Darlene McCoy
dmmccoy@ucsc.edu
Segment 1 Memo - Option B
Yolanda Diaz-Houston - Section 1E
April 13, 2011
506 words
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Darlene McCoy, and I’m a student at UC Santa Cruz. Merely getting to this school was a near impossible challenge for me because of where I grew up. I live in an area right outside of Sacramento – Rancho Cordova, and let me tell you, it’s not exactly the best place to go to school. When I was in elementary school, in the ‘90s, there was paper provided in the classrooms, there were pencils if someone forgot or needed one, and there were functional materials. My teachers were incredible, and happy to be there teaching each day. While my elementary school was still poor, it was alright. It wasn’t a huge challenge to get through a day of class. In high school, I was hearing about how my beloved music program might be getting cut every other week, my textbooks were falling apart, my classes were at least 30 students to one teacher, our library was a joke, and our career center was a distant memory. In school, I was in the honors/AP program - I can’t imagine what it was like to be in the normal classes, with even less material. Just this year at least half of my high school’s sports programs were cut. I’m pretty sure my music teacher got about $500 for the orchestra for the entire year. There were about fifteen people of my graduating class of anywhere from 250-300 who went to a four-year college. Our original class freshman year was about 650 students. What happened to all of them? Why is the school system failing so miserably?
I believe that if the state gave more funding to schools, that students like me, from my background, would have opportunities to thrive in life, and all of society would benefit. If my school had more funding, we could have had better classrooms, better teachers, and better material. College would not have seemed like a far-off impossible dream. Other students could have had the chance to thrive more in elective classes. We could have a library that was worth taking the time to go to, or a career center to aid us in our future endeavors. I feel like with more funding, graduation rates in my area would go up. And furthermore, because graduation rates would go up, crime rates would go down. Just the other year, at Rancho Cordova’ annual 4th of July Celebration, someone was shot, and the whole thing had to be shut down. How is education not a public good? There are far too many benefits from having an educated populace to not fund education through tax dollars. Why is it that I, my former classmates, and my community have to suffer due to our lower income? Why is the state not protecting us, not helping us become educated citizens? The cuts to education are insane – how can a society function without educated citizens that are able to perform their duties well? I expect more from my state.
Sincerely,
Darlene McCoy
Showing posts with label High School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label High School. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Friday, October 22, 2010
Mooski #14 Yeah x3 - Chris Brown
Don't really care about the song a whole lot, but a person I know from high school is one of the main back-up dancers, and that's really cool. He's also the white kid doing the back flips. WTF.
Fuck yeah Kyle Cordova. Makin' Rancho not look like hell! :)
Oh and the kid like, "Look it's Chris Brown!" HELLA cracks me upp!
Fuck yeah Kyle Cordova. Makin' Rancho not look like hell! :)
Oh and the kid like, "Look it's Chris Brown!" HELLA cracks me upp!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
More Stuff I've Made!
...there's even more crap that I've made, but after takin' a gander in the old Photobucket, these are the ones... I'm good with posting here. :] Lots of FFXI signatures... (God knows that's not all of them, too!) and old stuff I used to use on MySpace... icons... stuff I've made for people, even Vanquish's old homepage... so much STUFF!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
The Mess In the 'Cho
Ahhhh, home sweet home.
Such a bitter sweet home, right now.
Leeeeeeeeeet's roll back a few years, shall we?
This is one about Jacob.
Jacob Victoria.
Friend who's been trying to be more than a friend FOR-EV-ER.
K so, junior year of high school.
Sucked. Hardcore. I was alone most of the day at school, always sad, always feeling awkward, no matter how much effort I put into trying to be outgoing. Always too afraid of what people thought of me. (Not much different from now, really, eh?) I remember Ms. Davis' English class... man, I hated that class. Ms. Davis was awesome, and the class wasn't actually bad, but after Greg dropped out of it, I had near nobody to talk to, to smile at, to give me any sort of confidence. Maybe I could've shown someone I was interested in being friends. I feel like I did. Oh well. Junior year sucked. Hated being alone.
ANYWAY, after school, people would come over to my house. People always came over, that's what happened! Ever since like, the 6th grade, starting with our famous Wednesdays. (RIP good times) Annnnd Jacob just started showing up a lot. And he'd leave after everyone else, so we would chat for a while, bolster our friendship, and be happy. That was cool. Was really happy with that. I'd been so lonely at school that the additional time socializing was really good for me. The issue came about when he'd not leave until 8-9 PM, and I still had homework/a life to attend to afterward. (These are the days when I went to sleep from 10-11 PM) ALSO: I HAD A BOYFRIEND WHO WAS TRIPPING BALLS. Guys don't like it when their girls spend more time with another guy than themselves. Go figure. After a while, I guess the messages started showing up. The mass amounts of comments, or stuff like that on MySpace. And while flattering, and nice to read, messages from another guy, when you're already deep into a relationship, are just not healthy after a while. The guilt sets in, and your heart starts to break every time you see them. The thing is about Jacob is while he is weird, and kind of obsessive, he is a good guy, and just wants to love and be loved. He's such a romantic. Hehe! I am also, very romantic, and we both share a lot of common interests. And the thing is: I love to make people happy, so I continued to spend time with him. I just made sure he didn't come over more than once a week, so Greg would feel more comfortable. But in the end, I was finding myself trying to make too many people happy, and worrying about Jacob like I would worry about a boyfriend. He became a subject my mind wandered too far too much for my own good, and poor Greg's sanity. I wanted to make the poor kid happy. Always have. Anyway, in the end, I had to cut off all communication with Jacob. I couldn't handle it, Greg couldn't handle it, and he was basically tearing my relationship apart. That just would not do.
Now, it's a a few years later. I figured that we could possibly be friends again, because y'know, I like friends. I like to see people happy, and be happy with them. We started chatting again, and I was content, just like before. He really needed a friend, and I really needed a friend. We were excellent for each others health. A few nights before Spring Break, he texted me. He was basically a hot mess, and I was happy to be there for him. When I returned for break, we spent a lot of time together, doing a whole lot of nothing, and enjoying the hell out of it. I was really happy to have a old, and cherished friend back. But see, darlin', shit always goes wrong. After break, we just chatted through texts/facebook/whatever, and his feelings for me grew like muscles on steroids. They grew really fast, and really intense. It's not that I was unaware, and I had even previously warned him earlier on in the year, that if things got bad, I was going to stop talking to him again. I just... was unaware of how much those feelings had grown over being away from me. I didn't realize that when I got home, I'd have to deal with junior year Jacob all over again. He's... just like a prisoner... whenever that dog comes by with the key, he grasps and grasps and grasps for it... so desperate to set his heart free... it's really, really sad, and I wish I could cure that for him, but the only way to do so is to be with him, and I just don't feel that way.
So, after about a week of hangin' out in Rancho, chillin', and having a good time, Jacob and I got into a scuffle. And lord, I do not like to fight with people. Hate it. Hate telling them no, hate telling them anything negative. Honestly, I don't even remember what it was about. It was more of, "Do you want to hang out?" "No, I don't think that's a good idea without someone else around." which lead to questions. Always with the God damned questions. Questions you expect me to answer. Questions your eyes plead me to answer in the way you want. You think I've got my shit sorted out? Oh, I don't think so. They drive me insane. I get, and got frustrated with you that night, and I believe I still am. I don't want to break your heart, but if it's your heart, or my sanity, well, my sanity wins. Just BLOWS in the process that I can't get to know Matt/Aaron/Rory better, I guess. I'd say Chris too, but I know he doesn't like me sooo~! Yeah!
This time, there is no Greg. No boyfriend, no relationship, not even a hardcore crush. (There are cute boys in Santa Cruz though! WOO!) So I'm kind of scared. I don't have an excuse, I don't have a person to hide behind. I've got to deal with this on my own this time. And it was SO MUCH EASIER to deal with last time because I had Greg's support, and I was happy with him. Really happy. This time... no substantial blockade for Jacob to deal with... it scares me... because I am a person who will try to convince myself of feelings, in an attempt to be happy, and to make someone else happy. And I'm usually down to give people a chance, but with Jacob, if we went out for a week, it would prolly kill him if I broke up with him, which would prevent me from doing so for about a month, at least, prolly more, which in the end, is just wasted time. I don't know. There's no feelings. No relationship makes sense. Urrgg!
Bleh. There's just so much on my plate right now. I didn't even bite off this much; it was just shoveled upon my platter of issues, and now I've got to choke it down somehow.
Wasn't summer supposed to be relaxing? XD
Such a bitter sweet home, right now.
Leeeeeeeeeet's roll back a few years, shall we?
This is one about Jacob.
Jacob Victoria.
Friend who's been trying to be more than a friend FOR-EV-ER.
K so, junior year of high school.
Sucked. Hardcore. I was alone most of the day at school, always sad, always feeling awkward, no matter how much effort I put into trying to be outgoing. Always too afraid of what people thought of me. (Not much different from now, really, eh?) I remember Ms. Davis' English class... man, I hated that class. Ms. Davis was awesome, and the class wasn't actually bad, but after Greg dropped out of it, I had near nobody to talk to, to smile at, to give me any sort of confidence. Maybe I could've shown someone I was interested in being friends. I feel like I did. Oh well. Junior year sucked. Hated being alone.
ANYWAY, after school, people would come over to my house. People always came over, that's what happened! Ever since like, the 6th grade, starting with our famous Wednesdays. (RIP good times) Annnnd Jacob just started showing up a lot. And he'd leave after everyone else, so we would chat for a while, bolster our friendship, and be happy. That was cool. Was really happy with that. I'd been so lonely at school that the additional time socializing was really good for me. The issue came about when he'd not leave until 8-9 PM, and I still had homework/a life to attend to afterward. (These are the days when I went to sleep from 10-11 PM) ALSO: I HAD A BOYFRIEND WHO WAS TRIPPING BALLS. Guys don't like it when their girls spend more time with another guy than themselves. Go figure. After a while, I guess the messages started showing up. The mass amounts of comments, or stuff like that on MySpace. And while flattering, and nice to read, messages from another guy, when you're already deep into a relationship, are just not healthy after a while. The guilt sets in, and your heart starts to break every time you see them. The thing is about Jacob is while he is weird, and kind of obsessive, he is a good guy, and just wants to love and be loved. He's such a romantic. Hehe! I am also, very romantic, and we both share a lot of common interests. And the thing is: I love to make people happy, so I continued to spend time with him. I just made sure he didn't come over more than once a week, so Greg would feel more comfortable. But in the end, I was finding myself trying to make too many people happy, and worrying about Jacob like I would worry about a boyfriend. He became a subject my mind wandered too far too much for my own good, and poor Greg's sanity. I wanted to make the poor kid happy. Always have. Anyway, in the end, I had to cut off all communication with Jacob. I couldn't handle it, Greg couldn't handle it, and he was basically tearing my relationship apart. That just would not do.
Now, it's a a few years later. I figured that we could possibly be friends again, because y'know, I like friends. I like to see people happy, and be happy with them. We started chatting again, and I was content, just like before. He really needed a friend, and I really needed a friend. We were excellent for each others health. A few nights before Spring Break, he texted me. He was basically a hot mess, and I was happy to be there for him. When I returned for break, we spent a lot of time together, doing a whole lot of nothing, and enjoying the hell out of it. I was really happy to have a old, and cherished friend back. But see, darlin', shit always goes wrong. After break, we just chatted through texts/facebook/whatever, and his feelings for me grew like muscles on steroids. They grew really fast, and really intense. It's not that I was unaware, and I had even previously warned him earlier on in the year, that if things got bad, I was going to stop talking to him again. I just... was unaware of how much those feelings had grown over being away from me. I didn't realize that when I got home, I'd have to deal with junior year Jacob all over again. He's... just like a prisoner... whenever that dog comes by with the key, he grasps and grasps and grasps for it... so desperate to set his heart free... it's really, really sad, and I wish I could cure that for him, but the only way to do so is to be with him, and I just don't feel that way.
So, after about a week of hangin' out in Rancho, chillin', and having a good time, Jacob and I got into a scuffle. And lord, I do not like to fight with people. Hate it. Hate telling them no, hate telling them anything negative. Honestly, I don't even remember what it was about. It was more of, "Do you want to hang out?" "No, I don't think that's a good idea without someone else around." which lead to questions. Always with the God damned questions. Questions you expect me to answer. Questions your eyes plead me to answer in the way you want. You think I've got my shit sorted out? Oh, I don't think so. They drive me insane. I get, and got frustrated with you that night, and I believe I still am. I don't want to break your heart, but if it's your heart, or my sanity, well, my sanity wins. Just BLOWS in the process that I can't get to know Matt/Aaron/Rory better, I guess. I'd say Chris too, but I know he doesn't like me sooo~! Yeah!
This time, there is no Greg. No boyfriend, no relationship, not even a hardcore crush. (There are cute boys in Santa Cruz though! WOO!) So I'm kind of scared. I don't have an excuse, I don't have a person to hide behind. I've got to deal with this on my own this time. And it was SO MUCH EASIER to deal with last time because I had Greg's support, and I was happy with him. Really happy. This time... no substantial blockade for Jacob to deal with... it scares me... because I am a person who will try to convince myself of feelings, in an attempt to be happy, and to make someone else happy. And I'm usually down to give people a chance, but with Jacob, if we went out for a week, it would prolly kill him if I broke up with him, which would prevent me from doing so for about a month, at least, prolly more, which in the end, is just wasted time. I don't know. There's no feelings. No relationship makes sense. Urrgg!
Bleh. There's just so much on my plate right now. I didn't even bite off this much; it was just shoveled upon my platter of issues, and now I've got to choke it down somehow.
Wasn't summer supposed to be relaxing? XD
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Oh Yeah...
Happy New Year everyone! Hellllloooo 2010!
Or as the sophomores liked to call it -
TWO-OH-OH-TEN
Bwahahahhaa XD ♥
Do I have any New Year's Resolutions?
Maybe work out a little more.
(For health reasons)
and keep up my grades.
...but that's about it.
Why try to change a life that's going so well~? :]
Or as the sophomores liked to call it -
TWO-OH-OH-TEN
Bwahahahhaa XD ♥
Do I have any New Year's Resolutions?
Maybe work out a little more.
(For health reasons)
and keep up my grades.
...but that's about it.
Why try to change a life that's going so well~? :]
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Spirit Friday / Spring Activities Day!
Yeeeeeeeeee, so much fun :]
Mr. Cordova contest... (where's Mrs.?!)
Pie in teacher's faces...
LA BOU AMAZINGNESS
Root Beer Floats...
Band Burgers, hangin' w/the Band Geeks~
Sheer stupidity looking at pictures from anatomy...
I think it was a good Spring Activities Day...
The bands didn't totally suck... and that in itself
is totally exciting!
Mr. Cordova contest... (where's Mrs.?!)
Pie in teacher's faces...
LA BOU AMAZINGNESS
Root Beer Floats...
Band Burgers, hangin' w/the Band Geeks~
Sheer stupidity looking at pictures from anatomy...
I think it was a good Spring Activities Day...
The bands didn't totally suck... and that in itself
is totally exciting!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Arellano Makes Me Angry
Gov teacher made final tomorrow so I have to study and crap tonight...
I could be meriting! Gosh life is so awful!
:P !
But frsrsly, Arellano is a bastard for making final Friday /
I could be meriting! Gosh life is so awful!
:P !
But frsrsly, Arellano is a bastard for making final Friday /
Trash Bag & Duct Tape Thursday
Made of win and awesomeness
I make garbage bags look good, dude.
High school is so retardedly fun... mwahahaha :]
My friend Alex made full on duct tape & grabage bag suit
it was amazing.
To say the least,
Though you can't be too sure if it was more amazing that he did it, or spent that much time making a damn duct tape suit XD
Now:
DO YOU SEE THAT HOT PINK DUCT TAPE?!
Yeaaah Boooy~!
I make garbage bags look good, dude.
High school is so retardedly fun... mwahahaha :]
My friend Alex made full on duct tape & grabage bag suit
it was amazing.
To say the least,
Though you can't be too sure if it was more amazing that he did it, or spent that much time making a damn duct tape suit XD
Now:
DO YOU SEE THAT HOT PINK DUCT TAPE?!
Yeaaah Boooy~!
Spirit Week
Spirit week is the week where you do dumb stuff before a big school event (Spring Activities Day)
So that's why there's all these random ass posts about days XD
So that's why there's all these random ass posts about days XD
Wacky Wednesday
BEST. DAY. EVER.
(Except for today)
Basically, all you do is wear your closet.
and you wear it proudly, for the day is one of high school
where you can look like a weirdo
and still be cool...
mmhmmmm.
I had on... hmmm ummm
an orange long sleeve shirt
a poka-dot pink tank top
a suit jacket
a fuzzy scarf
a red scarf
a purple small scarf
black and purple stockings
blue striped sock
fuzzy purple sock
moccasin
converse
Lollipop Guild scarf
black shorts
a hat w/2009 glasses
Yeah... I love Wacky Wednesday...
Let's get STOOPID :]!
(Except for today)
Basically, all you do is wear your closet.
and you wear it proudly, for the day is one of high school
where you can look like a weirdo
and still be cool...
mmhmmmm.
I had on... hmmm ummm
an orange long sleeve shirt
a poka-dot pink tank top
a suit jacket
a fuzzy scarf
a red scarf
a purple small scarf
black and purple stockings
blue striped sock
fuzzy purple sock
moccasin
converse
Lollipop Guild scarf
black shorts
a hat w/2009 glasses
Yeah... I love Wacky Wednesday...
Let's get STOOPID :]!
Twin Tuesday
Greg & Cindy Twins!
They wore a white shirt, black pants
and Victoria's Secret Pink flip flops!!
"I never realized how homo you looked 'til I saw your shoes..."
Teehee :]
They wore a white shirt, black pants
and Victoria's Secret Pink flip flops!!
"I never realized how homo you looked 'til I saw your shoes..."
Teehee :]
Nerd Monday
Alex dressed up and oh boy was it hilarious!
He had a Rubix Cube keychain,
Pocket protector, with all them pins and stuff!
(and some poptarts, freakin' win!)
He also snorted and like made weird noises XD
and ran around all hunched up... like the dinosaur kids!!
Oh man, it was just too funny.
Alex was only one of many nerds at CHS...
He had a Rubix Cube keychain,
Pocket protector, with all them pins and stuff!
(and some poptarts, freakin' win!)
He also snorted and like made weird noises XD
and ran around all hunched up... like the dinosaur kids!!
Oh man, it was just too funny.
Alex was only one of many nerds at CHS...
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Senior Send Off Rally!!
Oh baby, was it awesssommme.
Dancing teachers, jokes about Mormons & Slutmuffins,
I love my class XD but man we sure are retarded
Amanda and Justin continued dating after high school
...'til they found out they were brother and sister
OSHIT D:
Was hilarious, and a great rally to end high school :]
Cind-aay has video, iPost later ~
Dancing teachers, jokes about Mormons & Slutmuffins,
I love my class XD but man we sure are retarded
Amanda and Justin continued dating after high school
...'til they found out they were brother and sister
OSHIT D:
Was hilarious, and a great rally to end high school :]
Cind-aay has video, iPost later ~
Friday, May 8, 2009
KilyeRant
Not about Ellatrix... for once :]
Though he is an asshole, always and forever!
THE SPIRT OF ADD WHM HOMYGOD XD XD !
'kay, done.
...with that part
SO last night was Awards Night at school, right?
Awards for people who do things that are good, scholarships etc?
RIGHT?!
Not for people who kiss so much ass their noses are literally red because they've gone into the digestive system?
Oh no, you'd be wrong~!
It's a sad damn thing when people who can't even play a Violin get an Orchetra award over people who can play a Viola (not me here XD) or a Cello much, much better and who may actually even continue on playing in college.
WHAT A FREAKIN' CONCEPT!
I'm very dissapointed in my teacher's decision.
Like frsrsly, angry.
Grrr D:
Our Valedictorian is also about as fake as they come, freakin' lame, but I don't care too much on that one.
...not too much.
The Saluditorian is my BFF, I ♥ him.
Anyway, the pure irony of the world cracks me up, 'cause we were talking about no matter how hard you work, the person kissing ass is always going to be one step ahead of you.
I can't remember if it was in Hamlet, or in Arellano's class, but oh the irony, oh the drama...
I guess I just sit here and wish and hope that someday hard work will be rewarded... and those with brown noses can be where they belong, in the dumpster with the rest of the garbage...
It'll be funny when they step out into the real world and realize that your boss doesn't give a crap if you gave him a framed picture of yourself, he just wants the job done.
(Giving a framed picture of yourself to your boss is creepy btw)
Wooow... :O
EndRant /
StartGood
Yay I got a French Award!
...and the pity Orchestra Award ._.
le sigh.
Though he is an asshole, always and forever!
THE SPIRT OF ADD WHM HOMYGOD XD XD !
'kay, done.
...with that part
SO last night was Awards Night at school, right?
Awards for people who do things that are good, scholarships etc?
RIGHT?!
Not for people who kiss so much ass their noses are literally red because they've gone into the digestive system?
Oh no, you'd be wrong~!
It's a sad damn thing when people who can't even play a Violin get an Orchetra award over people who can play a Viola (not me here XD) or a Cello much, much better and who may actually even continue on playing in college.
WHAT A FREAKIN' CONCEPT!
I'm very dissapointed in my teacher's decision.
Like frsrsly, angry.
Grrr D:
Our Valedictorian is also about as fake as they come, freakin' lame, but I don't care too much on that one.
...not too much.
The Saluditorian is my BFF, I ♥ him.
Anyway, the pure irony of the world cracks me up, 'cause we were talking about no matter how hard you work, the person kissing ass is always going to be one step ahead of you.
I can't remember if it was in Hamlet, or in Arellano's class, but oh the irony, oh the drama...
I guess I just sit here and wish and hope that someday hard work will be rewarded... and those with brown noses can be where they belong, in the dumpster with the rest of the garbage...
It'll be funny when they step out into the real world and realize that your boss doesn't give a crap if you gave him a framed picture of yourself, he just wants the job done.
(Giving a framed picture of yourself to your boss is creepy btw)
Wooow... :O
EndRant /
StartGood
Yay I got a French Award!
...and the pity Orchestra Award ._.
le sigh.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Senior Ball 2009!
Best.Night.Ever.
We had sooooooooo much fun XD
I post pictures later when my friends post them so I can steal them~!
Mwahahahahahaha
Denny's at 1 AM... staying up 'til 4!
Shouting about raccoons
Yaaay fun :]
We had sooooooooo much fun XD
I post pictures later when my friends post them so I can steal them~!
Mwahahahahahaha
Denny's at 1 AM... staying up 'til 4!
Shouting about raccoons
Yaaay fun :]
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wanna Play Some Game Cube?
So, there's this video
"Bro Rape"
Its... sort of funny?
Anyway, 'cause our school is lame and got rid of Toga Thursday
and changed it into Theme Thursday
We came up with our own theme :]
BRO DAY YAY!
"Bro Rape"
Its... sort of funny?
Anyway, 'cause our school is lame and got rid of Toga Thursday
and changed it into Theme Thursday
We came up with our own theme :]
BRO DAY YAY!
There's actually a Wiki page for it... made by the only girl in the picture... which is not me but this girl who dresses up as a guy (hot guy, too!) for Halloween XD She's totally a bro~! My other friend Katie & I wore poped collars all day :] It was soooo fun!
With the end of high school drawing nearer and nearer I find myself looking back at all the good times... funny how I guess I'll miss all of the goofyness!
Following this day was weeks of shouting "Hey, bro!" across the campus, 'cause we were just that cool... and lots of Game Cube!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April Full's Day!
Fun fun fun, but not as fun as March Madness
Sold churros this time... "Get a Chubby Today!"
Too bad Sims had to blank that out for our fliers
damn stupid school censorship and decency and crap!
Had to chop lettuce with Basses (is this spelt right?!) today
They sort of hate me
...and had very sharp knives D:
so that was a little scary... a little!
made about $100 (for orchestra) and got a free churro out of it
That's cool?
Sold churros this time... "Get a Chubby Today!"
Too bad Sims had to blank that out for our fliers
damn stupid school censorship and decency and crap!
Had to chop lettuce with Basses (is this spelt right?!) today
They sort of hate me
...and had very sharp knives D:
so that was a little scary... a little!
made about $100 (for orchestra) and got a free churro out of it
That's cool?
Monday, March 30, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
AP English Makes People Crazy
We had to do some project in English where we had to make a Pod Cast on some subject from Regency England...
My partner and I got horses! How wonderful!
Ironically enough, Kylie is a person in RL, so she is the K, and I'm the D.
Though, it doesn't really matter anyway...
This is horribly horrible, and please only read it if you're really freakin' bored...
You might learn something.
lolwut
K: So Darlene, I didn't talk to you all weekend? What was going on with that?
D: Well, my mom was a little off her rocker and decided to go to the horse races to relieve some stress.
K: Really? Horse racing was one of the most popular sports back in the day.
D: Yea, but wasn't horse racing reserved mainly for the rich folk?
K: Yes, it was very expensive to own and maintain a horse. It was considered a luxury. You even had to pay a tax if you owned a horse.
D: Oh yea, I heard of some Prince Regent that had to pay annually 30,000 pounds to keep up his horses.
K: Wow, considering that people lived comfortably on 2,000 pounds a year, that's insane.
D: But his horses were all thorough bred, like any fancy race horse at the time.
K: Well were all horses thorough bred and that expensive?
D: Well no, not exactly, there were fashion horses for carriages, hunting horses, work horses and then donkeys.
K: Oh I see. wasn't there some certain kind of horse that was a have to have almost like a trend?
D: Yes actually the Cleveland Bay made you prime meat at the market.
K: Did owning four make you prime rib?
D: Yea just like owning 4 donkeys makes you an ass lover.
K: Besides being a fashion statement, horses were also used for hunting right? Like what did they hunt for with horses back then?
D: Mostly foxes.
K: How interesting. Well to me it seems like mostly men were involved with horses other than women riding in carriages. Did women ever ride horses themselves?
D: Actually women did ride horses, they rode them side saddle alternating sides each day.
K: Oh right, to keep them from developing an overly enhanced buttock on one side.
D: Precisely. And horses did normal things that we'd expect them to do today.
K: Yea a normal transportation or field horse was also a lot less expensive to manage.
D: Only about 400 pounds a year.
K: That still sounds pretty expensive. Did they have like rent-a-horse?
D: Yes actually they did. It was called jobbing. If a person needed a horse they would go to their local jobber who would rent the horses out.
K: So what about people who still could somewhat afford to own their own horses and didn't want to rent every time they needed a horse?
D: Many would resort to donkeys because their price range was only 5 pence to 3 pounds.
K: So if I bought the more expensive donkey I would have a high class ass?
D: I guess so.
My partner and I got horses! How wonderful!
Ironically enough, Kylie is a person in RL, so she is the K, and I'm the D.
Though, it doesn't really matter anyway...
This is horribly horrible, and please only read it if you're really freakin' bored...
You might learn something.
lolwut
K: So Darlene, I didn't talk to you all weekend? What was going on with that?
D: Well, my mom was a little off her rocker and decided to go to the horse races to relieve some stress.
K: Really? Horse racing was one of the most popular sports back in the day.
D: Yea, but wasn't horse racing reserved mainly for the rich folk?
K: Yes, it was very expensive to own and maintain a horse. It was considered a luxury. You even had to pay a tax if you owned a horse.
D: Oh yea, I heard of some Prince Regent that had to pay annually 30,000 pounds to keep up his horses.
K: Wow, considering that people lived comfortably on 2,000 pounds a year, that's insane.
D: But his horses were all thorough bred, like any fancy race horse at the time.
K: Well were all horses thorough bred and that expensive?
D: Well no, not exactly, there were fashion horses for carriages, hunting horses, work horses and then donkeys.
K: Oh I see. wasn't there some certain kind of horse that was a have to have almost like a trend?
D: Yes actually the Cleveland Bay made you prime meat at the market.
K: Did owning four make you prime rib?
D: Yea just like owning 4 donkeys makes you an ass lover.
K: Besides being a fashion statement, horses were also used for hunting right? Like what did they hunt for with horses back then?
D: Mostly foxes.
K: How interesting. Well to me it seems like mostly men were involved with horses other than women riding in carriages. Did women ever ride horses themselves?
D: Actually women did ride horses, they rode them side saddle alternating sides each day.
K: Oh right, to keep them from developing an overly enhanced buttock on one side.
D: Precisely. And horses did normal things that we'd expect them to do today.
K: Yea a normal transportation or field horse was also a lot less expensive to manage.
D: Only about 400 pounds a year.
K: That still sounds pretty expensive. Did they have like rent-a-horse?
D: Yes actually they did. It was called jobbing. If a person needed a horse they would go to their local jobber who would rent the horses out.
K: So what about people who still could somewhat afford to own their own horses and didn't want to rent every time they needed a horse?
D: Many would resort to donkeys because their price range was only 5 pence to 3 pounds.
K: So if I bought the more expensive donkey I would have a high class ass?
D: I guess so.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The END of Mock Trial!
Mock Trial is exactly what it's called.
We mock a trial.
:]
It runs from about September 'til the end of Jan
...we just happened to start in November this year... but whatever~!
Anyway, during the month of Jan we go and mock this trial!
We go to the courthouse, with a judge and everything, and go up against different schools...
it's a really good experience, even if you want nothing to do with the law or being an attorney in your future...
but best of all!
you get to hang out with cool people all the time!
Yay!
Anyway, that was to make this post a little more useful than just a picture
...because that was my only intent in the first place
Yep, we're super cool! :]
I'm so glad this is over.... man it's fun but not having to go back to school everyday sure is nice too...
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