"Dude...This Thing Claims I Have Mail!"

Technology was pretty awesome. My favorite things that we did were the blogs, and the typing courses. I learned how to cite sources (not just pasting the URL), and some cool stuff you can do with Microsoft Word. I managed to get my average words per minute from around 40 to somewhere between 55-60.    One thing I did not like were the educational videos, that gave you obvious information. I know that if something does not fit into a port, that trying to jam it in there is not a good idea. The video did not need to tell me that. I guess that there are people that would try that, though.



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School Is Piracy...

...and piracy is a crime. You are probably trying to figure out what I mean. Well, piracy is a crime because it is technically stealing, which is illegal. It is illegal because you are not paying for it and, in turn, the producers, directors, etc. don't get paid for their hard work, which you took. The same thing applies to school, we have to do a lot of homework for thirteen years (K-12) and we get nothing for it. Education? No, we already have been taught the skill, otherwise we would not be able to complete the homework. (Further education i.e. more homework and reading, yes.) With homework, you are  practicing the skill, and teachers collect it and give you nothing more than a letter grade and percent, which determines if you will pass, and get to do more of this next year, or fail, and stay in the same grade, and still do more next year.





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Work Smarter, Not Harder

I think that being smart is more important than working hard to be successful in what you do, though both are very important. If you work smarter, you can minimize the amount of time and effort required to complete the job, so you can get it done easier. I cannot think of any examples of this.



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Some More Useless Stuff

Monday, I watched Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World for the ninth time. It was still as awesome as the first time I watched it. I also read the first and second Scott Pilgrim comics again. They are still awesome. How did I have this much free time? I was sick. So now I get to do a lot of absent/make-up work that will probably take up the rest of my free time after school...again. I still think that being sick is better than school, even if I do have to make up a lot of work.



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