College

So, what is the point of a college education?  Why do we shovel out tons of money, often more then we can hope to earn in several years in our chosen field, in order to be in this place?

Why is college important?  I find myself asking this question to myself over and over again.  There has to be a reason why I'm here...

I suppose that I should have prefaced all of this with the fact that I'm presently becoming increasingly annoyed with the repetition that characterizes my classes.  I keep shaking  waking up to realize that I've stared off into space for the majority of the class period in most of my classes.  My grades are still decent, but that's only because so much of the information is review that it doesn't matter that I zoned out.  I'd probably be doing even better if it wasn't for the multiple choice.  Multiple choice is the bane of my existence.  It just seems so much like guessing that I have a hard time taking it seriously.  (My SAT score is a pure and simple miracle of statistics.)  Multiple choice makes all the information seem very trivial.  I even half expect the lights to go down and dramatic music to play like on a game show after I finish reading a question.

Back to the original question though:  Why do we go to college?

No idea, but let me know if you figure it out.  In the meantime, I've got some inner-classroom-space-exploration to do.

Election Day

Here it is.  Election day is here.  Today is the day when we the results of months of campaigning will be made clear.

It isn't just the presidential election either though.  This election is for sheriffs, school board members, tax commissioners, state representatives, and so many others.

Lets face it though: At midnight on Tuesday night, the biggest thing keeping us up will be the presidential results.

So, on that note.  Go out and vote this year.  And for the love of all things decent, lets hope for no hanging chads, limited voter fraud and that the Florida results will come in, preferably, before California's.  You've gotta love Florida.

Happy voting!

The Secret to Success is B

So, I was sitting there in my English class on Tuesday when it hit me, mid- well, Midterm. I now know the secret to success in life that the school systems in high school and college have been try to teach us, the poor mis-guided students, since we first came into their "care."

So, here is the secret. It is the only explanation that makes since really when you consider the education system. It is:

Multiple choice.

Shocking, right? And yet I've always kind of suspected that might be it since a teacher first placed a standardized test on my desk at the tender age of 8. That has to be it.

After all, why else would so many schools insist on forcing all students to take so many tests that they could not possibly be fully prepared for, unless that was the secret to success in life? Why else would we need to take SATs, EOCTs, ACTs, Benchmarks, AP Tests and Graduation Tests? Not to mention the sundry of other tests that we encounter along the way in this format. Why would this specific testing style continue to follow us throughout our college careers, unless it held some sort of barring on our future success in life?

That brings me back to the midterm where the options are swimming before my eyes. I know the material, but I couldn't tell you which letter is correct to save my life. So, I close my eyes and choose with a blind pencil. Hmmm... functionalism was the French Feminist that talked about patriarchy... I guess go with b. again. 

So, I flee from the English department after the test over to the Communication department to sulk in the computer lab. This secret has only penetrated a few of the shallower levels of this department, where non-majors still tread. I slip farther and farther away from this great secret of success, but that's ok, who ever wanted to be successful anyway. 

I just want to write.