEVEN...in 30 minutes, that's more than 1 every 3 minutes...WTF?!?!? Dude, that made everything last soooo much longer than it needs to be. Can't someone say something like, please hold your applause til the end? Like at graduations or something? And finally, there's like lil pauses that make it longer, when Bush is like waiting for an applause...I bet the whole address could be shortened by a good 15-20 minutes excluding all of the above. Secondly, just by seeing the type of poeple who are AT the state of the union and by who Bush focuses on in the address, it's obvious how little we, the youth and the future care about our own gov't and country. It's kinda saddening, I think, and yes, I know I am not always intent on learning what the heck our gov't is doing, but just by what I heard, things that are geared towards our future is in part of that address and I think we all need to learn from it. I mean, we're talking about the future here, cleaner environments, wars, and I guess to me it's a big deal cuz my kids will be living in this world and I want to have been able to say I helped make it like this(and by "like this," I mean good). I don't know what all this banter is about, maybe it's the age thang, ha ha ha, but I just wish more people cared. I guess that's just the bottom line.
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