Homework @ MindSay

I've been doing a lot of public posts lately, rather unlike me, isn't it?  I try to keep most of my inner thoughts to my closest friends, but recently my family suffered a major loss that I shared with all of you.  This actually has nothing to do with that, thankfully.

 

I'm posting a public entry to ask Mindsay for help.  I am in a Developmental Psychology class this summer.  I have an upcoming assigment in which I have to write 2 letters - one to my adolescent son and my adolescent daughter (note: I have no actual children).  The scenario is that these two ficticious children are about to enter puberty and I will be a long distance from them for that "special" (gag me!) time in their lives so I need to write them a letter to tell them what to expect.  I can write about whatever I choose, the only requirements are that in the daughter's letter I have to include writing about menstruation, and in the son's letter I have to write about "nocturnal emissions" and "spontaneous erections".  I also have to write it in language the kids would understand.

 

For one, I am NOT a mother.  Unless you count my cat, I have no experience in raising any living being, and I certainly have not had to have "the talk" with her.  I can only go on what my mother said to me when she told me what to expect.  For another, I have NO clue what it's like to be a guy, to have erections or ejaculations or any of that.  I have no idea what it's like to even have a penis.  Thankfully!!

 

So, I need some input.  What did you tell your kids?  What did your parents tell you?  What would you tell your kids, or what will you tell your kids when the time comes?  Anything you can suggest would help me immensely!  Especially from the guys!

"England and France said they would fight Hitler if he took land form Poland. Hitler did not believe them. Besides Hitler now had a new friend. Hitler's new friend was the dictator Stalin. Hitler and Stalin said that they were friends and would help eachother. In September, 1939, Hitler made war on Poland."

 

That is an actual excerpt from my history homeowork. Obviously, this was written for 4th or 5th graders. I'm in 11th. Hitler had a new friend? Come on now. They talk about WWII like it was a game on the playground, & Hitler was the mean bully. Yeah, they actually say "The agreement at Munich is called appeasement. (Appeasement means to give a bully something because he says he will hurt you.)"

 

He probably didn't read through & realize that this is not meant for our grade level. All he does is give out worksheets & show videos, that's it. He sucks at teaching, and his personality is not too great either. A typical day of his class: review of yesterday's nothingness, 1 page of notes, video clips, handouts, more video clips, then a long boring video. Everyday.

 

"pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness"-2nd definition of Lame.

I AM A MESS

I only have to survive two more weeks...

But there's sooooo much to dooooo.

This goddamn Ivy League education had better be worth it.

 

Due Wednesday the 30th: 20-page paper about whiteness and the Rwandan genocide for Ethnic Conflict and Unrest

Due Friday the 2nd: 20-page paper for Social Entrepreneurship (haven't even picked a topic)

Due Thursday the 8th: 20-page paper for Theorizing Civic Engagement (still need 3 more interviews)

Due Monday the 12th: 20-page paper for Agricultural and Urban Land Use (already wrote a 10-page rough draft, but it needs lots of work)

 

AGGGGGGG

i am so pissed off at myself right now. my dumbass after class yesterday went n got high w/ marina n jackie. not only did i not get any shit done because i haven't gotten high in a month so my tolerance was WAY lower than i'm used to it being so i got way more fucked up than i'd wanted to get, but i spent the whole time trying not to think of anything that might even make me think of albert. i'd feel it start to happen, feel a freak out start to come, n then i'd switch my mind to something else. luckily i got a new sex toy that i ordered in the mail yesterday n that thing was so freaking awesome that after using it twice i just passed the fuck out and was able to sleep the high off for the most part. unfortunately, the busses stop running at 9, tho, so by the time i woke up it was 7:30, i missed the bus n if i'd wanted to get to campus to try and get any stats homework done, high or not, that would have been the bus i had to take. That, and i had a journal for interviewing n counseling due today that i spaced on, but luckily i can turn it into her in lab in like 10 minutes, but i think its pretty much safe to say i'm officially behind in stats now. I also still haven't done shit for my final project in california government, i still need a copy of both the US constitution n the declaration of independence for that class tomorrow, and i haven't started doing research for the counseling critique in my counseling class, either. i'm so far behind n at the very least if i'd just gone n done my homework like i'd been planning on doing instead of thinking, "hey, why don't i give this a shot again," i wouldn't be quite as far behind. at the least i wouldn't have had to cancel my office hour for my job today again n i would be able to make the lecture, which is on photosynthesis today, a subject i'm kinda shakey on since i didn't have to learn it when i took the class, and plus i would have gotten paid for it n i need all the money i can get.

speaking of money, i forgot to turn in my pay vouchers AGAIN last week! the last time they were due was the day me n albert hung out for like three hours n actually got to have a real fucking conversation n i was so worried about whether or not i was gonna see him, what i was gonna say, and the job interview i also had that day that i totally forgot. This time? just completely spaced on it.

i really, really want to see albert today n i hope he checks his myspace or this before its too late n that he meets me in the usual place at 3:30. i have all this stress building up n it would be nice to see him n talk to him so i can relax about at least 1 fucking thing. even if he read about the threesome i had two nights ago w/ sean n that guy lance, i'm sure that he didn't even really care. he didn't really care when i told him that jackie was trying to set me up w/ ace, n i kno the only reason i'm trying to convince myself to stick with that is because i'm hoping i can trick myself into thinking that i like him so i can get the fuck over albert.

Don't really feel like sayin' much. I hate near everything right now, and I mean it. Not a thing has gone right. That's all.

I suppose talking to the one I love could be considered a thing gone right, but it doesn't bring us any closer to really being friends and I had homework I really should have been doing. Enjoyable none the less, I adore spending time with him... <3