Hey guys, Stevie Spain here:
Mondays. Nobody likes Mondays. They are the dreadful beginning of a week. The workweek, of course. Silly me. The actual beginning on a week is a Sunday. Which actually is quite astonishing, it seems to me like it should be Mondays. But it also makes sense that Sunday is the first day of the week because of Saturday being the original day of Sabbath. The seventh day of rest. If so, then the question remains: why do we begin weeks on Mondays? We start our weekend on the final day of the week, and end it on the second day of the week. I know that the Sabbath was moved to Sunday, but why? There's probably some missing factor here that I'm not thinking of at the moment because I'm so frustrated?
"Steve! Why are you frustrated?" Simmer down there, reader of my blog, settle down, sit on the ground, lend me your ears. You see, this week is finals week. Finals week are very logical, yet so frustrating. Why is it that the teachers remind us to much to study weeks beforehand so we are prepared? They warn us so much, yet we do not even care. What is wrong? Why do we do this? And it doesn't help that I have a terrible study habit. I can't concentrate at all. I do not know why. I have too many distractions. You see, the thing is I don't usually ever study for any exams. Paying attention in class sis usually enough to get me through exams. Finals, you can't really count on it. I am expected to remember everything from a whole semester. Now usually this isn't a problem; I do just fine in my Math, English, French, and basically every other exam. However, in History and my religion class, where it goes quite more in depth, I can't remember anything.
A major part of History class is simply memorizing many people and knowing what they do. I need to learn what many people did over the world during a span of about 1000 years. This is crazy, we covered so much material. And it wouldn't be so bad if the teacher actually taught what was on the exams. The teacher is a great guy, I love him to death, funny enthusiastic and he really likes his job, it is very noticeable. However, the only criticism I have of him is that his material seems a little disconnected sometimes. Not all the time, but sometimes it all just seems a little off. For example, He will be teaching about Mercantilism when the actual chapter is about French Revolution. Both topics are very interesting, and I absolutely love economic topics, but I would sacrifice that in order to actually learn about the French Revolution. Unfortunately that was a bad example; he taught both very well but I can't think of a certain instance at the moment, and I can't think because I'm not even supposed to be awake at the moment. Living young, defying the rules on a blog. Woohoo.
Religion class is just a mess. I'm a very proud Christian gentleman and I love God and all that shnazz, but the teacher is simply awful. He doesn't teach too much at all, he doesn't check his homework or grades his tests. Some of the things he makes us do is simply ridiculous and I really don't like it. He is a very easy class, but the details of it are all on a test and it becomes more of a matter of memorization rather than understanding concepts. Understanding a concept is the most important thing, in my opinion. I'd rather know addition than perfectly know how to add 28734 + 67 always and instantly. In other words, I'd much rather make mistakes and learn a more general concept rather than get specific and simply memorize.
Now I understand some topics just aren't meant to be understood. How can the Robespierre be a concept? He can't, he is something you must memorize. Nazi invasion of France right through Belgium isn't a concept, it is something you must memorize. Unfortunately, it is something I am simply unable to do. I was never really meant for mass memorization unless I dedicate absolute hours to it, or find a fun away around it. And the time for that, is far.
Stevie Spain, signing out.
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