Friday, December 11, 2009

Teachers Are Strange...

So uh....I just got this thing and I am posting like crazy!!!! But hey, what is a girl to do! I eman, this thing is so amazing, right?

Anywho, I was home school sick today and I drew a few doodles upon hearing some crazy shizzznit from my friends who were actually PRESENT in that jailllllImeanschool this morning. Apparently I missed some funny stuff...
I owe my friend a cupcake, so I drew him one today, Taylor, here you go: Strawberry cupcake anyone? Looks tasty enough? Sorry for the bad doodle...


And then there was this: When you are sick, the sky looks so beautiful, mainly because you want out of your damned house, but hey, life's life and you get ill sometimes... Yes, I have blue hair, no, I do not look like that. XD

Oh yeah, and apparently my Latin teacher yelled this in the freshmeatImeanmen(my hall cuz I'm a freshie), corridor this morning: yes, she did say that, no, she does not look like that. That is just my bad doodle...which would look better if my scanner WORKED T_T Apparently my Latin I teacher doesn't care if the school knows about her life at home/sex life. Good, good, but I don't wanna hear it. >__>


And my French teacher, who looks like Dr. House from the tele show House M.D., also enlightened everyone about his favourite phrase in Latin, apparently the phrase he loves is "F*** You" because it means, "I do" when spoken in it's original context in Latin.

....I love my school, oh so much. I wish I could have been there today though, but I was home sick watching my little brothers drown plastic army men in chicken noodle soup. Good times people, good times.

What Should The People Expect?

A history topic one day in class.

There was nobody raising a hand, but a lot of us were hard at work thinking while my history teacher stood in front of the class at his pedestal watching us think. He probably wanted to make a suggestion or two, but it was a question for us to answer and not himself, haha.
Everyone came up with many answers to this, even myself, but I'm too shy a girl to raise her hand during class discussions, so my opinions never get heard, even if I've a few good ones.
Anyway, back to the original topic, what should the people expect from their presidential candidate and then, if they make it, leader? In a class of freshmen with the exception of one junior and one sophomore, we all thought about it. We would want our leader to be an all around good person for starters with good decision making abilities, we would want them to be able to debate well but be rational too. What about leadership? That's a quality we want in someone that will be in charge of our country for a good four years. The people would nonetheless want them to be personable, smart, and educated. How about reliable, how many reliable presidents have we had in the past? Wouldn't they need to have a good reputation as well? No criminal records, we would hope, right? Nothing they are trying to hide from us, right? Confidence. They are going to be speaking out in public and in front of hundreds, if not, thousands of people. On the television, broad casted through radios, their speeches will be heard by many, they need confidence. What about the present war going on between the United States and a few other countries, should our presidents have some experience with the military? A few of the past ones did... Now, those are all good points in a person that people would expect from their presidential candidates, am I correct? How about this one, believe it or not, what I am about to say is the absolute last thing my class came up with, this thought did not even come from any of my peers, but from the teacher himself, honesty. Why did none of us think about this? Wouldn't we want our president to be honest? To speak nothing but the truth and to withhold the words he spoke of in his campaign speeches and also at the inauguration? I should think so.
Would it shock you that my class forgot about the quality of honesty in a person? It sure did surprise a lot of us and the teacher, no doubt. Have our presidents really been that deceiving to us all that we have completely forgotten that we might want an honest president? Or have we just given up and now think that our presidents won't be honest and we're all just going to deal with it? What about those promises made to us during their campaigns, do they ever really follow through?
As an example, let's look at our Current President, Barack Obama. He promised everyone, "change" and what did we do, well, many went with that, of course. Yet, what kind of change was he talking about, did he really highlight his main focus in becoming president? If you ask me, everyone was so hyped up about this so-called "change" that some were probably willing to believe anything anyone said about making a change happen, after all, after the father and son Bush Administration, the public was pretty much ready for someone new to come into the picture. The war with it's death toll, the taxes being placed, the current financial situation, and so much more, "change" was needed. Well, who wouldn't strike now, after all, if one says they are going to "change" America, would you believe them and run with that idea, well, I probably would. However, what has Barack really changed? The economy still sucks, more troops are being sent into Iraq and other countries, war is still going on, more people are losing jobs, my state recently increased it's tax up one percent (6% in Massachusetts now, everyone), and there is still that issue about healthcare for people and what should be done about it... It looks like he's got his hands full, haha, because it doesn't seem like much of that change he was talking about has come through, and if it has, it seems it came through in a way different from that of the way people around him had imagined it would, but he's still got a few more years. At that time, I'll be able to vote and I'll have matured and will definitely have a better grasp about what is going on...who knows, maybe I'll even elect him, it really depends though. I'm interested to see how the current state of things pulls through.
What about our past president George W. Bush(preferably the second election)? I was much too young then to remember too much of what he said he was going to do, but times were pretty okay back then when I was a happy ten year old living with her family in a small, average town in the Eastern part of Northern America. From what I can gather, it started out in an okay state, the second election, but by the time he was nearing his end with that eight year term, times were going bad and things were sour. People wanted him gone, and quite frankly, with all that press and the tarnished reputation, I'm sure he didn't wish to remain within the White House any longer. Well, he left and we got the young Barack Obama instead of the aging John McCain...now what? Well, only time will tell how things end up and what happens to America. I hope everything turns out okay...Though America has a way of prevailing through tough times. We're pretty strong as a country. :) Let's hope for good times ahead and for a bright and shining future!
Now, to clear things up, I'm 15 and DO NOT claim to be a politcal wizz, because I'm NOT. I don't plan to know and don't claim to know everything about America's current state, because again, I do NOT. These are just my views as your average teenage living in the modern day United States, nothing much else really. There was no offense intended in my posting of this, just some thoughts I had, so please don't flame, it's not polite. I'd love to hear your opinions, but let's stay away from those nasty hate posts <3

-Kristen Leigh

Art

We all know what art is, a means of communication through words, pictures, and any form of self-expressive means. A picture is worth a thousand words, but books tell stories of fiction and true life experiences, and there are still other ways of showing what you've to say, like making clothes, costumes, even the way a girl does her make up can show how she wants to express herself on that particular day (though...I'm bad with make up). :p
Out there in the world, exist tons of art websites with new people to meet, pictures to see, and stories to read, but some of these websites aren't as good as others...So what is there to do about that? Well, there are recommendations, of course!
So, out there in this huge virtual world is a website that many call home, Deviantart.com. It's a great website filled to the brim (and probably bursting right about now) with new people and what they have got to show the world. Every person I've met is oh so wonderful and nice and the atmosphere there is just a caring one with people who have hearts of gold. <3 My name there is different from this one, which is a first, let me tell you, but if you think about it hard enough, there are similarities between Pondertheworld and my name on DeviantArt, which is Thepuzzlegirl.
For all of you who may be interested, here's a link to the website
I hope it works right! Tell me if it doesn't so I may know and make changes if need be <3

Tell me what you think, I'd love to hear. :)

-kristen Leigh

Hello World!

Alright, so, I've never had one of these blogs before, but I know alot of people who do and they all said that it;s a great deal of fun to be had.
One gets to express their feelings, personal views, going ons in their life and the lives of those around them through a personal journal of sorts. :)
Sounds like a new and exciting experience to me, so why not?
One problem, this is new and I've no idea how to even use a blogspace, but I'm betting I'll learn, afterall, I'm home sick from school today, so there's time for me to put into learning this site's basics!

So, look out world! This kid's got alot to talk about because her views differ on so many various topics!

-Kristen Leigh