The annoying household T.V critics

I am one of those people who watch a lot of T.V, far more then a person should. From an early age the T.V was my babysitter and mostly watched to relieve the boredom of summer. At one point or another there's a show that I watch everyday of the week.

There are quite a few shows that I hate or simply don't care for, yet I try to keep my mouth shut when I'm around people who do like them. Although it doesn't always happen the best thing I can do is leave the room if something I don't like is on. Or if I'm a guest just grin and bear it, that's how I ended up watching several hours of South Park. My point is that I hate people who criticize what I watch so I try not to do it.

My father is one of those people who has at least one negative thing to say about all of the shows that I and my mom watch. This coming from a man who's favorite show is the Amazing Race. I can't watch anything without him adding his two cents. Even shows that he claims he likes he'll have something to say.

For instance, I would watch the reruns of Charmed and Gilmore Girls and my dad would watch with me. With Gilmore Girls he would say that the daughter was a better actress then the mother and with Charmed he would say that the acting just never got to the level it could, i.e. the acting never got better. His favorite pet peeve his when shows have narration, in his eyes they are pointless and serve no purpose. I think that's true to an extent. His other problem is the music played in an episode, that to him is also pointless. I admit that a lot of the times the music selected can be truly awful but I also know that half the time it's used as filler.

My mom and I really like the show NCIS and my mom likes Criminal Minds. I had never seen Criminal Minds before and it's not all that bad . Anyway these shows are reruned all the time and with nothing else on we watch a lot of the shows episodes. Well my dad HATES them and every time it's on without fail he'll say something. Sometimes he just groans.

I get that with just about any show there are going to be a few things wrong and down right unbelievable, it is one of the reasons why I don't watch CSI, to may inaccuracies. But that's T.V, everything is dramatized, it is fiction after all. If it was completely , 100 % right then I'm guessing most people aren't going to tune in. We want to take a break from life and just enjoy are favorite show. Yet how can I do that if every 5 seconds I have someone nit picking the show.

Even when the show isn't on my father will have something to say and after awhile it gets really annoying not to mention frustrating. I'm sometimes to the point where I want to take the remote and bash his head in. Of course I would never do that and I just bite my tongue. It's just the way he is and there's nothing I can do about it.

So for all those out there who are like my dad, please shut up! We like what we like and it takes the fun out of watching it if we have someone in the background complaining and pointing out everything that is wrong. If you don't like it when we do it to you then don't do it to us.

Old School

Growing up I didn't go to your average school. Instead I spent my entire life going to a french american school. All my classes were in french, except U.S history and of course english. The classes were incredibly small and yes this was a private school. I was friends with not just the people in my class but people in grades below and above me, as well as the teachers. One teacher even to this day I consider one of my closest friends.

While I may have gotten a good education in the end it was no sweet picnic. I had bad teachers and I had some really awful students in my class. One girl I was public enemy number one simply because I didn't bow down to her.

I had a chance this past week to visit with my friend the teacher who gave me the latest gossip on the school. I am one of those people who love gossip, but I never spread rumors about people, and never pry into friends business, I just like hearing it.

Anyway since I left the school about five years ago the school has gone straight down the tubes. Now if you're not a student there then it's almost hard to explain just what is wrong with the place. But I'll do my best to explain.

The problem is and always has been is that there has never been anybody there who knows just how to run a school. They have some semblance but no real game plan. The founder of the school who was beloved by just about everyone passed away when I was in the ninth grade and things haven't been the same since. I think she ran the school fairly well, she may not have been perfect but a lot of the stuff that goes on today would never happen if she were still alive.

Since the school has been around the people who run have never fully decided just what kind of school it should be. Meaning first it's a french school only, then it's a bilingual school, then they tried to make it more american, and now it's back to being a french school.

Another great thing that they do is that they hire people for positions that they have no prior experience. Back when I was there the vice principal was someone that everyone hated and never seemed to do her job, she would focus on things that weren't important. It turns out that she used to be the assistant librarian. Now how does someone go from librarian to V.P?

My favorite was this one guy where to this day I have no idea exactly what his job actually was. His only goal in life I think was to coach and play soccer. In that area he was good. I'll give you an example of his stupidity.

I was on the yearbook and my father was the editor, my job was liaison between my dad and the school. Students and faculty began to hate the sight of me, however, I digress. My dad was not only the editor he was also the photographer, because the other staff couldn't be bothered to do it.

The man whom I am talking about who shall be called Bart decided to help by taking pictures of our sports games. I don't know if we asked him or he volunteered. Well Bart would take the pictures he just wouldn't give them to us. I swear to God when I asked him for them he said "you want them now?" or "you need them?" Yeah I need them! They are not going to magically go from your memory card to my computer! Of course I never said that. And if he did get around to taking the pictures and sending them to us, the students would never be identified. We once had a picture of the soccer team but no names, so I gave is back to him along with some other pictures and told him to say who the students are. He gave back the picture a few days later and there were still no names, labeling it the "soccer team." Well duh! I wasn't born yesterday. When I took it back to him yet again he responded with "oh you wanted the names!"

The latest development in this long history of stupidity, is of one guy who is a geography teacher but for the most part is stuck working in the office. He went to the principal aka the Witch and asked if he could be an english teacher when a position opens up. The man actually has a degree in english and so is qualified for the job. Well instead of making him an english teacher the Witch decides to make him a history teacher. The Witch's philosophy is since he taught geography he can teach history it is almost the same thing. The problem is that he has never taught history and has no background in it. Needless to say he's not doing too good right now.

The Witch, my friends have come to realize is a sociopath, I at first thought she was bipolar. She finally managed to get her PH.D, in what I can't remember it only took her 2o years to do. Since she's gotten this PH.D she suddenly thinks she knows everything and uses it to justify her decisions. She's not only the principal but her mother was the founder.

Since graduating many of my friends who were still there but have since graduated themselves all told me how much they hated the school and that it just seems to be getting worse. The latest is that the Witch seems to be forcing out all the teachers that have been there for years. She fired the art teacher who has been there for 10 years, she's trying to get rid of the biology teacher who has been there since I've been alive. Basically all the decent people. My take is that she's doing it so she can build a new regime. An empire in her image. Too bad she hasn't gotten the memo that most students hate it there and a large number of them transfer or that most teachers she hires never stay longer than 3 years.

I could go on but I think you get the gist of what goes on. For me it's really sad, a school that used to be good is now just a pale image of what is used to be. I don't think things will ever change it's only going to get worse.

Introduction

To introduce myself, I am a 20 something girl currently on break from law school. They only ever time I did a blog was for school, so this should be interesting. It should be noted that I am horrible at grammar, for this I apologize in advance for any mistakes I make. That is, if anybody other than myself reads this blog.

I am the youngest of 3 kids and my siblings are off and doing their own thing in different states. We're very close and talk often, I love my parents, but at times they drive me so crazy that I am glad I go to school in another state.

Currently, I don't have a regular job but am doing work for my brother. My plan was to get a job when I got home, and I looked. Yet didn't really put a whole lot of effort into it.

Like I said a few sentences before I'm taking a break from law school, not sure what law I want to do, at first I wanted to environmental law but since being in school I'm no longer sure.

You may ask why I would want to be attorney? After all, lawyers have probably the worst reputation known to man. Well the answer is simple...Law & Order. I have grown up watching the show and on a side note am sad that's it's been canceled. Anyway when I was about 14 only I wanted to do was watch the show 24/7. I decided that being an actress wasn't really feasible and while watching the show, I wanted to be like Jack McCoy and making the witnesses crack on the stand.

Of course real life isn't like it is on TV, but my decision to be a lawyer hasn't changed. Now that I am in law school I know that I made the right choice. Sure some of the stuff I've learned is pretty darn boring and I've had some crummy teachers already but I love learning the stuff. Since being in school the way I think is completely different, I see how things relate to what I just learned. There's a line from an old movie called the "paper chase" where the professor says "we take your mind and turn into mush, when we're done you'll think like a lawyer." That is so true.

Although I love learning this stuff I just wish my grades would reflect that. My grades suck, they are slightly better this term but its so disappointing to see. The exams are tough my contracts exam this term was so bad that I wanted to cry afterwards. Magically I got a B. No idea how that happened. Plus everything comes down to one grade. That's it just the one test to decide your fate. I'm not going to let this get me down, I know what to do to fix it.

While my classes may be interesting the students are another story. I've only met one sane girl and we met at orientation and have been friends since. She's taking summer classes and so I miss seeing her every week.

The other students are probably the most immature people I have ever met. I had to live junior high once, I never thought I would have to go through it again. One girl loves to drink herself into oblivion, that's her idea of a good time. She's about 23 so I get it, you're young, want to live the life. Hey I was in college to I drank, played beer pong, but there comes a day and age where that behavior just isn't appropriate. Then there's another girl who blows hot and cold, one minute she's glad to see you and the next she's looking at you like you're the anti-christ. My personal favorite is one girl who I met at orientation and we got along but ended up not being in the same section. She's "close" to the one I am friends with so I still have to hear about her. She decided that one day she hated me and that I was no good. Ok fine, no idea what I did to flip her switch and it's of no great loss to me.

The other people that I had class with my first term, were extremely weird. There was a small fight in October, which got blown out of proportion and one guy had to butt in because he likes to be the center of attention. Long story short sides were made and I became an outcast because I decided to stick by my friend.

There were a couple of girls who I thought were the dumbest people I had ever crossed, turns out they were pretty smart and ended up on the deans list. One of them may be smart but I now think she's a bitch, horribly rude, and doesn't know how to talk to a teacher.

It may be sad to know that while I have class buddies, I have few friends to hang out with after class. I'm a very shy person and after getting shifted to a new section where everyone already knew each other it was really hard to make new friends. It's funny I started talking to them more at the end and they are actually pretty cool. Too bad, some of them are staying for the summer so I will be in yet another section. Back to square one.

Now that I've covered students on to the teachers. Let's start with the teachers I loved. My torts I professor was basically thought of as God, no lie. He's in his sixties and doesn't need to work. We discovered that he has a girlfriend in her 20's, now while that is slightly disturbing and who knows if the rumor mill is true, it is so easy to understand. Can't really explain what it is about him but everyone that I met loves this guy. Was a great teacher because he explained things really well and took the time to repeat himself so we got the notes. Plus I think he liked it when we gave a different answer to his hypo's from what he had, as long as we were right. Showed imagination.

My property teacher this term, was awesome. She gave powerpoints that were super helpful and was great at explaining things. She made sure that we got things and was always available to answer questions.

On to the bad teachers. So far it's two, my property I and contracts II professors. Property professor was to sum up was horrible. Turns out that he's the son of the guy who founded the school and has tenure. I guess because of this he feels that he doesn't need to teach. He's the guy you would love to get a bear with but would never want as a teacher. First he picked a book that made virtually no sense, would jump from one topic to the other and back again that it was impossible to follow. By the end of the term I had virtually no notes, not a good thing. I should have had a least 30 pages.

Then my contracts professor who may know her stuff, sucks at teaching. Her voice was like nails on a chalk board, as the hours wore on it would get higher and higher pitched. Sticking my pen in my eye would have been more pleasurable. She had little individual slides that she would put down on the projector. Great? No! she would take them off and on so fast it was impossible to get down the notes. Plus she refused to put them online for us, I get not wanting us to have them before class, but you could give to us after. She didn't explain things very well either. I am not alone in my opinion but there are several who feel that she walks on water. The one thing I hated the most about her was the way she said "ask" the pronounced it as "Ahhsk". 3 hours of that and you want to just burn your ears off so you will never have to hear it again.

Well folks, I think that is enough for today. Hope you enjoyed :)