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08-24-2011 10:42 PMHasibwell...i dunno how about GoldenGengar M 1111 + GoldenCacturne M 2555
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08-22-2011 11:04 PMSashyHey :p
Come offer on my Charmeleon Soon ;)
Apparently, it's not HTT like i thought it was gonna be. -
08-17-2011 09:36 PMHantsukiNo need to apologize. You can take as long as you want seeing as I take an eternity to reply myself. Still eager to read what you have to write though! -
08-17-2011 03:11 AMHantsukiYou're very welcome! I hope this information helps you in a lot of other ways besides English class. Yeah, it's happening in places we don't want to look. Prostitution is just another way for people to sell their labor, but a different kind of labor obviously. Sure slavery is technically outlawed in the United States, but do you think there are some people who don't feel like slaves in their own homes? I'm sure there's slavery in other countries too that don't have the kind of laws or enforcements the developed countries have. Oh, that reminds me, since I've been excited about revolutions recently, I thought I would mention this after you mentioned how enemies should join to become one big population. Well, when America wanted its independence from Britain you know what they did? They called to France for assistance because any enemy of Britain is a friend of France (and not to mention Benjamin Franklin was a popular man over there). The U.S. didn't have enough money to endure Britain's attacks, so that was a smart move on their part to ask for help. And when America's revolution was the first successful revolution, France decided to follow their example, and there came the guillotine . . . but that's another story.
I would agree with that, but we're using a lot more money for even useless things like the politicians who want to try to secure their votes. There was this one stupid woman who was trying to run for governor last year or something, and she spent millions of dollars in the state (which helped us thankfully) hoping people would vote for her because of her money, and she lost. Then we have stupid celebrities who inherit so much money that they don't know what to do with and find themselves in jail or in rehab. Why the heck do they deserve that money except to make themselves look like fools for our entertainment? Although I have to admit that people like Charlie Sheen are our saviors because once we look at people like them, we can appreciate our own lives, somewhat. "My life is pretty crappy, but at least I'm not that guy!"
Unfortunately a lot of people have the same ambitions as I do when they start out, no matter what career they're looking to get into, they might be a singer and just want to sing to make people happy, but when they finally make it into the big leagues, they easily forget what brought them there and become corrupted. It's like lawyers who initially want to fight for justice until they get a client who they have to defend even though you know they are trying to cheat the law. Then they end up having to tell themselves to not worry about it and do their job because they're making good money to support their clients no matter how corrupt they are. It's not that I'm going to be that bad, but I don't know how tolerant I would be of students who are constantly trying to skip my classes or making up off-the-wall excuses to get out of writing an essay or turning in an assignment. I would have to keep a professional attitude all the time, and I see my professors are capable of doing so when they have to deal with that "bad student" in class, but when I read the "Favorite" Student Emails thread, it made me realize how human my professors really are, and any one of them could be one of those professors complaining about their students. It's not like I've done anything worthy to complain about, but it just makes me wonder if I have asked a question before that was worthy of laughing over with a colleague after class. I don't like to think my professors would act like that, but there's always that self-doubt now. Darn thread. : x
It would be awesome if you guys keep in contact. The best friends you make will be in college. Remember that. And yes, he wants to be a history professor. I think he wanted to focus on World War II, but he's also exploring his options like I am.
I had an English professor who used turnitin before. It works to find the obvious instances of plagiarism, but some of the clever cheaters would probably get away with it.
Oh yes. Books on the ground, books on long tables stacked across the room. When there were finally spots on the table, the helpers would bring some of the books on the floors onto the tables so people didn't have to crawl all over the floors. Even by the second day, there were still some books on the floor. The dictionary just keeps surprising me. On closer inspection, it turns out it has a dictionary from French to English and vice versa as well as the same format for these other languages: German, Italian, and Spanish. It also had a list of the top universities in the U.S. and internationally. Plus, it had a list of major works for different subject areas like English Literature or History or Science, etc. Of course, everything listed is older than 1967 because that's when the dictionary was published, so the research isn't the latest stuff. But still, it's just fascinating.
The older woman was talking about her commute from Balboa Island to Fullerton and how everything was just pretty land as far as you could see back then. There weren't many restaurants and buildings like they had now. Heck, my dad remembers visiting a buffalo ranch nearby. It was just nothing like it is today. My friend isn't entirely sure on her major. She was interested in Psychology, but then she told me how a subject like that is just too much for the mind to think about sometimes. She's surprisingly thoughtful now, and we had a nice discussion one night about how sometimes too much knowledge could be a bad thing. It definitely is.
Oh yes. Everyone keeps talking about how awkward their hug was. There's just too many books I have read all summer to list, but the ones I finished recently were the first three Harry Potter books, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, White Butterfly by Walter Mosley, and I'm currently working on A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (which I hope to finish tomorrow) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. I also started Les Miserables by Victor Hugo a week ago, but seeing as it's French lit that takes place after the French Revolution, I thought it would be more fitting to continue it after reading A Tale of Two Cities (which takes place during the French Revolution). You shouldn't put off your studying too long now. Summer is nearly over!
It's good that you hung out with friends! It might be boring sometimes, but you'll appreciate it when you're stuck at home most of the time. I actually had a student (who was taking a Japanese class I TAed for last semester) contact me at the last minute on Friday and asked if I wanted to join her in talking with some foreign exchange students from Japan. I had nothing planned for Saturday, so I said yes and the results were surprising. She actually invited some other classmates, but they cancelled at the last minute, so it was only me, her and a native Japanese student she knew from our school. It was surprising how friendly they all were, and these were all transfer students from Japan who were working in the U.S. They wanted tips on how to survive on working jobs here among other things. We pretty much had free conversation throughout conference, and it all lasted for three hours. Luckily, we didn't have to be proficient in Japanese in order to participate, but we needed to know the basics so we weren't clueless. I was actually surprised on how much I understood and how much I could translate. But dang, I still can't get over how kind they were. I even had a couple of students approach me with their business cards hoping I would exchange information with them. It was neat, for lack of a better word. But it also made me feel bad because I didn't have any business cards to give.
The staff in charge of the whole set-up compensated us generously for our assistance with a $25 coupon (for each helper) at a local Japanese grill restaurant. I tell you, I've never been so sick of food in my entire life after eating there. We didn't even get a chance to eat desert, and we were still sick of all of the food they gave us (not that it was bad, there was just too much). It was hilarious really. We were there for three more hours, and the workers were kind too (they asked if it was our first time there, and we said yes, and she explained everything and helped us pick from the menu). I really think there was something in the air that day because there's just no way that many people can be that nice in one day. And so, after Saturday, I felt like I partied for the first time in my life and couldn't do anything on Sunday except read until I got a headache. I don't remember what happened after that except: "It was the best of time; it was the worst of times . . ." and one of my English teachers at my old high school messaged me telling me of a free Shakespeare play nearby, but I was too tired to go see it, and so was my dad. She also told me to let her know if I want to have coffee or lunch with her before school starts again. I'm planning on calling her tomorrow, but I really have no idea what to say. It's silly how nervous I am about setting up a lunch appointment with a former teacher. I'm clearly not social enough. Dx Oh, and I got a shot in my arm today, and the nurse hit a muscle, so it's pretty sore. I just hope it goes away before classes start next week. I'm afraid to know what day it is today. : x
So anything else new and exciting? Did anything enlighten you while I was away? -
08-17-2011 03:11 AMHantsukiThe grading system in America is rather strange. It differs among states too. I believe A's are worth 4 points, B's are 3, C's are 2, D's are 1, and F's aren't worth anything (thank goodness). I know I was looking at my transcript the other day and the math they used was like multiplying the number of units a class is worth (a typical class is 3 units) by the amount of points for the letter grade. So say you were taking five classes that are 3 units each, and of all those classes, you earned A's. Since all the grades and units are the same, you can say, 5 (number of classes) times 3 (amount of units for each) would be 15. Then multiply 15 by 4 (the amount of points for an A) which equals 60. You take that final number and divide it by the previous number which shows how many points the amount of units were worth, and that would be 15. In the end, you get 4 which means your GPA is a 4.0 which is the highest you can get. Sorry if none of that made any sense or if that was just too much information. : P
I think it's also because humans have a thing for being attractive to the foreign or exotic. I mean there are plenty of people who go out and have a wild fling on their vacations in foreign countries, and they don't exactly plan it, but they might hook up with someone just because there's such a difference in the cultures or appearances. I suppose this could also relate to how girls typically favor the "bad boys" who try to be the rebels. They are the ones who want to break away from the norm, and the girls dig it for some reason.
But for vampires typically, I actually watched a show about the secrets of vampires or something on the History Channel the other day. I didn't really care, but they showed a scene of Bram Stoker's writing of Dracula, and that intrigued me, so I sat through a few minutes of it. They proposed the origins of the vampires and how the topic has become so popular over the years, and they figured the story probably originated from parents who wanted to scare their children from dating anyone outside of the norm, as little good as that does now. Anyway, these stories were told orally, so it's only natural to suspect that the stories have significantly altered from when they were first told because as we all know, anything that travels by word of mouth tends to contain some fiction in it whether purposely or not. I mean, when we tell stories to impress our friends, we tend to invent certain parts of the original story to make it sound more interesting, but as each person does so, the story becomes completely altered. If you've played the telephone game, you probably have noticed that.
And to come back from my digression again, they also mentioned how the whole vampire sucking people's blood is a sexual attractiveness which is what adds to the appealing factor for most people. I didn't really think about it before, but the whole exchanging of fluids and penetration of the fangs on skin really does provide that kind of imagery. And I think it's rather subtle. I don't believe most people actually realize this. I mean, there are young teens who read Twilight and think it's "hot," but do they know why? If you've seen or heard of the show True Blood, you'll see how they take that subtle imagery and make it less subtle. In other words, it's like vampire pr0n for grown-ups.
Oh far from it. They are so dirt poor that they don't even care about money. And you have be extremely poor not to care because there are plenty of poor people who would kill for a dollar. I'm sure they were, but they still tried to hold their head high and showed that they were proud of who they were. Of course, I don't think it would be too smart on their part because it wasn't like there were school bullies just throwing rocks at their victims to intimidate them; the Germans were clobbering them with stones and smoking them out with poison gas, and they couldn't report it to the school principal. In the Harry Potter film where Malfoy made fun of her, Hermione obviously felt depressed about her background, but since she had her friends to back her up, it didn't really matter to her, you see. But when Voldemort took charge (like how Hitler took charge), people like Hermione would have the right to fear him since she could easily be disposed of now that he started ruling again (and since she's a protagonist in a children's film, she still didn't really have anything to worry about unless J.K. Rowling really didn't like her).
I wouldn't have known this if I hadn't read the first few books recently, but Voldemort's father was a muggle, but his mother was a witch (and she actually enchanted him with a love potion and left him when she was impregnated with her son). In the end, Voldemort was raised in an orphanage with more muggles, which is why he had come to despise them because he was different from them, and they shunned him (which is where the similarity between him and Harry comes in). Dumbledore was the only one who extended a helping hand to him, but Voldemort killed him in return because his ultimate goal was power. Just like all of those evil leaders who gain too much power too quickly, Voldemort became too comfortable when other wizards started following him. He wanted power and immortality, and Dumbledore was standing in his way. And yes, there are still people out there who believe that they can create their own little utopia. They believe that their blood is better than everyone else's. They believe their god is better than everyone else's. Most of these people are also ignorant, which isn't a terrible thing, mind you, but the terrible thing is that they wish to stay ignorant. They are like the whiny child who doesn't want to know why their parents couldn't buy them a Transformers action figure for Christmas (the last one sold out; they didn't have enough money to buy one; etc.), but they cry and scream expecting that will get them what they want. People need to grow up. Now you see why your teachers expect you to learn all of these different subjects in school even if you're the student who hates English or Science or Math or PE. It's not that they are trying to punish you; they want to show you different perspectives because the less you are exposed to, the narrower your perspective will be, and the more ignorant you will be. -gets off the soapbox-
Yes! You described that one perfectly than I could. See me ranting and raving for a hundred sentences, and you managed to sum it up in one whole sentence. You're going places.
It's not necessarily that they didn't always know about it, but they not have known how much it was worth or how much they were cheated out of a deal. I'm going to have to reread up on those subjects to get the facts straight though. But yes, America technically got their land cheap because the "foreigners" weren't aware of what they had or didn't realize how precious certain things were.
I know! Funny notions like that should definitely be made into a cartoon or something so history wouldn't be so boring sometimes. Of course, most people I know like history now because they watch this anime called Hetalia. It's somewhat accurate, but it's pretty ridiculous too. Well, anyone from any country would do that. It's surprising how often people try to deceive each other to benefit themselves, but people are like that. I just made that point between America and Britain because I was just showing the connection between the two - as in, "Yes, Americans and Brits aren't so different after all! It proves where they came from!"
Oh yes. Even religion contains politics. Heck, I thought majoring in English would steer me away from those hardcore politicians once and for all, and it turns out, a lot of the things including "What is a classic in lit?" is all decided by politics, gah! It's moments like these when I wish things weren't so intricately connected. And yeah, the Catholic Church pretty much changed for the better, but they could have saved a heck of a lot of frustration if they had just followed Luther's suggestions to begin with.
Yes, Hell is supposedly going to scare little children into being good kiddies, just like the boogeyman (except that's not gonna help much anymore because everyone watches horror movies now, so it seems as though we have developed an immunity to the fear we get from watching horror movies; and if you're one of the people who still retain that fear, natural selection will pick you off, just kidding!). Actually, the origin of Hell isn't very descriptive in the Bible. It turns out that much we know about Hell now comes from sick demented freaks, I mean, talented literary geniuses like John Milton who wrote about the nine stages of Hell in his "poem" Paradise Lost. (The reason why poem is in quotes is because it technically is a poem, but I personally feel it's too damn long to be considered one. 400 pages of poetry is enough to define Hell without having to read the details in the world's most archaic translation . . . don't tell any of my professors I said that.) So yeah, if you want to blame, or credit, someone for conveying Hell as this terrible inferno (well, that part is mentioned in the Bible) where Satan is the horned-monster who sits on a throne of skulls (or something) and commands an army of imps and demons to deal out truly ironic punishments (like if you were a pedophile and died, you would go to Hell and get raped by a bear or something). Honestly, that kind of Hell sounds like fun actually. In case you were wondering, all the Bible mentions is that Hell contains fire and terrible things. It's a pretty brief description.
Oh, all religions are hated by someone. Atheists hate everyone who follows a religion. Christians hate Catholics, ironically. Everyone hates everyone. It's a pretty balanced circle, somewhat. Somehow.
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