456 WING

this song is so wack, its good

My Mini City

http://qiwi.myminicity.com

click the above link to help build my city o_o

Argus

I simply dispise the school bathroom policy. Therefore, it made me write an article, a complaining article. Hopefully it gets published this month in the December edition.

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Unlock the Bathrooms

By QLH  ‘08

Have you ever needed to use the bathroom and walked away in frustration because the bathroom was locked? Have you ever wondered why the bathrooms are always locked ten minutes before and ten minutes after the bell?

Rules are made to provide guidelines for actions. However, when rules are and cause inconveniences for people who have to follow them, they should be revised. Back when I was a freshman, the bathrooms were not locked in between periods. According to the dean, a new rule was implemented in 2006 that made bathrooms unavailable the first ten minutes before and ten minutes after the bell.

“The current rule is too much of an inconvenience for us because most of our teachers tell us to go before coming to class and how can we do that if the bathroom is locked?,” said Lanson Wong ’08.

Freshmen and sophomores have lunch periods. Juniors and seniors generally do not have a lunch period for them to use the bathroom. For many students, it is difficult to find spare time to go and use the bathroom. Students who want to use the bathroom after their last class of the day find themselves waiting a good ten minutes before being able to use the bathroom. Another reason why people don’t want to go during the class is because they might miss important information in class.

“It’s stupid when I have a double period class and can’t go to the bathroom during the breaks,” said David Chen ’08.

“I find it ridiculous that we have to wait ten minutes into the period in order to use the bathroom, especially if it's your last class,” said Jennifer Wong ’08.

In addition to causing inconveniences to students, teachers don’t like it either. Many teachers dislike it when students ask to leave the room and some of teachers have limits on how many people can go in that particular period.

When questioned as to why this rule was made, Assistant Principal Security Richard Franzese replied that the rule was made for security reasons.

“Locking the bathrooms ten minutes before and after the bell and during passing improve traffic in the halls. Students tend to go to the bathroom during passing and thus are late to class. By closing the bathrooms during this time interval, the hallways clear up much faster and fewer students are late to class. It also prevents students from cutting by hanging out in the bathrooms. Lastly, the bathrooms are kept in better condition with extra time given to the custodians to work with,” said Mr. Franzese.

“There are exceptions to everything. If there are ever any emergencies or medical needs, the bathrooms will be opened. The current policy is working out fine. Hallway traffic improved significantly ever since the new policy. There will be no plans to change the policy anytime soon. In response to student inconveniences, we put safety and security reasons above personal reasons,” said Mr. Franzese.

Even though the bathroom policy has good intentions, it is very unpopular. Many students simply do not understand why the policy exists. I for one, will never understand why someone would want to hang out in the bathroom. Stating that closing the bathrooms to prevent cutting just isn’t a justifiable reason to close them. If students want to cut class, they are going to cut class regardless. Weighing the benefits against discontent, the Midwood staff will hopefully amend the current policy with consideration to both the convenience and the well being of the student.

This is the "argus" version. I would have put it in a more vulgar way because I feel without the caps and cursing it doesnt get to the point. But then it has to be PG13 so censorship 4tw.

music link

http://filexoom.com/uploaded/2007/9/7/85364/kuai.wma

putting link here if i ever need it again, since i cant upload .wma files anymore

scholarship denied

Today I was very unhappy/sad/disappointed. The top ranked 28 kids of ’08 all got invited to this meeting where they get to get free money. Antonio and Annie told me about the meeting. Apparently the top ranked 28 kids all got scholarships ranging from $500 to $1500 dollars. I was very unhappy. Ms. Kramer’s grade destroyed my average last term and caused me to plummet 5 ranks. If I had creative writing, I am certain that I would have gotten a 97 at least. The 80 really brought me down and to think of it, the entire last term was hideous. Yesterday we got our report cards and I had a 101 average. I got 90 in English (Miccio), 98 in calculus (Widom), 98 in Government (Gold), 91 in AP Statistics (Caldwell), and 100 in Physics C (Kennard). It’s a shame that this semester has no impact on your ranking because they are already finalized.

train

example of a Q train. the picture is bad because u cant see the 3 row seats and only see the window seats






Being the sharp observant I am, here is something I find interesting regarding human behavior:

Train Seats
I _ _ _
A B C

A - Near window seats, the seat where u sit next to the middle seat, also known as the first seat
B - Middle seat between A and C
C - 3rd seat, the one next to the railing
I - Window seats (2)

Okay so heres what I am driving at:
Do you ever notice how the seats are filled up? From what I can see, most of the time (80%) the seats get filled up in this order: C A B (not counting the window seats).

Now why the hell does this happen? It is human nature. Seat C, is by far the most popular seat on the train. Why is that? For one, it is next to the railing. Somehow I think the railing creates some sense of security. Next, seat A is taken. This is human nature as well. Obviously if there is 2 seats left, you would assume the seat that is not next to the other person. Strangers generally would not want to sit next to each other unless absolutely necessary. The last seat is by far the worse seat there. You have to sit inbetween two other people, and sometimes, two fat people. It is a really uncomfortable position to be in, and I wouldnt take it unless I'm dying.

Lastly, theres this phenomenon on the train also. When A B C seats are filled; and when either A or C gets up, person B will ALWAYS, I MEAN ALWAYS (99.99999%) TAKE THE SEAT OF THE PERSON WHO GOT UP.