It is once again that time, ladies and gents. My second set of final exams is upon me, which can mean only one thing: another nine months of this shit down, eighteen months left to go.

It’s been quite an action-packed year, lemme tell ya. I’ve followed a pretty gruesome schedule thanks to work, but it’s well worth it. No doubt that I would have completely lost my shit and blown somebody’s brains out by November were it not for the little island of sanity that I like to call the office.

Of course, the office has had its moments too. But that’s a whole nother story.

Despite all of the things I’ve had the (dis)pleasure of seeing and hearing this year, education wasn’t actually present that often. I guess he got cancer or some shit and had to run off for kemo every morning. A brief summary of my schedule…

  • A Day
    • Intro To Infotech / Programming I - Waste of my time.
    • H. English II - Very little was achieved. We read some stuff. We talked about what we read. End of class.
    • H. Biology - I learned a few details about cells. That’s pretty much him.
    • Conceptual Physics - Oh, something Education stopped by for. I picked up a bunch of nifty laws and formulas.
  • B Day
    • Geometry - I would have learned a whole lot more if the class didn’t move at the pace of a retarded snail. I’ve more to say on this in a moment, however…
    • MS Office for AoIT - …F1, bitch. F1. Then we spent an entire two fucking marking periods working on a project I finished in a week and a half. Why? Because everyone pissed away 95% of the class on MySpace and 5% of the class on working.
    • Spanish II - Our teacher was ineffective. He was unable to control the class, nevermind teach. I’ll be shocked if he’s still at the school next year.
    • H. US History I - I didn’t learn much, having done US 1 and 2 during junior high, but it was fun. But that class did not turn out well. Unfortunately, I’m not at liberty to say much more than that.

Last year, I had exactly one outstanding teacher - Mr. Bouchet, who I’ve mentioned previously. This year, I had two.

The first of the two would be Mr. Smoker, my physics teacher. An former engineer, he’s a pretty laid back guy. He does not stress out about class bullshit. People listen to him. Shit gets done.

The second is my geometry teacher, Mr. Wight. I think he’s been a career teacher for awhile. He’s also a farmer, and one of the most patient people I’ve ever met. If I had to deal with such incredible stupidity, jackassery, and disrespect, I’d start blowing shit the fuck up. He just lets it all go, like he - GET THIS - actually cares if his students learn! It’s difficult for me to believe such a thing possible of any of these New Haven public school teachers.

There would be a third. But in light of recent events…

Yeah. I’ve met a few people. Know a few better than others.

But enough for now. I have a new LinuxJournal to read.