10 things

First:
I saw 'Waiting For Superman' last night. Although the ideas were generally good, it made me want to cry watching them trash public schools, and disregard the fact that 80% of america still attends them, and not all (or even most, really) are failures in the least. the writers of the film just shot off statistics that looked quite scary, pulling a wonderful job of getting everyone in the theatre up in arms against teachers unions (which was, admittedly, slightly justifiable) using a propaganda machine much more efficient than the one we have in our public schools today. the most concentrated-on statistic was one concerning proficiency in math and reading for 8th graders tested. The directors of this film made it appear that only ~24% (according to this statistic) in each state were proficient in either of these two subjects, as 8th graders. However dire our situation may be, i am willing to stake my left hand that maybe, just maybe, the problem is not in the instruction of the students (for example, i've been in public schools almost my whole life, minus the last three years, and have NEVER experienced such a drastically low number of logical people in my life, ever, that could even compare to what these statistics show), but rather, maybe the problem is in the testing.

Second,
fucking fucking fucking fucking fuck.
i want to go to a fucking art school.
im tired of administrative tyranny.
fuck you, mr biology teacher,
fuck you.