Thursday, 29 January 2015 07:15 PM
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During my last year of high school I thought of a prank to prank all pranks--it was never done but I'll confess to it anyway. Here it goes:
Step 1: Have a "Teacher appreciation day"
Step 2: use laxatives while baking brownies and cookies
Step 3: have some clueless freshmen pass out brownies and cookies out to all the teachers. Make sure you train them to advertise the desserts are for "Teacher Appreciation" when giving out baked goods to teachers in classrooms.
Step 4: (Optional) Glue bathroom stall doors shut.
Symptoms
Step 5: School is virtually cancelled for the day. Teachers are filling up the bathrooms and darting out of class mid-lecture. Mission success.
I'm glad to get this one off my chest ; ). If you know me, you likely couldn't guess who this is...
Thursday, 29 January 2015 03:15 PM
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So, i'm in my 2D design class minding my own business, right?
Teach gives us an assignment: We have to take a photo of ourselves doing wacky shit, and translate that photo to a B&W full value ink drawing, but the values have to be mad entirely out of textures.
So anyways, I decide that I wanna take a picture of myself with my favorite scarf wrapped around most of my head, covering my face. So these two cuties sitting next to/behind me take pictures with me, and we go to show them to the teacher. She gets to my picture, makes some comments about it having great value, blah, blah, then out of the blue she says out loud:
"Haha, you look like a terrorist!"
Time stopped for a moment and I kinda had to process what she said to me. After the voice in the back of my head got done scream "HOLY **** THAT'S RACIST", I kinda had to internally extend and olive branch. Maybe she just meant to say "It kinda looks like a Turban" but couldn't find the words. Of course, my teacher doesn't equate a dark-skinned fellow wearing a scarf around his head similar to a turban to terrorism.
I let it slide, and since it seemed like I was the only one in the world who heard it, I just laughed awkwardly and when to me desk.
Little later, Teach starts walking around to check out progress.
Makes her way around to me, comments of my progress, blah blah blah.
"Yeah, you really look like a terrorist here."
RED ALERT RED ALERT
SHE FUCKING SAID IT AGAIN
What do I do? What do I DO?! Do I react?! Do I ignore it?! Do I run to my dorm room and cry? Maybe she just doesn't know what a Turban is! That's right! I'll just say it's like a Turban!
"Hahaha, yeah you mean like a turban?" I managed to choke out.
She doesn't even flinch. Just comments on other stuff for my work, then moves to the next guy.
I dunno. Maybe I'm making a mountain out of a molehill. Being who I am/ What I am, I've been getting a bit more sensitive to racism and other politically incorrect behaviors everywhere I go(Like the time I heard some guy say "don't act like such a fag" behind me in the dinner line at the Bon), but i'm not one to make such a big deal out of stuff like that. It just kinda surprised me how easy going and oblivious racism can be. Or maybe not racism, just ignorance. Whatever. I'm not here to point fingers or start witch hunts.
Thursday, 29 January 2015 07:47 AM
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I feel like we should have classes/seminars on how to support our suicidal, depressed, and mentally ill community (I know Depression is a mental illness) as Christians. Often times people seem to mean the best, but aren't quite sure how to best support. We have a Psychology and Religious Studies department right? Can we please make this happen? Can you just imagine if every year we had a Chapel series dedicated to this? Cherry on top? You can advertise this on your brochures.