"found my phone in a puddle of waterr"
-2 likes. 8 comments
"Andrea Melink is single."
-1 like
"hmm still at school..almost 13 hrs total in the wood shop =.= but done with crappy sanding but w/e i'll be happy with a C for the short time period and nonwoodhandleness lol~"
-14 comments
"puddle run today was the best thing ever!"
-9 likes. 15 comments
"I GOT INTO 7 DAYS!!!!!!!!!! couldn't be happier!!!!"
-31 likes. 23 comments
"Spiked a Volleyball with my face tonight, NBD. Los Tigres son 1-0, NBD."
-2 likes. 8 comments
"I want a good old fashioned nightmare."
-1 like. 1 comment
"15 friends changed their profile pictures."
"Never let your prayin knees get lazy, and love like crazy ♥"
-8 likes. 2 comments
"So Red Hot Chili Peppers FTW, that is all"
-4 likes. 4 comments
"SO EXCITED TO LISTEN TO MY NEW IPOD."
-1 like. 5 comments
"the days all blend into each other to become one huge clusterfuck of lectures and drowsiness.
-4 likes. 3 comments
"best week in forever, dddddeamn."
-1 like. 17 comments
"Needs help
-2 comments
"stuck at mcad till 9... seeew bored :("
-3 comments
"running shirtless in a warm fall rain? helllll yes!"
-8 likes. 2 comments
"watching Glee with my face roomate on her brithday :)"
-1 comment
"Hahaha Ira stapled his finger in class yesterday and it hit his nail on the other side. :)"
-2 comments
"happy birthday pap!"
-7 likes. 11 comments
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Lunch Table Conversations
-Is that kid playing Star Craft 2?
-I used to play the first Star Craft.
-You know what I can't wait for? Diablo 3. That game's gonna be so sick. It's repetitive, I know, but it's just awesome.
-Did you see Tyler Maxwell's facebook status?
-No.
-This is hilarious. He asks his girlfriend to the dance by standing outside her house, naked, with a sign over his junk that says, "Homecoming?"
Two kids are skipping class because "I suck at pottery." and "The teacher is a bitch."
-Dude, if you want to be the best Halo player, you just got to take speed. 'Cause when you do that shit, everything is like in slow motion.
-(Modern Warfare 2) I always get killed by predator missiles. One game I got killed by preds 10 times in a row. Then I switched over to Cold-Blooded but my team mates would just stand right next to me and I still got killed by preds.
-Cold Blooded sucks. You can never kill anyone. 'Cause people just use TARs with stopping power and FMJ and they kill you instantly.
-Dude, do you eat authentic asian food at your house?
-Yeah.
-Do you eat sasui?
-Yeah. That shit's touch-myself-worthy.
-I'm going to bring two guns to the game this weekend. Last time my gun broke and I had to use one of the rentals.
-Dude, I'm gonna be so sore on Monday. We have paint ball on Saturday and foot ball on Sunday.
-(The Godfather) You either love it or you hate it. It's a hit or miss. I just fucking hated it.
-Yeah, I just think it's boring as shit.
-Plus I had no idea what anyone was saying. It was just "Italian accent. Italian accent. Italian accent. Gun fight. Stab in the back. Stab in the back."
-Spoken word cafes are the suck. You just go to a dark coffee chop, sip little coffees and listen to a guy say nouns and whack drums.
-Remember that Goofy movie where his kid goes to college? They go to a cafe and it's exactly like that.
-They are talking about a Family Guy episode based off of a Twilight Zone episode.
-That one was hilarious.
-The thing with Twilight is that you're either rooting for the necrophiliacs or the bestiality people.
-What the fuck are you talking about?
-Werewolves or vampires.
-Dude, we're talking about the Twilight Zone, not Twilight.
-Oh.
-When's the next dance?
-Probably like the halloween one.
-Oh my god! yes!
-Yes!
-Fuck yeah
-That was so fun last year.
-I danced on a table right over there like the whole night.
-It costs like five bucks
-It's not run by the school. It's run by Robotics
-Yeah dude
-I used to play the first Star Craft.
-You know what I can't wait for? Diablo 3. That game's gonna be so sick. It's repetitive, I know, but it's just awesome.
-Did you see Tyler Maxwell's facebook status?
-No.
-This is hilarious. He asks his girlfriend to the dance by standing outside her house, naked, with a sign over his junk that says, "Homecoming?"
Two kids are skipping class because "I suck at pottery." and "The teacher is a bitch."
-Dude, if you want to be the best Halo player, you just got to take speed. 'Cause when you do that shit, everything is like in slow motion.
-(Modern Warfare 2) I always get killed by predator missiles. One game I got killed by preds 10 times in a row. Then I switched over to Cold-Blooded but my team mates would just stand right next to me and I still got killed by preds.
-Cold Blooded sucks. You can never kill anyone. 'Cause people just use TARs with stopping power and FMJ and they kill you instantly.
-Dude, do you eat authentic asian food at your house?
-Yeah.
-Do you eat sasui?
-Yeah. That shit's touch-myself-worthy.
-I'm going to bring two guns to the game this weekend. Last time my gun broke and I had to use one of the rentals.
-Dude, I'm gonna be so sore on Monday. We have paint ball on Saturday and foot ball on Sunday.
-(The Godfather) You either love it or you hate it. It's a hit or miss. I just fucking hated it.
-Yeah, I just think it's boring as shit.
-Plus I had no idea what anyone was saying. It was just "Italian accent. Italian accent. Italian accent. Gun fight. Stab in the back. Stab in the back."
-Spoken word cafes are the suck. You just go to a dark coffee chop, sip little coffees and listen to a guy say nouns and whack drums.
-Remember that Goofy movie where his kid goes to college? They go to a cafe and it's exactly like that.
-They are talking about a Family Guy episode based off of a Twilight Zone episode.
-That one was hilarious.
-The thing with Twilight is that you're either rooting for the necrophiliacs or the bestiality people.
-What the fuck are you talking about?
-Werewolves or vampires.
-Dude, we're talking about the Twilight Zone, not Twilight.
-Oh.
-When's the next dance?
-Probably like the halloween one.
-Oh my god! yes!
-Yes!
-Fuck yeah
-That was so fun last year.
-I danced on a table right over there like the whole night.
-It costs like five bucks
-It's not run by the school. It's run by Robotics
-Yeah dude
One student's opinion
What do you think about this school?
"I hate this school. People are into trends and everyone's a huge bitch..
"I try to be nice to everybody who isn't stupid."
"People are stupid when they're so limited to Prior Lake. There's more to life than high school. Like traveling and stuff. There's more than sitting around and looking cool. Being in your clique and all that."
"Most people don't know what to do with themselves; they have no commitment. They don't give a crap, they just wanna be cool. Like right now, it's Homecoming week and everyone's just trying to be the cutest couple."
The bell cuts him off and I need to go to class.
"I hate this school. People are into trends and everyone's a huge bitch..
"I try to be nice to everybody who isn't stupid."
"People are stupid when they're so limited to Prior Lake. There's more to life than high school. Like traveling and stuff. There's more than sitting around and looking cool. Being in your clique and all that."
"Most people don't know what to do with themselves; they have no commitment. They don't give a crap, they just wanna be cool. Like right now, it's Homecoming week and everyone's just trying to be the cutest couple."
The bell cuts him off and I need to go to class.
Aaron and Cal on weed and gods
How much pot do you smoke a week?
Cal: "None."
Aaron: "Nothing anymore. I've been clean for about a month. I stopped before school started because, like, if I didn't I'd be stoned in class and at home. I wouldn't be able to focus."
Cal: "Yeah, and when you're stoned you just wanna eat more and sleep all day. It's not healthy. I mean, I used to smoke all day, and it was awesome. But I just kind of needed to put a limit to it somewhere."
Aaron: "And like, after a while you just want to be done. It gets old. I mean, tripping for 10 hours, you just want to be done. And then there's sleeping; it's so annoying when you're trying to sleep and you're tripping. It's just physically impossible."
Cal: And the crashes and shit suck."
Aaron: "But when you're tripping, it's awesome. Crashing sucks but tripping is great. You cannot be bored when you're on something. Like, I can be bored when I'm not stoned, but I'm never bored when I am. I mean, I'm not always bored when I'm not stoned, but that's the only time I am."
Cal: "Sometimes people just need to do drugs. It makes things fun."
First timers?
Kreig: "Don't you need to smoke twice before you actually get high?"
Cal: "Not really. The first time you smoke you're probably just doing it wrong.
Aaron: "Yeah, like, the first time I smoked I got completely fucked up."
Cal, are you a vegetarian?
Cal: I was a vegetarian for like a month. I just felt the need to not eat meat. The human species isn't dependent on meat, we're herbivores by nature. Just look at our teeth."
What do you think about religion?
Cal: "World views and religion shouldn't connect at all. There's some religions where that's just part of it, though, like christianity. Some religions just take over your whole life. I myself am an agnostic, believing in the fact that there could be something out there. But I certainly don't believe that there is one God that created the earth in the span of seven days. That's just not realistic...
...There are too many contradictions in Christianity. Like, why would a loving god who has all this power just let us suffer? Why create a world and let it be filled with problems? Just to fuck with us? It's like playing the Sims...
...Every person is like a god in their own way. We're the gods. We control it. We do it. But we don't take responsiblity for our own actions? We use God as a way to hide our mistakes."
Krieg: "What's he writing this for?"
Cal: "I don't know, but he's giving me a reason to rant and I like it. I should be a lawyer."
Throughout Cal's spiel about religion the kids sitting nearby turn and listen. They nod their heads and discuss the topic amongst themselves, agreeing on a stance between agnosticism and atheism.
Joe Mestnik On Prior Lake High School
During fifth hour one of the social studies teachers, Joe Mestnik, supervises the first-floor computer lab. He makes ample use of the time by socializing with the students coming in and out and discussing the material covered in class with any of his students who might be in the lab at that time. I was able to talk to him and hear his thoughts about school.
"I really like this school. The student body is good, the faculty is good, and the facility is great. I'm pretty sure we're one of the few schools in the region that still has an actual shop class. The art department is outstanding. And the concert hall here is great."
"Prior Lake has a lot of options for the students with the electives we offer."
He points out the above-average test scores the school has, as well as the lack of fights and violence in the school, which has well over 2000 students enrolled.
A problem he has with the school is the student-teacher ratio.
"I think school spirit is great, but when you have so many people in the same school they lose that sense of unity. Everyone kind of breaks off into their own group and does their own thing."
"Teachers need to establish a connection with their students. But how are you supposed to do that with 160 kids going through your classroom a day? It can take half the trimester to just know your kids by name. It's not like in elementary school where you have thirty kids and you're with them for the whole 8 hours. In high school you've got 5 times the students and an eighth of the time with them."
As far as the public education system in the broad sense, Mestnik is in support of it.
"Public education gives everyone a shot at success in their life, even kids living in poorer areas. If you privatize the industry, then all of a sudden those kids don't have a chance."
"Privatizing education would be counter-intuitive in terms of America's republic. You need to have an educated population for it to work. And if you only have 60% of your population being educated then they can't make good decisions with voting.
"You need to have standards all across the board, so to speak. History teachers need to cover the same history, math teachers need to cover the same math, and so on."
"Some kids need structure in their lives and it's good that we give it to them. You know, some kids, given free time, will just sit around and watch TV all day."
"I really like this school. The student body is good, the faculty is good, and the facility is great. I'm pretty sure we're one of the few schools in the region that still has an actual shop class. The art department is outstanding. And the concert hall here is great."
"Prior Lake has a lot of options for the students with the electives we offer."
He points out the above-average test scores the school has, as well as the lack of fights and violence in the school, which has well over 2000 students enrolled.
A problem he has with the school is the student-teacher ratio.
"I think school spirit is great, but when you have so many people in the same school they lose that sense of unity. Everyone kind of breaks off into their own group and does their own thing."
"Teachers need to establish a connection with their students. But how are you supposed to do that with 160 kids going through your classroom a day? It can take half the trimester to just know your kids by name. It's not like in elementary school where you have thirty kids and you're with them for the whole 8 hours. In high school you've got 5 times the students and an eighth of the time with them."
As far as the public education system in the broad sense, Mestnik is in support of it.
"Public education gives everyone a shot at success in their life, even kids living in poorer areas. If you privatize the industry, then all of a sudden those kids don't have a chance."
"Privatizing education would be counter-intuitive in terms of America's republic. You need to have an educated population for it to work. And if you only have 60% of your population being educated then they can't make good decisions with voting.
"You need to have standards all across the board, so to speak. History teachers need to cover the same history, math teachers need to cover the same math, and so on."
"Some kids need structure in their lives and it's good that we give it to them. You know, some kids, given free time, will just sit around and watch TV all day."
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