I agree!

http://www.uni.illinois.edu/og/blog/opinions/2008/09/getting-grade-vs-learning

By Recathi Maturi Published: Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 12:10am

As a student I've frequently found myself asking, "Which do I care more about, the grade or learning?"

As much as I would love to answer, "The learning, of course," I think that I truthfully care more about my grade more than actually learning the material.

For tests I tend to memorize dates and flowcharts without understanding why we use that formula or what the significance of the date is. Is that a good thing? Is it better for me to get an A and not remember the material in a year or is it better for me to learn the material eventually but get a C and end up remembering it my whole life?

In today's society I personally find that there is more emphasis placed on the grade than the learning. To be successful one has to go to college, and to go to college one has to have good grades. People don't care about whether you understand the material or not, they just care about how you did on the test.

Some people learn material slower or faster than others, but by the end of the unit everyone is expected to take the test. It doesn't strike me as fair that one's knowledge is supposed to reflect their performance on the test. Not everyone is a good test taker. Some people know everything about the subject, but when they take the test they just don't do as well as they could.

So, I ask you, what do you care more about? What you got on the test or what you learned?

When the World Stops Pt. 2

How can you call yourself what you call yourself?
When you don't even know yourself, but do know yourself.
The thing is, you know what people think of you, but you always wonder to yourself what you think of you.
How can you smile when you're only smiling on your skin?
When you know it's wrong and tell others it's wrong.
The thing is, you know it's wrong and believe others shouldn't do that because it's like you're covering up, but you do it because well you know that you're covering yourself.

I'm tired of it. Of people being retarded, of broken families, of those who judge and throw anxiety to others. I hate it when someone has so much potential and doesn't use the best of their ability to. I'm not saying overwhelm yourself, but try a couple of things. I have a perfect example in my head, I just wish he knew. I don't understand why just some people don't understand or don't even try to. Are you them? Uh, no. Gosh motherchick, I don't know what I'm talking about anymore. I was so good for the whole of this month, just this week I've felt off, SUPPAAA off. I want to just hang out or pig out, but I got stuff to do and weight to keep down.

I love my family, sitting here in the middle of Ms. Reed's room I'm tearing up and thinking of them. My Mum struggles, my Dad grows cold, my Brother rebels, and I sit.

Dalvyn Morris - "Whatever's wrong, I hope it gets better."

I love...

Ice cream + Space Jam= Happiness As Of Now. Haha.

My Family, and a special dedication to Alison BEE!

Cherishing the Day.

So I've got tell you something. I have high hopes for myself. I'm starting to read newspaper articles online every day, going over SAT and SAT subject questions every day with Deveon and by myself. I've come to really realize and be hit that I am nothing without God. I'm on my own in this world surrounded by people. But I'm not me without His help. He's the one who grants me the knowledge, wisdom, and talent that I need. He's brought me all the blessings and needs that I've prayed for. My Mum's right... He's kind and forgiving. Deveon's right... he's merciful and loves His children no matter what.

I'm starting to feel sick though. Gahz, working on Binhi poster and going to take a shower soon. I've played three games of Monopoly straight and won! I keep winning so I gave myself a new goal; earn a net worth of 60 and over. That's my new goal. Haha. I've tooken 20 pictures of my Monopoly wins. I'm a loser. WOOT!

Current Heros: Parokya ni Edgar. (KSD blocked playlist.=[)

Blood

It drips down my cold brown skin.
In the light, it looks almost pink.
It was inside of me, and now it's not because it chose to ooze out.
But I know, deep down, that I need it, and it wants to stay in me.
I take a look at the IV bag and wonder if I should just cut it.

Then the light comes down through my window and I look.
It's bright, it's almost an angelic soft tone of cardinal yellow and marshamallow white.
I believe I can still live today.
Can you?

Unearthing My Upside

Today was great.

-Woke up at a great time.
-Practiced organ.
-Watched the birds.
-Made breakfast.
-Performed Children's Worship Service.
-Giggled with Jaimes.
-Played with Gwennie.
-Joked with Von and Pat.

Now onto the best parts of today...
-NEW PHONE, DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Motorola Blur, sonn. Haha.
-Open House of the new chapel. I can't believe that finally, just finally, we have our own place. We bonded, some cried, some laughed, some felt uncomfortable, some haven't even realized it yet. But we know for sure that we are happy nad grateful. The Locale of Kent is actually older than I am. Thank goodness, that's a long time. Haha. There's a guarantee of transfers to our locale once we start performing there. I have some new set goals for the place, too! But I'll keep that to myself for now. The place is beautiful, without the dirty shrubs, funny korean characters [sorry sandisan! haha], huge cracked cross, and just remnants from the people before us. Although today we dishonored it... Long story, not sure if I'm allowed to type it, but hopefully we'll remember not to do that again. Aha.
-Bonding with my family. Today, my bro, Mum, and I had a serious talk in the car and at Safeway. Sighs. So I'm really not a jealous person because Mum taught me how to appreciate all things especially the simpler things in life, but there's only one person I've truly been envious about. And I told my Mum and brother today. That conversation changed my outlook on how I treasure family. You might not get what I'm saying, but it's all good. Haha. I get what I'm saying. I love my family, even if we fight, even if we exchange yells or weird words, we always get over it after like two minutes. The thing I love about family fights or any fight really is the making up. WOOT! But I wouldn't mind no fights haha.

Well, back to doing homework and watching the Oscars. Dude, school's really starting to look good again. WOOT! Pre-Calc's fun, Gameboard's finished, Thesis Chart finished, and Japanese, well I'm working on it.

TIME TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With Love,
M.N.M.

The Highlights of my Beginning

It is all starting to piece together!

• Track!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Overachieving in Pre-CALC

• Self-studying in Japanese
• Fun Gameboard in CWI
• Holy Supper in 4 days