w t f ?09 February 2005
back to school: week 5
Welcome to number five in the series, "Get My Ass Outta This Class!"
Is it safe to peek out of the void that has consumed all my free time, yet? Actually, I spent last weekend eyeball deep in books, papers, and a man who kept nudging my mountain of study material off the couch. It all works out, yes, really—I actually got to spend 1+ day this week out of the bookzone!
Bitchitude: Of course, I had to work, but I actually found time to pee without the motion of the pee-pee dance driving me to the ladies room! If I die of bladder issues from holding it so long while working way too much—I need to know whom I need to file suit on! Frivolous or not! Ka-ching!
In literary news, I was offered the opportunity to mentor the younger, more impressionable generation. Incidentally the payout comes with a free pass out of the final exam! High school and intermediate students here are not prepared for college. If you happen to know anything t’all about Hawai`i schools, they are pretty poor for educational rank—kids are coming straight out of high school and into college at extremely low remedial levels.
It’s now my job to propel at least one youth of tomorrow skyward into the realm of college level aspiration. While, I’m looking forward to it, I think they should be afraid… very afraid!
And on to the interactive question of the week (nobody answered my plea about bad eating habits when returning to school, last week!) so I expect you, my faithful bloggerites, from out yonder in the blogosphere to help me make a decision this weekend…
I have a research paper coming due (well not yet, but I need to turn my topic and sources in next week) and I’ve no idea what I want to do it on. This is for Hawai`ian studies… SO! If you’d like to offer me topic suggestions on what you’d like to hear more about on the topic of Hawai`i, here’s your chance!Though this may seem like an add-on from a missing edition of “shameless plugz” take heed! It is definitely education-related! If you’ve yet to come across Grins’ blog, “Grins N Laughter” let me say you are missing out on some of the best nearly clean fun you’ve ever had! I have to let you in on a secret though; she recently had an entire post on WTF, and said it, too! She’s at least a laugh n’ a half per sentence! Let her know I twisted your arm and two toes to get you over there! Her most recent entry is full of quips about “overheard conversations” at college. It’s definitely a must read!
I have but one stipulation; I like the unique, and I don’t like researching the common. Volcanoes and Pele, and Surfing have been overdone to the hilt (hey, you can get credit here for surfing related courses—too cool!) Ok, back on track… What would you like to read more about regarding Hawai`i, that you can’t get off a Waikiki hotel website?
As it stands this very moment, I’m leaning towards architecture and medicinal herbs/plants. I love the mix of styles that create the buildings here—they are simply unique!
[This space reserved for any oddities that occur on the last class of the week, should events and sanity prevail after the original posting.]
Update: 02.11.2005 - No oddities to share unless you consider the freak shrink professor allowed me to cohesively answer not one, but 4 whole questions, today! I should be happy, but I still just want to kick her in the shin ;)
And... I have to announce a week full of aces and crosshairs, not once, but thrice! These are the moments age truly is of benefit, and gloating is acceptable...
On that note…
Aloha!
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scrawled by BTude a.k.a. GlassHoppah @ Wednesday, February 09, 2005
7 bitches:
I commend you, 'tude Girl, for attempting to bring basic skils to aspiring (or in this case, perspiring) teens. And the payout is right too. Get your ass out of the final, huh? The crappy college prep in Hawaii could be a good research paper. I like the medicinal plant idea too. Why not combine your search for reasonable food with the thing about fatness in Hawaiian culture. Or is that an urban legend? I've been lead to believe that enormity of waist is of great value there. Many of us mainlanders believe that of the Aloha State. If it's not true you could debunk it. But as for alternative foods to the vending machine at school, I always take an insolated lunch sack with an ice block and a large container or fat free cottage cheese and pinapple chunks with me to a long daytime gig. Protein bars are another good substitute for M n'M's and chips. Can't wait to hear what you come up with on your essay and your dietary plan. Also love to hear the adventures of remedial college prep too.
@ 10 February, 2005 07:11,
boudica of suburbia eloquently stated...
I'd love to know what Hawaians eat.. I went to a supposedly Hawaian restaurant in New York and its was basicly Mexican food. Im assuming this was a fraudulant business and you really eat from a completely different menu.
xx Vc
@ 10 February, 2005 12:53,
Wench eloquently stated...
Oh, PLEASE go and mentor those kids!
If this tells the non-hawaii-residents anything...when I was in high school, we started our freshman year with something like 400 students. By the time we all got out, the graduating class was a hundred and sixty-something!
160-something! Out of 400-something!
The worst was sitting through the English classes when we had to read aloud...I hated reading out loud, but a lot of the teachers would pick on the same 5 students to read because it was excruciating to sit through kids stumbling over 5-letter words....
@ 10 February, 2005 18:08,
357martini eloquently stated...
@ 11 February, 2005 00:04,
BTude a.k.a. GlassHoppah eloquently stated...
Thanks for the feedback bud, and for stopping by! I'm afraid fatness in Hawai`ian culture is mostly urban myth. I'll have to think about debunking the whole food thing, at this point, I'm debating the education issue and I have until next week to decide, so just weighing all the options.
Did do the protein and granola bar thing this week and only takeout twice, it's a start, but the new routine is settling in (slowly)! I've discovered bothering with lunch tends to help some.
Priss, I was shocked when I heard the stats, I always knew it was... well sub-par, but with your feedback added to that, I was just horrified! Still trying to get all the details from the 4 bodies it's scattered between--it's a long commitment (1 year), so really, I just have to make sure the final commital doesn't interfere with my class schedule. They are pretty accomodating though, so it should work out!
Chilled! Priss has a lovely little collection of Hawai`ian recipes. Unfortunately, I haven't yet had a chance to do any cooking Hawai`ian style, but I can tell you if it tasted like Mexican, it wasn't Hawai`ian! :)
@ 11 February, 2005 00:29,
BTude a.k.a. GlassHoppah eloquently stated...
Camu: Your blogger comments are a bit whacked at the moment and would not allow me to post. I wanted to thank you for stopping by--I noticed you had Foucault listed on your profile--since this author was just recommended to me, thought I'd pick your brain and see whether it was worth investigating further or reading...
@ 11 February, 2005 08:25,
Wench eloquently stated...
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@ 10 February, 2005 03:15,
Bud eloquently stated...