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Hey yall,
So I haven't had that much to write about recently (I've been holding off on writing about philosophy until after TDez finishes blowing my mind) and i'm kind of bored.
So,
I would love it if you all gave me suggestions of things to discuss on my blog.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Featured Blog
Hey,
I don't usually do this as my favorite blogs (the ones I read at least) are all yours :), but here's a fav of mine. Check it out.
Floating Sheep
I don't usually do this as my favorite blogs (the ones I read at least) are all yours :), but here's a fav of mine. Check it out.
Floating Sheep
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Another rant on (student) government
We were trying to pass club and committee reform today, which, in case you couldn't get from my last post, was voted down.
Student Government is the only unified channel between the student body and the Administration. For all student organizations, Student Government is the only thing that stands between them and the potentially arbitrary rules imposed by the Administration.
In the constitution, however, there is not a single mention of the word 'club.' The means that there is no grounds for protest from the Student Government if the Administration (through the Director of Student Activities) changes it's guidelines and restrictions.
The term Committee is a different story all together. Committee's are regulated by the Student Government through the Student Constitution.
What I am upset about is the following:
The Constitution is a disrespected and ignored document because many of its regulations are stupid. Every year (at least since my sophomore year) the student body has voted for a presidential ticket of change. However, every time reform has actually come to the floor, the student body is either too blind or too obstinate to accept change.
The Constitution is ignored because it is stupid, but it's so much better than any suggestion offered that it can't be changed.
My question is this,
I wonder if people would come to their senses if I started to enforce the letter of the law or at least threatened to do so.
Student Government is the only unified channel between the student body and the Administration. For all student organizations, Student Government is the only thing that stands between them and the potentially arbitrary rules imposed by the Administration.
In the constitution, however, there is not a single mention of the word 'club.' The means that there is no grounds for protest from the Student Government if the Administration (through the Director of Student Activities) changes it's guidelines and restrictions.
The term Committee is a different story all together. Committee's are regulated by the Student Government through the Student Constitution.
What I am upset about is the following:
The Constitution is a disrespected and ignored document because many of its regulations are stupid. Every year (at least since my sophomore year) the student body has voted for a presidential ticket of change. However, every time reform has actually come to the floor, the student body is either too blind or too obstinate to accept change.
The Constitution is ignored because it is stupid, but it's so much better than any suggestion offered that it can't be changed.
My question is this,
I wonder if people would come to their senses if I started to enforce the letter of the law or at least threatened to do so.
A rant on (student) government
You idiots!
Just because a plan isn't perfect doesn't mean it isn't better than what we have now.
If I brought a three layer chocolate cake from the corner bakery to a birthday party, would everyone still eat entenmann's because they were afraid of change?
Open your eyes. We have one of the most flawed systems of governance in existence. Think a little before you abject reject a better one.
And if you were just voting for the prestige of your resume, than shame on you. You have no right to serve the position you have.
Just because a plan isn't perfect doesn't mean it isn't better than what we have now.
If I brought a three layer chocolate cake from the corner bakery to a birthday party, would everyone still eat entenmann's because they were afraid of change?
Open your eyes. We have one of the most flawed systems of governance in existence. Think a little before you abject reject a better one.
And if you were just voting for the prestige of your resume, than shame on you. You have no right to serve the position you have.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I'm bloody bored
I'm bloody bored.
You all dealing with real problems.
Living in the real world (sort of...).
Trying to be real people.
I'm stuck here filling out my term
And none of it really matters.
Most of the classes I take
Most of the stuff I do
Is worthless
Is a waste of time.
Really
I really do want to learn for the sake of learning.
But come on.
At this point,
I can't force myself to be engaged
When it was never interesting in the first place.
Or maybe it was you.
I don't want to just pass the time
Like I have.
I need to do something.
I'm bloody bored.
You all dealing with real problems.
Living in the real world (sort of...).
Trying to be real people.
I'm stuck here filling out my term
And none of it really matters.
Most of the classes I take
Most of the stuff I do
Is worthless
Is a waste of time.
Really
I really do want to learn for the sake of learning.
But come on.
At this point,
I can't force myself to be engaged
When it was never interesting in the first place.
Or maybe it was you.
I don't want to just pass the time
Like I have.
I need to do something.
I'm bloody bored.
Who am I
I'm not afraid anymore.
I'm not afraid of telling the world who I am.
I have always treated this blog as I have treated the rest of the internet. I firmly believe that anything I put on the internet will reflect me to the rest of the world to all eternity. There are no take-backs on the internet. There is no privacy.
As such, I have never posted anything I would be ashamed of on this blog. I have never done anything in public I would be afraid to attach my name to, afraid that it would be found later.
However,
I have never given particularly personal information on this blog. Unless you know how to read it, there is no way you can know anything about me.
In part I like it that way. It makes what I say have meaning in itself without trying to find connections to my personal life. I'd like that to remain true.
Here, though is something you should know about me to understand some of the more confessional style blogging I plan on doing in the coming years:
I am currently a senior in high school in New York City. I will be attending Northwestern University this fall (yes I did get in early and I'm psyched) where I will hopefully begin a life of studying only things I find genuinely interesting.
I have a comparably happy home life. My parents are happily married and both working. I have a younger sister who will start high school this coming fall.
I am a musician. I have played the piano for 11 years, french horn for 8 and I have taken voice lessons since starting high school. I have only recently begun my life as a contemporary musician and I have been spending time (and plan on spending more) writing and composing my own music.
My classmates voted me extra-curricular junkie for the school yearbook to come out at the end of the year and, at least for my high school life, I believe that's an accurate description. I have been quite involved in a number of student organizations at the management level and am working with the student government this year to fix a lot of the way we do things.
As a courtesy to my fellow bloggers I am withholding my name and current school at this time. I believe that every individual should have the opportunity to tell the public what they will when they want and there is a good chance you could find out who some of my friends are from some of my personal information.
I'm not afraid of telling the world who I am.
I have always treated this blog as I have treated the rest of the internet. I firmly believe that anything I put on the internet will reflect me to the rest of the world to all eternity. There are no take-backs on the internet. There is no privacy.
As such, I have never posted anything I would be ashamed of on this blog. I have never done anything in public I would be afraid to attach my name to, afraid that it would be found later.
However,
I have never given particularly personal information on this blog. Unless you know how to read it, there is no way you can know anything about me.
In part I like it that way. It makes what I say have meaning in itself without trying to find connections to my personal life. I'd like that to remain true.
Here, though is something you should know about me to understand some of the more confessional style blogging I plan on doing in the coming years:
I am currently a senior in high school in New York City. I will be attending Northwestern University this fall (yes I did get in early and I'm psyched) where I will hopefully begin a life of studying only things I find genuinely interesting.
I have a comparably happy home life. My parents are happily married and both working. I have a younger sister who will start high school this coming fall.
I am a musician. I have played the piano for 11 years, french horn for 8 and I have taken voice lessons since starting high school. I have only recently begun my life as a contemporary musician and I have been spending time (and plan on spending more) writing and composing my own music.
My classmates voted me extra-curricular junkie for the school yearbook to come out at the end of the year and, at least for my high school life, I believe that's an accurate description. I have been quite involved in a number of student organizations at the management level and am working with the student government this year to fix a lot of the way we do things.
As a courtesy to my fellow bloggers I am withholding my name and current school at this time. I believe that every individual should have the opportunity to tell the public what they will when they want and there is a good chance you could find out who some of my friends are from some of my personal information.
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