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My day is now complete.
In my hour or two of Kingdom Hearts this evening, I have had my butt thoroughly kicked, three times in a row, by Sephiroth. It was awesome. I love PS2 graphics. That entrance... *swoons* Got to hear a few more voice-acted words out of Squall/Leon too, actually, which is only cooler in light of this growing affection for Buffy I find myself possessed by. Mmm... *hearts*
Yeah. This hormonal raving was going to be a thought-provoking and/or controversial opinion on affirmative action, as prompted by the heated debate I witnessed during the forum my fifth-block math class watched, but really stripped of the tactfulness (which I'm too tired to enact now anyways) all I was going to say was this:
A.) I'm really sorry that my ancestors beat up your ancestors. It's the 21st century, I think we can all agree that that sucks. But it wasn't me and it wasn't you, so let's get over it.
B.) It is also true that many inner-city schools suck. But affirmative action doesn't level the playing field, it moves the goals. You know what I mean? Instead of creating and giving less privileged kids the tools to get to their aim of the exacting standards of some college (or whatever), they're setting the aim lower, making it more easily achieved. (I am, though, definitely all for making the schools better. It's a far better plan and makes way more sense.)
Oh yeah, and for certain parties' (who will never read this) future reference, and related specifically to the debate I saw today:
C.) Interrupting and arguing louder does not make you right, nor does it make you sound more intelligent. Rather, it makes you sounds like an ill-mannered five-year-old.
See, wouldn't you rather hear "I love Squall and Sephiroth" -- oh yeah, and Cloud too! he just didn't do anything interesting today -- as opposed to your daily dose of cynicism?
Yeah. This hormonal raving was going to be a thought-provoking and/or controversial opinion on affirmative action, as prompted by the heated debate I witnessed during the forum my fifth-block math class watched, but really stripped of the tactfulness (which I'm too tired to enact now anyways) all I was going to say was this:
A.) I'm really sorry that my ancestors beat up your ancestors. It's the 21st century, I think we can all agree that that sucks. But it wasn't me and it wasn't you, so let's get over it.
B.) It is also true that many inner-city schools suck. But affirmative action doesn't level the playing field, it moves the goals. You know what I mean? Instead of creating and giving less privileged kids the tools to get to their aim of the exacting standards of some college (or whatever), they're setting the aim lower, making it more easily achieved. (I am, though, definitely all for making the schools better. It's a far better plan and makes way more sense.)
Oh yeah, and for certain parties' (who will never read this) future reference, and related specifically to the debate I saw today:
C.) Interrupting and arguing louder does not make you right, nor does it make you sound more intelligent. Rather, it makes you sounds like an ill-mannered five-year-old.
See, wouldn't you rather hear "I love Squall and Sephiroth" -- oh yeah, and Cloud too! he just didn't do anything interesting today -- as opposed to your daily dose of cynicism?