OH MY GOD! I FEEL SMARTER!

It's BLUE TAPE!! MY LEARNING CAPABILITY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED!

Okay, so let me fill you in if you haven't already heard. Apparently, teachers in Fort Lauderdale High School are forced to put blue tape on their white boards in their classrooms due to the fact that it increases the learning capability of students. 

^^^ Now it would look something like that.

Personally, I find this whole thing ridiculous. So I choose to mock it.

I love how some students even buy into the whole thing about making them supposedly smarter since it makes them focus on the lesson better. I mean think about if it wasn't even BLUE tape. OH GOD, WHAT IF IT WAS RED..? OR WORSE. ORANGE?! .... *SHUDDERS*

So most teachers have this magical thing on their boards now, and trust me, I still do the same things I did before. I still stare off into space. I still think of other things while the teacher is giving directions to an assignment and I still have to ask a couple of people to repeat what the teacher said because the first one wasn't listening either. I still have the same working dynamic in my classes and I still have the same learning and listening capability.

But hey, what do I know, right? Why would anyone want to listen to the opinions of the students?

So! To review:

Good.

Bad.

Thank you. Class dismissed.

Those Hip Hipsterssss

Hello all you awesome people who read my blog! This week's blog post is about an American subculture, specifically...... *drum roll*........ HIPSTERS.

Now I'm sure we've alllllllllllllllll seen, talked about, or heard of them at least once in our lives. There are 2 types of hipsters. One are the hipsters from the 1940s (which we're not gonna get into) and the other group are the urban hipsters. This subculture first appeared in the 1990s and were mostly teenagers and middle-class adults.

Some basic facts about the Hipsters are that they rebel against social norms. The thing you have to understand about this specific subculture is that they hate hate HATE anything mainstream, or in other words, popular. This means that once they start listening to a certain band, they would switch bands if that band is viewed popular by society. In my opinion, this is just very silly. I believe hipsters are just trying very hard to seem interesting to others and be envied by those who aren't hipsters. I'm just talking about those teenage hipsters who think that they are the original hipsters. (Not you, Ms.Basi! YOU'RE AWESOME!)

Hipsters tend to shop at thrift stores and goodwill. They either decide to buy something really cheap under $5 to show that they are fashionable but completely effortless, or they would go and buy vintage clothes. Simple as that.

Don't you wish you are as creative at
making mustaches as me?

See, the Hipster way of doing things is by always striving at all times to stay a step ahead of everyone else. Basically, they would like to show that their subculture is better than any other. They do this by taking out-dated fashions and bringing them back. They are easily spotted with big black framed glasses, effortlessly dressed like a homeless person but still appear fashionable, have a couple of witty tattoos, and drawing mustaches on their face. Yes, hipsters are obsessed with mustaches. But fake mustaches are kind of mainstream, so look out, the hipsters might stop doing it. It wouldn't no longer be unique to them.

One last thing about them is that they are mostly a subculture in New York (Brooklyn).

Well, time to wrap it up. Thanks for reading this week's blog about hipsters and my opinion on them! Sorry if you're offended; I didn't mean to make them sound like 'self-centered freaks'. They're not; I'm sure they're very nice people. They just like their things to be original. Where's the harm in that? :)

Please leave your opinions on hipsters in the comment section below, and have an AWESOME day guys! :D

The Fun Stereotypes of the BRITS

Let's take a second here and laugh at look at Britain. :D The stereotypes are....endless!

(But before I begin, I feel that I should mention that the thing about stereotypes is that it does not apply to every person in that country. So if you are in fact British, so sorry if this offends you.)

The British are always known for having a reputation of being extremely, over-the-top proper with everything that they do. Sure, being proper and sophisticated is always a plus but it also has a negative side. In this case, it portrays the Brits of being stuck up and snobbish. They've always been known for having a gray personality.. When I say 'gray', I mean the opposite of outgoing; they're un-emotional most of the time.

Englishmen are the easiest to make fun of. They have a reputation of being self-conceited and the joke is that they often have an occupation as being an aviator, sailor, nanny, military commander, colonial, gardener, butler, servant, or just someone from an upper class. They happen to get prettyyyy violent and crazy over some football game and speak in drunken 'Cockney' accents.

Aaaah, now speaking of accents.... you already know this next part. The famous BRITISH ACCENT that everybody loves to imitate and/or make fun of. So why do we find this accent interesting? Well let's think about it. It makes you sound more proper, witty, and sophisticated, correct? It's the reason why it's used in movies and plays. I find it pretty amusing how some characters in famous dramas have a British accent even if the setting has nothing to do with England.

Now let's bring on the British looks! If you could picture a Briton (yes, that is what they're called) in your head, what would you see? An Englishman dressed in a black suit, a top hat, with a case of bad teeth, and perhaps sipping tea with the Queen?? Oh my god, same here! Haha Americans have made it seem like that's all they do. Drink tea and say Cockney slang phrases such as "Pip pip Cheerio", "Hello chaps", or "I say!"

But all jokes and stereotypes aside, I have a high respect for the British. I have a couple of friends that are British, a teacher in this school, and also my boyfriend. (Half-British... it still counts.) :D

Thank you for reading this week's blog and have an AWESOME DAY, guys!! :)