So apparently I'm not allowed to live at home for the rest of my life as I had previously planned. My mom says that as much as she loves me, I can't live at home forever. What does this mean? Well, according to mom (The knower of all things) it means getting a job. This is something I have considered below me. Who does work anymore? It's over rated.
Anyone who has been job hunting before can testify of its awfulness. Savannah and I decided to make it a little less painful by going together today. So prepared with our many years of experience, great composure, confidence, and Savannah's Ipod, we went in search of someone who would be desperate enough to hire us. The plan was go to a bunch of shopping centers, split up, and bring back as many applications we could get our hands on. We gathered up a bunch of applications and rushed home to fill them out.
"Hand Cramp" is the most I can say for this experience. Perhaps the worst part is when they ask you why you want to work at their facility. The only true answer I could come up with was "Because I want money." I did however put a bunch of cheezy answers some of which were, "I really like the restaurant." and "Their service is great, and I want to be a part of it!"
Unfortunately I could not complete my applications as I have no references, so if I know you, you're not family, and can say some good things about me know and leave your address and phone number. :)
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Teachers
(This is written mostly for Madeleine who is the only one who ever reads my blog) Ok, here's the deal. I figure that if I post about all my classes then nobody will ever have to ask again (this is amusing people actually read my blog). I am going to list them in order from period 1 to period 6.
- Mrs. Wilson: Regular Chemistry - This is the class where I don't actually do anything. It is really slow moving because she gets off topic and talks about her sons, girl scout cookies, drinking, and A LOT about politics. Normally I might question whether or not it is appropriate for a teacher to discuss their political views with the class, but I would rather listen to her ramble on about that than chemistry. To put it plainly; I learn more about life and practical lessons in that class than any other class. So even if I don't lean very much chemistry, at least I can take something practical away from that class. So far we have studied:
1. Why home ec. was a waste of time for Mrs. Wilson (She knew more than the teacher)
2. How many girl scout cookies (thin mints) Mrs. Wilson can consume in one week (the record is 3 boxes)
3. Why you should never drive Nico Lam and a bunch of drunk girls home from a party (for obvious reasons)
4. Why the use of test tube holders is impractical when carrying a test tube.
5. Which brand of "sweet hearts" candy is the best
- Mrs. Swikard: Honors U.S. History - Mrs. Swikard is one of the greatest teachers EVER. I have learned so much about history in that class, and she has gotten me to love history again. (I stopped loving it about halfway through last year when I was enrolled in A.P world history). She is really nice and a hard grader, but I have an "A" so HA. So far we have studied:
1. The difference between the Chesapeake bay colony and the New England Colony (Who knew people might actually want religious freedom?)
2. The period of Salutary Neglect (You would think Britain would tax the crap out of them)
3. The 7 years war (Britain's way of saying that America has to fight their battles)
4. The Revolutionary War (The reason we celebrate independence day, not appendix day)
5. Hamilton and Jefferson during the Washington Presidency (Who knew debt could be a good thing?)
6. Jacksonian Democracy (Why was he never impeached?)
7. The Civil War (An oxymoron, NOT an oxymormon)
8. Reconstruction (Why were people debating the meaning of the Civil war AFTER it happened?)
9. The Gilded Age (You know something is wrong when the government begins to beg for money... oh wait.)
10. The Progressive era (child labor laws? Who needs em?)
11. Imperialism (Aloha)
-Mrs. Garret: P.E. - Hilarious. Considers everyone stupid, and always thinks people are cussing even when they are not. She is really nice to teacher's pets (Yes, I am one). And really mean to... anyone else. She is going to retire at the end of the year. So far we have studied:
1. How to make people's legs ache and make them breath as if they just ran a mile (Oh wait. We did)
2. How much it hurts to get trampled by people playing football (i have not experienced this yet)
3. How to play "lazy soccer" (A game involving a 1 ball, 2 goals, and a whole bunch of stationary, unenergetic students)
4. What a girl does when confronted by a flying badminton birdie. (Of course the obvious solution to this problem is to scream and cover your head)
5. How great a team of volleyball players would be selected from our class (really awesome I can tell you. if the goal is to hit yourself in the face)
6. How much a doge ball can hurt (the only sport in the world where you throw balls intended to do dammage)
-Mrs. Mangahis aka. Mrs. Mango: Honors American lit.- Really awesome person, however, really awful class. We do the something every day. And if I've learned anything in that class, it's that American Literature is just not as good as the rest of the worlds. She really enjoys odd things such a peeps, and war-time-strategy games. So far we have studied:
1. The American Dream (Wow, some people can be so selfish! Just Kidding)
2. The Crucible/McCarthyism (Who knew all you had to do was claim witchery to get rid of the next door neighbors?)
3. The Scarlet Letter (The second worst book in existence beaten only by "101 ways to pop a zit while tying your shoe)
4. Romanticism (Some people actually have to EXPRESS themselves. HA!)
5. Huck Finn/Realism (Apparently Solomon wasn't so wise.)
-Mrs. Flemming: Bel Cantos Advanced Choir - First of all, we WISH we were advanced. At best, we are average. This says a lot for regular choir. (No offense to anyone in regular choir). Mrs. Flemming is the most kindest, and most unorganized person ever created. She is a really great choir director, but commands no respect from the students. So far we have studied:
1. Hiney Mah Tov (Apparently its OK to force Jewish culture on us)
2. Loch Lomond (The BEST song ever written beaten only by Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" and "Amazing Grace"
3. Here we come a caroling (The song in which almost EVERYONE fakes their part)
4. I'm gonna end the list here because it is too extensive
- Mr. Resse: Pre-Calculus - A REALLY great teacher. I learn so much in that class. So far we have studied:
1. A review of Algebra 2 (Super difficult if you learned Algebra from Mr. Deets.)
2. Logarithms (as if exponents weren't tricky enough)
3. Special triangles (designed to make your life easier, but really just give you something else to memorize)
4. Some Old Hippy Caught Another Hippy Trippin' On Acid (SOH CAH TOA)
5. Please Excuse My Detention After School
6. All Students Take Crack (Referring to the quadrants in which sine cosine and tangent are positive)
So yeah, I know this is a long post. I hope you enjoyed reading it. I tried to make it as funny as possible. You may not understand ANY of the references.
-Joshua Read
- Mrs. Wilson: Regular Chemistry - This is the class where I don't actually do anything. It is really slow moving because she gets off topic and talks about her sons, girl scout cookies, drinking, and A LOT about politics. Normally I might question whether or not it is appropriate for a teacher to discuss their political views with the class, but I would rather listen to her ramble on about that than chemistry. To put it plainly; I learn more about life and practical lessons in that class than any other class. So even if I don't lean very much chemistry, at least I can take something practical away from that class. So far we have studied:
1. Why home ec. was a waste of time for Mrs. Wilson (She knew more than the teacher)
2. How many girl scout cookies (thin mints) Mrs. Wilson can consume in one week (the record is 3 boxes)
3. Why you should never drive Nico Lam and a bunch of drunk girls home from a party (for obvious reasons)
4. Why the use of test tube holders is impractical when carrying a test tube.
5. Which brand of "sweet hearts" candy is the best
- Mrs. Swikard: Honors U.S. History - Mrs. Swikard is one of the greatest teachers EVER. I have learned so much about history in that class, and she has gotten me to love history again. (I stopped loving it about halfway through last year when I was enrolled in A.P world history). She is really nice and a hard grader, but I have an "A" so HA. So far we have studied:
1. The difference between the Chesapeake bay colony and the New England Colony (Who knew people might actually want religious freedom?)
2. The period of Salutary Neglect (You would think Britain would tax the crap out of them)
3. The 7 years war (Britain's way of saying that America has to fight their battles)
4. The Revolutionary War (The reason we celebrate independence day, not appendix day)
5. Hamilton and Jefferson during the Washington Presidency (Who knew debt could be a good thing?)
6. Jacksonian Democracy (Why was he never impeached?)
7. The Civil War (An oxymoron, NOT an oxymormon)
8. Reconstruction (Why were people debating the meaning of the Civil war AFTER it happened?)
9. The Gilded Age (You know something is wrong when the government begins to beg for money... oh wait.)
10. The Progressive era (child labor laws? Who needs em?)
11. Imperialism (Aloha)
-Mrs. Garret: P.E. - Hilarious. Considers everyone stupid, and always thinks people are cussing even when they are not. She is really nice to teacher's pets (Yes, I am one). And really mean to... anyone else. She is going to retire at the end of the year. So far we have studied:
1. How to make people's legs ache and make them breath as if they just ran a mile (Oh wait. We did)
2. How much it hurts to get trampled by people playing football (i have not experienced this yet)
3. How to play "lazy soccer" (A game involving a 1 ball, 2 goals, and a whole bunch of stationary, unenergetic students)
4. What a girl does when confronted by a flying badminton birdie. (Of course the obvious solution to this problem is to scream and cover your head)
5. How great a team of volleyball players would be selected from our class (really awesome I can tell you. if the goal is to hit yourself in the face)
6. How much a doge ball can hurt (the only sport in the world where you throw balls intended to do dammage)
-Mrs. Mangahis aka. Mrs. Mango: Honors American lit.- Really awesome person, however, really awful class. We do the something every day. And if I've learned anything in that class, it's that American Literature is just not as good as the rest of the worlds. She really enjoys odd things such a peeps, and war-time-strategy games. So far we have studied:
1. The American Dream (Wow, some people can be so selfish! Just Kidding)
2. The Crucible/McCarthyism (Who knew all you had to do was claim witchery to get rid of the next door neighbors?)
3. The Scarlet Letter (The second worst book in existence beaten only by "101 ways to pop a zit while tying your shoe)
4. Romanticism (Some people actually have to EXPRESS themselves. HA!)
5. Huck Finn/Realism (Apparently Solomon wasn't so wise.)
-Mrs. Flemming: Bel Cantos Advanced Choir - First of all, we WISH we were advanced. At best, we are average. This says a lot for regular choir. (No offense to anyone in regular choir). Mrs. Flemming is the most kindest, and most unorganized person ever created. She is a really great choir director, but commands no respect from the students. So far we have studied:
1. Hiney Mah Tov (Apparently its OK to force Jewish culture on us)
2. Loch Lomond (The BEST song ever written beaten only by Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" and "Amazing Grace"
3. Here we come a caroling (The song in which almost EVERYONE fakes their part)
4. I'm gonna end the list here because it is too extensive
- Mr. Resse: Pre-Calculus - A REALLY great teacher. I learn so much in that class. So far we have studied:
1. A review of Algebra 2 (Super difficult if you learned Algebra from Mr. Deets.)
2. Logarithms (as if exponents weren't tricky enough)
3. Special triangles (designed to make your life easier, but really just give you something else to memorize)
4. Some Old Hippy Caught Another Hippy Trippin' On Acid (SOH CAH TOA)
5. Please Excuse My Detention After School
6. All Students Take Crack (Referring to the quadrants in which sine cosine and tangent are positive)
So yeah, I know this is a long post. I hope you enjoyed reading it. I tried to make it as funny as possible. You may not understand ANY of the references.
-Joshua Read
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