Little Things That Bother Me

We all have those little things in life that really get on our nerves.  And I have chosen you, reader of this blog, to tell about a few of my own.  So let's get this blog started...

1) When people eat string cheese wrong.
String cheese is meant to be pulled off in strings.  When you open it, you can't just take a bite off the whole thing.  You have to pull a string off, eat it, and repeat this process until the string cheese is gone.  If you want to eat it the wrong way, go ahead; just know that you are one of those people who really get on my nerves. 

2) When a CapriSun pouch is missing its straw. 
There's always that occasional CapriSun pouch that I take out of the refridgerator, and it's missing a straw.  I hate it when this happens, because then I have to search the whole refridgerator for the missing straw.  What if I can't find it? I can't just throw away the pouch; that's such a waste.  And I don't have extra straws laying around the house.  So what am I supposed to do?  Maybe I should call the company and suggest that they attach the straws a little better.  Then I could send the pouch back to them by mail, and demand a new one.
   
3) Fun size starburst.
I don't care too much for orange and yellow starburst, but I do love the pink and red.  As you may know, fun size starburst comes in a pack of two.  Everytime I open one, I hope for two red, two pink, or one of each.  So when I don't get those combinations, it makes me angry.  Especially when I get neither of those colors in one pack.  Then I have to keep opening more packs until I get pink or red.  It seems like a waste of time, but I think it's worth it. 

I now realize that all three of those examples are about food, and I am starting to get hungry.  I have already exceeded the required 300 words, so I think I am done here.  I shall now go eat some string cheese in the correct fashion. 

Posters in the good computer lab in the IC

You have probably noticed that there are many posters up around this awesome computer lab.  I think these posters are truly inspiring.  They make me wanna go above and beyond my potential.  If fact, I was thinking about naming my blog after one of these posters.

For example:
1) Today's Preparation Determines Tomorrow's Achievement
2) Free Spirit
3) Dream, Believe, Achieve

These posters are pure genius.  They make me want to wake up in the morning and have an open mind about school.  Seriously, these posters make me want to read my Algebra 2 book cover to cover.  I truly believe that today's preparation determines tomorrow's achievement.  Every time I look at this poster, it makes me want to prepare more and more for the future.  It makes me want to become a brain surgeon, or even a nuclear scientist.  Anything that shows the true potential I have inside of me. 

"Dream, Believe, Achieve."  Tonight I will go to bed, and I will have a dream about believing that I can achieve something great.  And hopefully in the near future, I will achieve it.  I will come back to MCHS; to this awesome computer lab.  I will walk up to that poster, and say, "Poster, thank you for becoming my inspiration in my life."  People may laugh at me for talking to inanimate objects, but I will laugh at them because they are not seeing the true message in this poster.  Plus, this poster is the reason I will be making legitimate bank! 

As for the other amazing poster listed above, it also deserves a big paragraph.  But I feel as if I just don't have enough time.  I need to get off the computer, go out, and achieve my goals.  Oh, and get on skype, but that's another story. 



     

Classes in School

Many times, when teachers start teaching us something new, a student asks them, "When in our life are we going to need to know this?"  Their response? "You probably won't, but we have to teach you it anyway." What's the point of learning material we aren't going to have to know?  In my opinion, school should offer more useful classes that are needed when a person is out on their own.  For example, personal finance.  As a student, I would take a personal finance class if my school offered it.  Some of the information we could learn is: saving money, budgeting, and savings/checking accounts.  Another class they could offer is one which teaches social skills.  A certain thing we could cover in that class is interviewing, or being interviewed.  We could learn about different types of cultures, since we will someday be working with lots of people from around the world.  Also, we would need to be taught how to socialize with people of different ages. I know that some classes already cover this kind of material, but not in full detail.  I think we could learn more about these things, and other subjects as well.  If we had more useful classes, I would gladly sign up for them instead of some of the ones I'm taking now.  An advantage to more useful classes would be that students would be more likely to pay attention and succeed.  I, along with other students, find it hard to pay attention in a class that seems pointless.  If I'm never going to need to know it, why should I be attempting to learn it?  Even adults, mostly parents, always make a comment such as, "What are they teaching these kids in school these days?"  I asked my parents and they agree.  They think it would be more helpful to students to learn things we're going to need to know in the future.