I am so SO done with theory courses. I bet I't be really into this class if I was a sophomore or junior. But I'm done with ideas; I want to DO. All my other classes are going great; in polling, it looks like we're going to be polling South Carolina on democratic presidential candidates. In Capstone, we're planning "Conversations with Carole Simpson", where we invite brilliant people to have discussions with famed journalist Carole Simpson, who is co-teaching our course. And ASL is always great. With this class, I know I'll do fine in it, I'm just *done* with theory classes. Not to mention that I'm not learning anything new here. It's all old news. I read todays reading in another course from last year. Blllar..... Life Lesson #22345: You cannot escape crap classes.
Anyways...
I heard about a really cool bill on C-SPAN 2 the other day. It was by a Senator from Alabama (I forget which) and he was talking about how Americans aren't saving enough. He wants to give every newborn an account with $1000 in it that they can't access until they're 65. Once the baby starts to work (that's the next issue we need to work on... damn lazy babies), the employer puts 1-3% of the baby's salary into that fund, plus, the baby can put in money periodically... by the time the baby's 65, they have around $500,000. I'm wondering if I can get in on that...
Hey, I wrote about a political issue in a blog! I'm a political blogger! I wonder if I can get a spot at the Libby trial...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The world needs more calm, assertive leadership.
Hey.
So winter break is coming to an end. For me, this means my last few days in Washington probably ever. I'm a little sad, because Washington is a really beautiful place and I like this house. But mom and dad going back to Berkeley means that I get to see everyone down there when I come back for christmas, which is good.
My visit to Berkeley went really well- it was so nice to visit the old haunts with my bestest buddies;) Of course, meaning Amber, Mary, Leslie and Danny. I got down to Amoeba (in SF, not Berkeley), spent a delightful evening at Amber's apartment, and got to see the "new" and "improved" Vista (which is now Berkeley City College). Veeeery cool.
I was VERY glad to find out last night that Washington Days falls on Emerson's spring break, so I won't have to take any time off classes or work. YAY!
Hm. I haven't got my confirmation from JetBlue yet. I'll email Jess.
Ugh. Real life is beginning to set in again. I'll try to avoid it for another day or so, but I can just feel it.
Bye!
~Rachel
So winter break is coming to an end. For me, this means my last few days in Washington probably ever. I'm a little sad, because Washington is a really beautiful place and I like this house. But mom and dad going back to Berkeley means that I get to see everyone down there when I come back for christmas, which is good.
My visit to Berkeley went really well- it was so nice to visit the old haunts with my bestest buddies;) Of course, meaning Amber, Mary, Leslie and Danny. I got down to Amoeba (in SF, not Berkeley), spent a delightful evening at Amber's apartment, and got to see the "new" and "improved" Vista (which is now Berkeley City College). Veeeery cool.
I was VERY glad to find out last night that Washington Days falls on Emerson's spring break, so I won't have to take any time off classes or work. YAY!
Hm. I haven't got my confirmation from JetBlue yet. I'll email Jess.
Ugh. Real life is beginning to set in again. I'll try to avoid it for another day or so, but I can just feel it.
Bye!
~Rachel
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