mandilambi Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 I am! My sister was on the computer, but now I think I've gotten it back...lol How's things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkster Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Sisters..haha Everything's okay here. I'm just SO relieved now that the weekend is here. It's been a rough few weeks for me. How are things on your end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandilambi Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 Aw, why so rough? I am okay. My internet connection is so s-l-o-w tonight. That's why it's taking me so long to respond! It's frustrating. Otherwise I am working on my concert book and am happy to be able to relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinkalicious1 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 HOORAY WEEKEND! except that I have to wake up at 7:30 tomorrow UGHH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkster Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I haven't gotten much sleep lately, and silly unnecessary drama. haha But I'm all right. I'm actually really excited because my school (public, mind you) just started a Christian Club, and I joined. And my school had been in the newspaper just last year because some kid accused the teacher (who is now running the club:punk: and is my favorite teacher) of preaching during class, when he clearly wasn't! He recorded him and sent it to NY news reporters and our school was one of the lead stories. Wohoo. Glad things are going well with you. haha Argh, I hate when computers run slow. Very frustrating. Hey chinkalicious! Why so early? And how did that thing go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candboys Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hi Amanda! Are you still here? How did The Three Little Pigs go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandilambi Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 I'm back for the moment! Christina, it went okay. I was very nervous and I found the whole thing to be a little silly, so I wasn't terribly enthusiastic! I was just glad it was over, basically. LOL Jess....wow, your school is big in the news! How cool to have that sort of club in a school. That sounds almost unheard of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkster Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I'm back for the moment! Christina, it went okay. I was very nervous and I found the whole thing to be a little silly, so I wasn't terribly enthusiastic! I was just glad it was over, basically. LOL Jess....wow, your school is big in the news! How cool to have that sort of club in a school. That sounds almost unheard of these days. What was this three little pigs thing? Yea..it's also made some headlines with a sex scandal. My school's lovely, really. But yea, I was really excited about this club and shocked at the turn out! The room was so full, kids had to stand all around the room. Probably about 40 kids showed up. I really had no idea that many kids were so strong in their faith at my school. I go to a huge school, over 460 kids in my junior class alone, and a lot of the kids around here aren't big on religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandilambi Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 The Three Little Pigs thing was for my Children's Lit class. I had to choose a story to tell and I couldn't use a book. I had to tell it from memory. Booo! It was bogus. Wow, that is impressive! I'm actually very shocked to hear about something like this...especially since most schools have gone so far as to never even talk about Christmas, etc. Actually, that's exactly why my parents homeschooled me and my sibs. They didn't want the public schools to deny me the right to practice my religion....while also force-feeding me things that my parents didn't agree with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkster Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 The Three Little Pigs thing was for my Children's Lit class. I had to choose a story to tell and I couldn't use a book. I had to tell it from memory. Booo! It was bogus. Wow, that is impressive! I'm actually very shocked to hear about something like this...especially since most schools have gone so far as to never even talk about Christmas, etc. Actually, that's exactly why my parents homeschooled me and my sibs. They didn't want the public schools to deny me the right to practice my religion....while also force-feeding me things that my parents didn't agree with. Ooh, that doesn't sound too fun. It went okay though you said, right? Sometimes I wish I were home schooled. But yea, it's ridiculous how restricted religion is in schools. It's ridiculous the things my school has to do now because of the whole "Preacher Teacher" situation. We now have to have three assemblies a year about Science vs Creation. It's completely bogus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinkalicious1 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 hahah. you can call me lori! My job interview went well i guess... i don't really know how to gauge how well it went quite yet... It was pretty funny though. The interviewer's phone card ran out of money in the middle and she had to call me back. haha And I have to wake up so early because I tutor inner city kids in lab sciences on saturday mornings and I'm teaching the pre-lab lecture tomorrow on shark dissections. ...poopy... i need to be up in 6 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkster Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 hahah. you can call me lori! My job interview went well i guess... i don't really know how to gauge how well it went quite yet... It was pretty funny though. The interviewer's phone card ran out of money in the middle and she had to call me back. haha And I have to wake up so early because I tutor inner city kids in lab sciences on saturday mornings and I'm teaching the pre-lab lecture tomorrow on shark dissections. ...poopy... i need to be up in 6 hours. Makes things easier. I'm Jessica. Haha, well, I'm glad it went well! Hope you get the job. That sounds really interesting, but I'm not sure how much fun dissecting frogs at that hour is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandilambi Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 Jess...yeah, it went okay. I just thought it was so dumb that I even had to do it. That's actually really awesome that your school is having that club, especially since you mentioned some controversy that happened there before. I agree that it's completely stupid how religion has been taken out of schools. Lori, I am glad your interview seemed to go okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkster Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Jess...yeah, it went okay. I just thought it was so dumb that I even had to do it. That's actually really awesome that your school is having that club, especially since you mentioned some controversy that happened there before. I agree that it's completely stupid how religion has been taken out of schools. Lori, I am glad your interview seemed to go okay! Yea, that sounds pretty odd. I know! It was so cool to be there. And it's not just based on one religion, it's all different branches of Christianity, and the main focus of the group is Jesus, since we all agree that he is our savior. It's really interesting to learn more about other religions. And it shocked me that so many people were so open about their faith. I'm really excited about this club. It's the only one I've ever joined in school. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinkalicious1 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 thanks! I hope it went well... Haha. Also I'm personally not religious but the whole removing religion from school thing was put in effect to protect children from feeling out casted if they were of different religions. Diversity is so important these days, but I don't think that the school system realizes that they seem to be making religion taboo and are in effect making the situation awkward in a whole different light for a particular group of students who are proud, practicing, individuals from their own respective religions. My high school was super duper liberal and we had a christian club and a judaism club, etc. It's so much more important to let people know that they're welcome to express their own ideas and beliefs, but sometimes it's so hard to do that without ostracizing other people. oh... poor school system. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandilambi Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 Well, that's definitely a good club to start out with! I hope it continues to be a success....especially since we are so lacking of faith nowadays... Well, girlies...I have to run to bed now. I am getting sleepy and my eyes are starting to droop! LOL Talk to you tomorrow....hopefully my comp will move more quickly so my responses won't be ten mins apart... haha Nightnight!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinkalicious1 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I'm gonna force myself to go to bed now too! good night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkster Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 thanks! I hope it went well... Haha. Also I'm personally not religious but the whole removing religion from school thing was put in effect to protect children from feeling out casted if they were of different religions. Diversity is so important these days, but I don't think that the school system realizes that they seem to be making religion taboo and are in effect making the situation awkward in a whole different light for a particular group of students who are proud, practicing, individuals from their own respective religions. My high school was super duper liberal and we had a christian club and a judaism club, etc. It's so much more important to let people know that they're welcome to express their own ideas and beliefs, but sometimes it's so hard to do that without ostracizing other people. oh... poor school system. LOL The school system really can never win! But our school is free to have any other clubs too, really. If some people wanted an Athiest club, they can form one. Bhuddast, Muslim, basically any. They want to please everyone. haha Religion in schools is really hard since it's so controversial. Well, I'm off to bed. I'm exhausted. Good night Lori, have fun dissecting your sharks! And good night Manda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findingmywords Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 hahah. you can call me lori! My job interview went well i guess... i don't really know how to gauge how well it went quite yet... It was pretty funny though. The interviewer's phone card ran out of money in the middle and she had to call me back. haha And I have to wake up so early because I tutor inner city kids in lab sciences on saturday mornings and I'm teaching the pre-lab lecture tomorrow on shark dissections. ...poopy... i need to be up in 6 hours. Lori!!! hi! I'm Vanessa from gabbly!...haha how are you doing?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinkalicious1 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Lori!!! hi! I'm Vanessa from gabbly!...haha how are you doing?? hey!!! im going well. Getting ready to go to work.... and really tired. haha you?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandilambi Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hey everyone! Happy Saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA_fashionista Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 hey all, i'm a new addition to the american thread. how's everyone doing? ~ashley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollipopgirl83 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi there! Another Californian! Woo! We're you at the Feb 11th gig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findingmywords Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 hey all,i'm a new addition to the american thread. how's everyone doing? ~ashley Hello ashley! californians haha yes, were you @ the feb 11 show? im doing good and you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandilambi Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hey everyone...what's up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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