LAUSD Teacher Strike

Today all the teachers of the LAUSD have decided to have organized strikes the first hour of school.

First off, we, the students, can understand their struggle because there is an especially profound, dare I say symbiotic, relationship between the teachers and ourselves. In this case the existence and prosperity of one is dependant on the willingness and presence of the other (i.e. teachers can not instruct if they have no students willing or present and students can not learn if there are no willing mentors). It is this symbiotic relationship would imply their decision to "walk out" on their students is ludicrous and naive. By neglecting their students for one hour the teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District have deprived us of over 500,000 combined hours of precious classroom time. Furthermore, this action poses a negative example to many of my peers by presenting students with the option to opt for truancy the first hour of class. If just one student from each school in the district were truant it would mean there are 658 youths walking the streets of Los Angeles prone to the many dangers that would not be an issue were they in class.

Note that I personally do not blame the LAUSD itself, but rather the teachers and their union who have organized this strike. Yesterday night a recorded call of the district superintendent David L. Brewer III was made to the homes of all students, in which he stated that the Los Angeles Unified School District, the media, and the local and state governments can sympathize with the teachers, but do not support the method in which they have chosen to express themselves for the aforementioned reason. While I can sympathize with their cause the hypocrisy behind the struggle illustrates a blatant disregard for the students, therefore spreading the issue they wish to resolve which is to improve teachers wages and challenge the state budget cuts that will quickly become detrimental to the students who rely on funding for many elective courses such as music, sports, and journalism. By walking out on students the teachers have instantaneously simulated the effects a budget cut would have on the students.

This does not mean to say there are no other means to address this issue. While teachers fight for fair wages and their positions, the majority of students are concerned with the quality of instruction. The teachers must understand it is at times like this where the student-teacher symbiosis is crucial for the success of both our causes. If either teachers or students opt to fight for their cause without the support of the other faction we harm the other side and only help to contribute to the problem at hand. Joining together and fighting for what we deserve on a united front will not only bolster our influence, but show government officials our concern not only for ourselves, teacher or student, but for the total well-being and integrity of the district.

Ichigo

Loved

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

My heart is TAKEN!

I've never been happier!!!

500 times Better than getting high off the air we breathe!

Bouncing of the walls,
Mochi

P.S. Ichi+MOCHI FOREVER!

Whoooo!

So what fills my days now?

Lets see the sched:
8Am-9Am: Wake up
Wake up-9:30ishAM: Breakfast
9:30ish-Noon: Lay around
Noon: Call everyone trying to find someone who can take me somewhere
Sometime between 3-5PM: Get home if I find a buddy to hang with.
5PM-nappy bai: Talk to Ichi-chan, eat, sleep.

My days don't suck, but they can be pretty boring sometimes.

Hugs,
Mochi

Whoooo! This has been one of the tiredest weeks in a long time....even though I just lay around and do nothing all day. Being idle is really tiring work. Hehe.

I've been eating a lot more ice cream lately like I usually do when I get bored. Everyone says I can eat a lot and not gain weight, but I still feel like a whale so what does it matter.

You can tell I'm super super bored because I have literally NOTHING to talk about right now.

So what do my days look like since my broken ankle?

Like Nothing...

Where do you go when hope is lost...

I feel like hell. Sometimes, things don't always go as you plan.

It's part of life. It IS life. Yeah, life is nothing less than ambiguities against you...

I guess every blessing has a negative edge to it. If not the two sides, good and bad, wouldnt exist.

I'll be fine. I just need a little time. Or some more persistence.

Curse my inferiority complex and low self-esteem. It was always because of me.

~Ichigo

Sunday Swiss!

I missed yesterdays post because of random sleep. =P

Yesterday, I got to use Ichi's Walther PPK/S airgun. The one reason I really like it is because, Jolin Tsai uses it in her music video for her album Agent J. It's a small little airgun...what's so neat about it is that it has full recoil. So it's pretty fun.

I was skimming through Asianbite yesterday and I noticed an article comparing TVXQ to NewS. I never really paid much attention to NewS, even though I've heard about them so I checked it out. And ooh! It's another Asian band with cute guys in it! Haha. Their stuff isn't exactly me...just decided to mention it to you guys. AKB48 is more my taste.

I've been listening to suju's Rokkugo like I'm OCD over it. Hehe. That's where the post's title comes from.

I'm still limping on by with my crutches. All is well.

Hugs ^_^,
Mochi

Sleepiness and Boredom

Ahhh! Sorry!

Another day's post missed. Don't worry! You didn't miss anything. Just another sleepy day.

And I mean super super sleepy. One of those sleepy almost dead days...where it's really bad.

The soreness of my ankle is poking at it...like it's a toy. I KNOW it'll improve...I just wish it'd make the wait easier. Worst part of this all is....I can't drive!!!

It's not like I don't know how...but it's because i hurt my RIGHT ankle so yeah...

I'm stuck at home all the time...

Hugs,
Mochi

Burned Out

So today was another sleepy, slow, uneventful, downright TIRED day. Plain out lethargic. It starts out energetic enough (I was wearing my TRIPP brand pants and jacket) but by noon....UGH. I was plain out half dead.

I don't know what got me out of it...but I've been feeling a little fragment of the apathy and lethargy what I was then. So my conditions are workable.

Mochi's sprain is a lot sorer than it was yesterday...it's definitely not nice, but if she can endure it as effortlessly as she is I guess I shouldn't worry so much.

The orchestra teacher at my school got the recording session at Capitol Records re-confirmed. Joy...Most people don't actually want to do it, it tends to be a bigger burden than anything else. I know it's a big deal and all...but after you've done it once it just seems redundant.

I need another long weekend.

Sleepy beyond belief x_x,
Ichigo

Oww!

Guess what everyone!

I sprained my ankle! I was playing softball and I slid at home plate...but my right foot caught an uneven nook in the dirt and I sprained it. Ain't it awesome? Bet your soooo jealous...

The doctor said to lay off it for the next few weeks. So I'm just gonna lay here, kick back, and sleep the next few weeks off.

It's a little sore...but nothing too big.

I asked the doctor what the best way to let it heal was...he said RICE. You can think up what I thought up: "Rice?! I'm Asian! All I eat is rice! I eat more rice than I breathe air!!!" Yup yup..turns out RICE stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. I still don't like how confusing that was at first. "Hmm...rice."

Hugs,
Mochi <3

Slow Weekend

Ichi-chan left the Leeteuk picture up so for you guys who want to gawk at idea that everyone in that car looked at him...gawk away. He's getting less defensive over that picture...you can tell the concert high is fading away.

This was a pretty plain long weekend, but I got tons of rest so I'm content as can be.

Ichigo says his wasn't any different from mine. It was raining, cold, and just plain too icky this weekend to really do anything.

Just a little sick...and with a fresh 4 day week rolling in it's really not nice.

I'm sure your weekend was awesome...definitely better than ours.

Hugs,
Mochi