My feelings on the end of high school

High School is coming to a close for myself and about 300 of my comrades here at CM. We have laughed together, cried together, lived together and learned together. When I was younger, I remember people saying the new high school looked like a prison. After some of the seniors went to the actual prison, I doubt they will ever echo these thoughts again. We have been through a lot together. We were the first class to go through only one middle school and the tenth class to go through this new high school. We never felt the rivalries of Lock Haven vs BEN, though we do know they existed. I wonder if ten years ago they saw this down the road. We are Central Mountain. We are the Wildcats. But now we are leaving, passing the legacy of our school to the underclassmen. And I ask that they take this seriously. The last two classes passed the PSSA, so if they don't, it will look rather silly. And I pass my legacy on to you who have walked these halls and will walk these halls. I dare you to be bold. I challenge you to take on AP Chem or Calc. But most importantly, I wish you a great journey. High school is more difficult than I anticipated. I was not fully prepared. I ask that you try your hardest to be prepared. For without some preparation, life would simply be chaos.

The end of the year

It's the end of the year. And for seniors, the end of high school. Its a joyous time for all. At least it should be. I have a ton of projects due and its actually not fair. Its okay to have finals but other projects this late in the year is just lame. I mean, senioritis has set in with everyone, not just seniors. So lay off. We're tired and counting down the minutes and the last thing we want to do is research. I personally just want to sleep. Everyone is under copious amounts of stress to do all this stuff. I just feel end of the year projects are not fun for any parties involved.

Senior "Awards"

So the senior awards ceremony was last night. It was kind of a joke. I feel that most of the academic were reasonably well deserved. It was the other awards I protest. I feel that meriting awards for "High Moral Character" is complete bogus. First of all, to say you have high moral character is an arrogant statement and proves that you don't have high moral character. Second, how do you know exactly how high a person's moral character is? You know what they say about themselves and how they act, probably superficially, in school. So until you stalk the possible recipient, you have no clue who they truly are. And giving out awards based on heritage is completely unfair. I can't control that I was never Italian, so why should someone else get money because by some grace of God they are. I just feel that some scholarships are basically things people brag about. I just find it unusual. Alas, until I complain again.

The Probelms with the Bailout

The economic stimulus is something that I was opposed to, and I oppose because of its sheer socialist undertones. The stimulus is like the No child left behind act in that on the most extreme superficial surface, it seemed like a good idea. And then you thought about it. I personally thought "Hmmm, we're giving money to large corporations to 'survive' when they couldn't do so independently. Plus we're giving money to people who are supposed to be experts at managing money because they didn't manage money properly" On top of my strong opinions, economists all over America kept say this was a terrible idea. I agree with the statement that no company is too big to fail. I say let those who have made the same mistake a million times over, perish. Its not fair that my tax money is paying for idiots to run their companies poorly. I feel that taxes should pay for what I think is important like medical research or weapons to defend our nation. I plan on entering the US Army. Why should I risk my life for a country that helps the foolish. Now to finish, I shall play on an old quote, "Whose more foolish, the fool or the fool who pays when the original fool screws up majorly?"

Doc JPC