There are some things in life that people don't see eye to eye on. From time to time they argue and aren't willing to compromise at all. There are a couple things I've learned since my last entry. One of them being; communication isn't a cure-all. What do I mean by that? I just mean that communicating with someone won't change their personality. So for example, lets say you have a job, and you've only been there a couple months, but you feel you deserve a promotion. Walking up to your boss and saying, "Mr. boss, I feel I deserve a promotion." Doesn't mean you actually have the skill needed for that promotion. So, even though you have the communication aspect down doesn't ensure you have everything you need.
Another thing I've picked up is actually a list of three things.
1 - If you're going to talk to someone about something, make sure you know what you're talking about. Have knowledge on the topic. So, basically I'm going to use Shaant's journal post as an example. All these girls replied to it with causing this insane amount of uproar, but a lot of them don't really have any idea what the hell they're talking about, they don't know enough to argue their point.
2 - Make sure you can spell (or speak properly) if you're trying to prove a point. Saying things like 'iuno' or 'i lyk totes luv u" or "um i guess i just wanna explain myself..." Be straight foward, if you're making a point being indecisive isn't going to help you out at all. Neither is chatspeak (I really hate chatspeak, the only stuff i use is IDK, LOL, TTYL, the other stuff drives me insane, just ask Taryn. I complain about it all the time.
3 - make sure you're preceptive to other's emotions. Don't walk into a baptist church and give a speech on how you believe god isn't real, or about how you think they all need to be 'pro-choice'.
I started school on Monday. It's going really well. I was notified I'd make an amazing teacher if I ever wanted to go down that road. That's nothing new to me though, everyone has told me that since I was 8.
The teacher of my Speech/Communications class asked us the following question:
"if you could be one car, what would you be and why?"of course she called on me to share with the class, I just said the first thing that popped into my head which was something along the lines of:
"I'd be my 1995 nissan altima before it was totaled. It was a beautiful green/teal color, and even though it was kinda old, it was reliable, good on gas and was big enough for me, but not too big or too small. It was good as new in my eyes."
All of a sudden I hear "Who can tell me what that means about Katie's personality?"
Three hands shot into the air and then a kid two rows back just started talking...
"It means she's beautiful on the inside and doesn't think that looks are that important, she's reliable and all of her friends see her as someone they can trust and go to when they need someone. She's conscious about the world and knows how to treat people around her."
how on earth do you get that from a 1995 nissan altima? haha but apparently his answer was right, the teacher nodded and said "Exactly"
and when he looked at me and said
"am I right?" I shrugged and looked at the teacher, she nodded and said he was. Then she's like "Okay, who wants to be Katie's partner for our next section? almost all the guys plus a few girls raised their hands. Thank god we didn't get to see the outcome because class was over.
lj sucks. it deleted the second half of this entry.I'm watching the old ninja turtles movies and talking to Taryn. I'll try and type up the half that I lost, tomorrow.
I love all of you, and I leave you with this:
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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