crystal0268 asked: Brittany Desiree Gibbs. You have not posted anything since October. p.s. I hope Desiree is your middle name.
Of course it is. And this post is just for you!
October 15, 2011
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7 weeks?
Today I looked at my phone and realized it’s October.
Time is completely lost to me. Weeks fly by. The weather here keeps me believing it’s still summer and that I’m just embarking on my first days of law school.
I love law school. There are days when I want to just throw my giant contracts book at the first person I see. There are days when I just have to get out of that building as soon as I possibly can after my last class. But I love it and there’s no place else I’d rather be. :)
August 27, 2011
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August 17, 2011
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August 11, 2011
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I miss my cats!!! Seeing all these animal pictures makes me miss mine so much more. If I had money, a bigger place, and more time… this would be my bathroom.
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August 10, 2011
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Well, this turned into a rant.
Today I read a story about waivers given to public schools whose students don’t meet even the minimum performance standards.
Education in this country is one of the things that gets me the most upset these days. I think the school district I went to illustrates the situation best:
When certain students at my high school started skipping school or failing classes, they were taken out of the “regular” high school and put in an “alternative” high school. This school runs from approximately 9 am to 2 pm. There are no assignments, no reports, no homework. There are scheduled smoke breaks (cigarettes, pot, whatever you choose) throughout the day, while the teachers look the other way. They can graduate faster because the classes are done by quarters, not semesters. And at the end of it all, those students get the exact same diploma as the students at the regular high school.
I’m sorry but that is complete bullshit and it’s just a symptom of the disease public education has become. My education was a joke. My college education was a joke. It was a cake walk to drift through my high school, but instead of failing the people who DESERVED to fail, they coddled them in their own little world in a separate school. Not because they have special education needs but because they are lazy whiners.
So, when I hear about education standards being lowered even further, it drives me nuts.
You can blame No Child Left Behind but this started long, long ago.
I could go on and on but I’ll just leave it at this: some people deserve to fail. And if that’s a dramatic percentage, then so be it. Let them fail. Take away their crutches until they realize the value of an education and they actually put an ounce of effort into school. Again, I’m not talking about people with special needs. Of course they deserve everything it takes to get them on an even playing field. And my anger isn’t even at the lazy people themselves- it’s at the federal government that tries to dumb down everything so the laziest people can get through, therefore damaging the quality of the education of everyone else.
Tomorrow is day one of the move.
I’m anxious, and sad…. and excited.
July 29, 2011
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOOO BRITTANY.
I HOPE YOUR LIFE IS FILLED WITH TINY HORSES.
What’s better than tiny horses and giggly faces??!
23 shall be an interesting year… can’t wait.
