Michael Kindt's Blog, page 488
August 4, 2011
My cousin Simon
is totally awesome. I love that dude. He's all in the middle of raising a family now, whereas I'm just getting done. He's a few years younger than me, better looking (but only physically), and nicer, though he doesn't seem it at first. He comes off as a dick at first, but as you go along you realize what a nice guy he is. He's just blunt.
Give him some time.
Me, I come off as a nice guy immediately, but as you go along you realize I'm a pompous dick who probably thinks you're stupid. My head nods are empty.
I've always considered Simon my brother, even though he's my cousin. We grew up together and neither one of us had brothers. So.
He teaches English for a living. In high school. To inner city kids who have no interest in school, let alone English. He fights a losing battle every day and is often demoralized, the poor little bastard.
Day in and day out he does it, even though he feels like he's doing nothing.
Recently, he was back here from Arizona and I was very excited to see him. I even showered. Seriously, I was stoked.
We hooked up at the bar and just got BLASTED. I mean, shots, beers, shots, beers, drinking, drinking. I'm telling you, we got puke-out-car-window-piss-the-goddamn-bed drunk.
And now it's like I never even saw him cuz I don't remember it. I still miss him!
Weird. They tell me I was with Simon, but for all I know they could be lying. Was it just a dream?
Back In The Day ~ Local H
Who else is reminiscing? From...
Back In The Day ~ Local H
Who else is reminiscing? From 1996…
In my day, we had Bucky Beach.
I shit you not. That was the name of my high school guidance counselor. Bucky Beach. Bucky FUCKING Beach.
His real name was James, but for some bizarre reason went by Bucky.
He was an old hippie who had long hair and little round John Lennon glasses and he always wanted to "touch base" or "have a sit down." Sometimes, he even wanted to "rap" about things.
In school, I was always in trouble. I kept skipping and got into fights and smoked weed out in the parking lot at lunch. I could have been just another loser except I got good grades, so I was all over everyone's radar. If I had been a D student, no one would have paid me any mind.
So I had to constantly go and talk to Bucky FUCKING Beach.
Every conversation with him was like this (I'm paraphrasing for honesty): Bucky: "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Me: *shrugs shoulders, looks out the window*
A couple years ago, I searched for Bucky Beach on Facebook, but didn't find him. He'd be in his 60s now. Maybe even 70s.
I remember liking going to see him because it was something different, different than sitting in class. He seemed like he cared, but what the hell do I know?
thank you so much, i cant afford to take pre-calc, because i have to give my ap calc score to UCAS( UK application center) by the beginning of my senior year, should i take pre calc and ap calc at the same time? do you think this would help? im so sorry im
Well, that's a lot of calc all at once. I don't know how strong you are in math. For me, it would have been too much. I was literally horrible in math, totally lost beyond simple division and multiplication (at first). Personally, in either high school or college, I had to take ONE math class at a time to avoid alcoholism or bursts of violence. Also, would doing both hurt your other studies? Many things to consider. Overall, I think you should do what needs to be done to make your dream of attending college abroad happen. Like I said, life is short. Don't do what's easy. Do what's amazing :)
thank you so much, i cant afford to take pre-calc, because i have to give my ap calc score to UCAS( UK application center) by the beginning of my senior year, should i take pre calc and ap calc at the same time? do you think this would help? im so sorry im
Well, that's a lot of calc all at once. I don't know how strong you are in math. For me, it would have been too much. I was literally horrible in math, totally lost beyond simple division and multiplication (at first). Personally, in either high school or college, I had to take ONE math class at a time to avoid alcoholism or bursts of violence. Also, would doing both hurt your other studies? Many things to consider. Overall, I think you should do what needs to be done to make your dream of attending college abroad happen. Like I said, life is short. Don't do what's easy. Do what's amazing :)
thank you so much, i cant afford to take pre-calc, because i have to give my ap calc score to UCAS( UK application center) by the beginning of my senior year, should i take pre calc and ap calc at the same time? do you think this would help? im so sorry im
Well, that's a lot of calc all at once. I don't know how strong you are in math. For me, it would have been too much. I was literally horrible in math, totally lost beyond simple division and multiplication (at first). Personally, in either high school or college, I had to take ONE math class at a time to avoid alcoholism or bursts of violence. Also, would doing both hurt your other studies? Many things to consider. Overall, I think you should do what needs to be done to make your dream of attending college abroad happen. Like I said, life is short. Don't do what's easy. Do what's amazing :)
thank you so much, i cant afford to take pre-calc, because i have to give my ap calc score to UCAS( UK application center) by the beginning of my senior year, should i take pre calc and ap calc at the same time? do you think this would help? im so sorry im
Well, that's a lot of calc all at once. I don't know how strong you are in math. For me, it would have been too much. I was literally horrible in math, totally lost beyond simple division and multiplication (at first). Personally, in either high school or college, I had to take ONE math class at a time to avoid alcoholism or bursts of violence. Also, would doing both hurt your other studies? Many things to consider. Overall, I think you should do what needs to be done to make your dream of attending college abroad happen. Like I said, life is short. Don't do what's easy. Do what's amazing :)
August 3, 2011
i know it's expensive, and my family doesnt support it, and it's kinda hard to apply for financial aid as a international student, i know the policies pretty well, because i have been searching details online for a while now, the thing i am worrying about
Well, if that's a requirement, you'll have to make it your thing and beat it. You can do it. Math was never my thing either, but I did what I had to do. I figured it out, plowed through it, then immediately forgot it. I actually hated math, but once I really worked at it and started to figure it out I kind of liked it. Mainly because I was making it my bitch and view many, many things as competition. Don't let some stupid math defeat your dream. Also, I would reconsider skipping pre-calc if possible. Get some foundation.
i know it's expensive, and my family doesnt support it, and it's kinda hard to apply for financial aid as a international student, i know the policies pretty well, because i have been searching details online for a while now, the thing i am worrying about
Well, if that's a requirement, you'll have to make it your thing and beat it. You can do it. Math was never my thing either, but I did what I had to do. I figured it out, plowed through it, then immediately forgot it. I actually hated math, but once I really worked at it and started to figure it out I kind of liked it. Mainly because I was making it my bitch and view many, many things as competition. Don't let some stupid math defeat your dream. Also, I would reconsider skipping pre-calc if possible. Get some foundation.
i know it's expensive, and my family doesnt support it, and it's kinda hard to apply for financial aid as a international student, i know the policies pretty well, because i have been searching details online for a while now, the thing i am worrying about
Well, if that's a requirement, you'll have to make it your thing and beat it. You can do it. Math was never my thing either, but I did what I had to do. I figured it out, plowed through it, then immediately forgot it. I actually hated math, but once I really worked at it and started to figure it out I kind of liked it. Mainly because I was making it my bitch and view many, many things as competition. Don't let some stupid math defeat your dream. Also, I would reconsider skipping pre-calc if possible. Get some foundation.
