Monday, February 6, 2017 "Real Learning."

Monday, February 6, 2017

Week: 27

Songs to Remember: Tina - MASC, I Don't Wanna Do This Anymore - XXXTENTACION

        I'd love to go more in-depth in this post, especially because there's a lot of things I wanna talk about, but considering it's 11:52 PM and I value sleep and it's a Monday, I'll save that for another time.

        Dance was nothing special, just tedious practice. Math was the same, break was the same, Digital Art was work (and will be the same for tomorrow as well). English was the most interesting part of the day, only because I actually got to learn something for once.

        In the beginning as he was handing out reading packets, he seemed pretty pissed off, a bit grumpy, I don't blame him. We're, we're fucking boring, we fuck around, we're seniors. My teacher doesn't really wanna, teach this stuff. Arthurian shit, and, old English, and, etc (I know it ain't old English but you get what I mean) are pretty boring. He'd rather enjoy a class period of conversation, interaction, which is, pretty much what a classroom is for. Otherwise, we'd just be studying, at home. And so, before he started the lesson, he was like "So, anybody got anything they wanna ask me, anything to announce," etc, to see if shit gets started.

        And it did. It started with like, a couple stories about the Winter Ball from last year. Jh (not during this time but a few days ago) showed me a clip of last year's Winter Ball where they had a robot dancing with the students (like, a dude in a costume). My teacher told us a story about how he made everybody think he was the robot there (when he wasn't), and etc, etc. After that, he was like "Alright, anything else before we get started" and one student, whom he coaches for wrestling, asked him "What was your first job?" And so, he proceeded to tell us that he was a server at that one restaurant here in the city (which is pretty close to my house).

        He then asked "What was your worst job?" And from there, it got real. He was like "I don't know if ya'll want to let me, get real deep in it with you guys" but we let him, and so, he proceeded to tell us all about his, comebacks, comebacks from a life not worth living. Not about suicide, but, about alcohol and drugs. Yeah, it was surprising to hear that he was a meth addict and alcoholic. When he was first working as a server, he didn't really have much control, he was, trying to get server. He couldn't focus on work and so, he was let go. His brothers, they got sober, and so, that encouraged him to get his act together as well. He almost "relapsed," how he worded it, but he pulled through. And even after the death of his two brothers, both from them relapsing back into addiction, he was the one who pulled through all the way.

        He got his teaching credentials (or finished them rather) and started teaching and coaching. And now, here he is. And, to go from all that, especially with the death of his two closest family members, to here, where he's spreading knowledge, now that is respectable. It's not something that everybody can do, even for those who tried really hard. During that whole time, guess what? I did not blink once. And he was just talking, explaining. If it were him like, reading Arthurian tales, I'd be batting my eyes over and over again, trying to stay conscious. But throughout the whole period, I wasn't tired at all, I was more, in awe really.

        And that shows how boring things can be and how interesting things can be. Shit like this is what I call "real-er" education. Like, yeah sure, we, we know the legend of King Arthur. But, real life situations that we could end up in? Hearing the whole story first-hand from a person 5 feet away from us in the same room? That's real. And I will surely remember that a lot better than, fucking, Arthur and dragons, heh.

        So yeah, hopefully, we get another story-time period like that because I really do wanna learn more. Anyways, lunch was nothing special, I, I messaged Atr if she was attending practice after school and she was, so, I decided to go too. Uhh, Econ, just work, and Chinese, which was arts and crafts and presenting. After school, with KDT practice, that was an adventure. A lot of time was spent with Atr. She hasn't really pushed me away so I'm guessing it's going alright still.

        I ended up signing up for the dance which was 4Minute's "Hot Issue." The dance ain't as bad as I thought it was, just, a lot of hip movement. And uh, yeah, can't wait for Friday. Can't wait to order my clothes because I've been wearing the same, same things over and over again. And or just mixtures of black, because I have too much black. And so, it's 12:16 AM now, see ya. Oh and almost forgot- rain scene BOYS. Finally got to do a rain scene, you know with two people and an umbrella. Not what I pictured, but it was a rain scene nonetheless. And, with a doughnut and a picture. Alright yeah, now see ya.