Conformity problems

-Are you as an American Teen pressured to conformed to anything?

=Yes, conformed to getting good grades(And failing at it) but constantly demanded to work hard at something.

=And I'm also being conformed to write down this paper...  :P take that Mr. Schreiber.

=I also normally am pressured to embrace madness...  no not really.

+Going to College

+doing the 'right' thing

+Youth Culture

+going to school

-Do you rebel against any of this?  How does the rebellion affect you?

=I didn't necessarily try to rebel against getting good grades but...  I don't have them so...  I guess that counts...  And then my parents don't trust me as much as I want them to.

=I never do what others would be considered "right" thing.  I do what could be considered the "left" thing.  It's always fun :3

=I don't follow young culture too much...  but I at least stay clothed.  i tend to get a lot of bizarre set of friends.

"YOU'VE TRICKED ME TOM SAWYER!"

Hey! I'm not dead yet!! - Thoreau

Ahh~ moving pictures!  Not only that, talking moving pictures  You humans!!  You are definitely revolutionary.  But hey...  Most of those authors aren't even dead yet, there's no need to consider us passed away.  Though I suppose the name "dead-but-except-for-that-one-guy-but-nevermind poets" would've been a bad name...  Those kids and the teacher, they made me proud to be who I am.  And where have I've seen school master before?...  Was it his action that reminds me of something?  Or just the way he speaks...

-Henry David Thoreau

or David Henry-  Mom...  don't edit my reviews...

The Dead Thoreau Society

I thought Todd Anderson out of all the boys resembled Thoreau the most.  Sure Todd started out very timid and silent which wasa very un-Thoreau-y but he developed into a man of conviction and he was willing to go against the rules of the school to be heard and let known.

Portrayal of Gender

Ya know what's rather ridiculous in form of coincidence?...  I have yet to read either of the books that this response was suppose to be about.  I never finished Bean Trees, nor have I even started to read Ethan Frome actually.  I had small glimpse of both but I never had a proper sit-down and read it...  but from what I could tell...  In the both the stories, men were normally portrayed as unfaithful while the women were either mean yet devoted or loving but submissive.  I guess men didn't exactly fetched a opinion in the eyes of the authors.

HEY!! TEACHERS!!!

As great as the song "Another Brick in the Wall, Prt 2" sounds to me; particularly "Leave them kids alone~!" the song itself shows a great deal of truth in society. Teachers lay down the basic ground works and assists when it is needed. The true learning comes from practice or self learning. Personally, I prefer this public school life style. And once you learn how to learn properly, any where could be the greatest form of education. So definitely, one can definitely get the best education in a public school.

Love Letter by Ethan Frome by Nghi... wait.

Dear Matt Silver

Is it simply me?  Or is it fate?  Does it have to do with Zeena?  Or I repeat, simply me?

How long ago has it been since our paths crossed and we fell forward?  How long ago did we both started this fruitless plotting and countless attempts to escape only to be for naught?  I know our love is strong but...  I feel the waves crashing down upon our bunker of wholehearted truth and affection.  I feel dejected.  I feel... pain.  Matt...  Can I end this pain?... With you?  And maybe Zeena too... that doesn't sound too bad.

Love

Ethan Frome

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Ewww... I'm never making a love letter again. DX

Investigative Interview

Here's a few tips on preforming an interview of an artist or anything along those lines.  First off, it's always great to have a topic, think about it, Topic Good~~~.

Step two, staying on that topic, I know it might be hard since you're talking to your hero or someone you've never heard of before.

Part tres, once in a while to throw EVERYONE off ask a personal question about a completely different. Ask a personal question about said topic.

Bradbury Shortie

Red, orange, yellow, blue, gray, the colors blurred together in the night sky as the flame blazed, and crackled.  Raging infernos burnt everything into ashes.  Buildings collapsing down on top of it's own weight after the fires melted away it's inner structure.  The heat alone was too much for any inhabitant but amazingly, there was a child in the street sitting in front of piles of rubble.  He stared off into space in a lifeless gaze.  The glow of the flames reflected brightly against his silk clothing and his bright blue eyes.  The red overcoat barely stood out from the fire and overlapped the outstanding black silky pants.  This child was alive, he wasn't a corpse that stayed upright, but...  There was something there.  He was mesmerized with a look of pure fear and shock by what normally people would comprehend as "emptiness..."

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I doubt anyone knows this but this was part of something I apparently gave up upon... I figured I might as well get some credit out of it :3

Movie Over Book?

I prefer the Book over the movie of F 451 actually...  I've seen part of the movie, yes I have seen some new added elements that were pretty good and dramatized the movie but I didn't like the changes to the story.

I liked how the stuck to the fact that they didn't allow reading and they spoke out the credits.

I guess their budget was low because they used the same actor for both Clarrise and Linda(Madrid).  And Clarrise became 21 for this movie...   I guess they couldn't find an actor at the age of 17 who could act?

Re:Road to Greatness

Anything fantastic and great must be obtained by completing some bizarre yet rigorous trails which is represented as a towering staircase.  And even though you achieved your wish, there's always another flight of stairs you can climb in order to continue on.

Once one is old I believe one would remember the rough climb rather than the single moment where you reached the end of the winding staircase.  The massive seemingly endless staircase.

Re:Utopia or Dystopia

The future doesn't seem to be so great from how things are going currently but of course, humans have survived lots of economic crises before.  Humans are particularly stubborn and honestly and constantly refuse to die.  Surviving and constantly expanding and developing, people may be stubborn but they are fairly adaptable.  Humans might turn the tide and the future might be as great as some books and stories would normally portray.

Busy Year

Dear god, this school has been making me jump all over the place. I yet have been able to just sit down and kinda take a nap. I've been doing stuff from 6AM straight to 12PM. Just doing things back to back... Oh right... this is me complaining btw. If you don't even know who I am, I is Nghi :3 Often appear as " CPU " while playing brawl or something with a customizable label :D Besides that point. Yeah... I've been busy this year... Sorry if I haven't done whatever with whoever.