June 2012
randomhouse :)
May 2012
stuyvesant hs pa announcements
Starting next year, seniors will all have to take at least 7 instructional periods plus lunch, as required by state law. They will also take gym for the full year. This will have several repercussions: the senior “10-Tech” classes that are currently offered for a double period one term will likely switch to a single period for the full year. More importantly, next year’s...
perfection
: Also, I’ve been researching dandelions more since… well, since I like them and you like them. Did you know, the white form, with the seeds, is called a dandelion clock? It’s so weird/ironic. It’s like… time is a part of them too. So beautiful.
: hm maybe cause its spread out into a round shape like a clock/ hands of a clock i need to look at one more closely and...
i wish i were allowed to include race
in my survey…
because asians are known to have more mental health problems (hidden) like depression/suicidal thoughts
but we weren’t allowed to
though since stuy is over 70% asian, can i assume…
elie001 asked: wait how can you tell if their averages are falling though, i think it only asked for overall gpa (not positive), and lol yeah thats what I meant, when I was in the hospital for my stomach thing they had a person talk to me to see if anxiety was the cause (it wasnt) but when i said i was from stuy they were like oh yah our mental doctors are well acquainted with your school, all of yall are...
elie001 replied to your post: my stat survey
lol theres always been a depression problem at stuy, and howd you find out who the person was D:
i think these people could be clinically depressed though based on their answers…
and it’s interesting because their averages aren’t failing/anywhere near.
this guy said my survey was really depressing/ he just finished
and i happened...
my stat survey
measures wellness
and i accidentally found out who filled out the last survey
and his responses to the questions indicate possible depression
and
these surveys are supposed to be anonymous so i don’t think i’m supposed to say anything to him
but still
—
also the number of responses of the 100+ i’ve gotten,
to the statement “i feel hopeful about the...
Love.
people keep stealing my wood
in woodworking
i hate people
i thought about going through everyone’s locker and seeing who it is
THEY REACHED INTO MY LOCKER
AND TOOK MY BOARDS OF WOOD
kudos to spec
for the like button and the comment feature (i think the latter’s always been there)
people can spread the word on facebook just by clicking a button and writers can be acknowledged for their work/ see how many people have viewed their article
i love technology
the kids with needs aren’t charity cases. they’re just kids.
someone called D the “paragon of an ARISTA member.” we’re not paragons of anything. just people.
Stuyvesant’s Invisible Students
http://stuyspectator.com/2012/05/15/stuyvesants-invisible-students/
D wrote this article about the kids we work with at lunch. and it’s great in raising awareness to the stuy population, but i just have a problem with how accusatory it is. i’ve told him this when he showed me a draft, but it bothers me how it just assumes that everyone is unaware and privileged
But it’s not your...
i've really come to understand
it doesn’t matter where you go, but who you’re with. it’s so true. we can just be sitting on the subway, going nowhere in particular and it’ll be the greatest thing just cause we’re together.
“A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”
– Malcolm X (via quote-book)
i’ve met so many people who don’t have a strong stance on anything and they don’t speak up/ say what they want for fear of angering others. but if you don’t stand for something…
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education →
frankchiang:
Required reading! It’s really good.
Asian-Americans Disproportionally At Risk For...
Of the more than one million people infected with chronic Hepatitis B in the United States, half are Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control. Members of these communities are seven times more likely than whites to die from the illness.
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/06/131853671/asian-americans-disproportionally-at-risk-for-hepatitis-b
Hm
For my human diseases research presentation I’m doing it on Hep B, since for some reason it’s particularly prevalent in the Asian population. And I bring that up with my dad and he says “yeah, your mom has it”
What. I actually have no idea what hep b is.
so we were told to pick a health topic to research. And I wanted to focus on mentally challenged Asian American youth and how Asian culture plays a role in how they’re treated. And I thought I’d focus on autism cause those are what most of the kids have. But I was starting to get worried that I wouldn’t be able to find someone to talk to, especially an expert. And then I talked...
ohmyg
my wellesley email is bchan@wellesley.edu
..
for the first time in my life, there is no number after bchan!!! :’)
does this mean i’m the first
omg
for some other school i was bchan6*
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by Frances Chung
they want me to settle down
when I have not yet lived
mother talking to me in songs
of shopping bags and movie star calendars
given for free at the grocery store
(she wants a grandson)
with hopes of mooncakes dragon bracelets
and ginger soup
they want me to settle down
with the nice young man from Brooklyn
with the car and college degree
but every cockroach that runs across
my mind...
Waterfall
I hear the clear blue color paint
the rocks beneath its apex
from miles away.
I see the sound of thundering,
crashing streams resonating in
a pool of epicentric waves.
My skin tastes the mist, as
do my eyes.
Refreshing, stinging droplets; remnants
of the great singular force.
The scent of fresh fluidity greets
my tongue.
It intensifies as I approach that
infinite beauty. ...
FINALLY GETTING AN A AT WELLESLEY
whatshouldwellesleycallme:
@ju-rong
what is this nonsense
On Love
During lunch I work with the special education kids. And I love them. I’ve come to look forward to lunch every day (they’re literally one of two reasons I bother going to school). What’s amazing is that Angel told me their teachers have said they see dramatic changes in the classroom. They’re always talking about something we did at lunch/ what we’ll do tomorrow/...
It's weird
that a lot of people judge you based on who you are in the classroom. Y was telling this girl about how loud as I was screaming during our game and she was like “really? I can’t imagine bernice being like that.” and it was clear then that she had no idea who I was but it just hit me that she and other people have that impression of me: based on me sitting apathetically in civil...
April 2012
on Time
: Besides, I’ve been thinking lately… endings/beginnings aren’t truly endings/ beginnings. Everything is cyclical…
: i hate that (the word) end
: I don’t. Because nothing every truly ends. Nothing ever truly starts. Aside from life and death, perhaps… But maybe even those are just part of a cycle.
: hm cyclical
: I love that word. So fluid…...
i respect
women who can cook
i dont understand how anyone has the patience to stand there and cook something that someone else will be eating most of..
same with baking
On love
I was wondering about whether or not you could truly love someone because the phase of falling in love seemed ephemeral
(texts from a while ago)
: I think it’s a cycle…
When you love someone, and they love you back, you both fall in love.
Then, perhaps, that phase ends, and you both aren’t in the phase of being in love but you still love each other.
And that love...
If you're not disliked by some people, you're...
I thought that I wanted to be really liked. I want to be the person that when brought up, people say I’m great because of who I am/ the things I’ve done.
But when I talked to N today, he said that he doesn’t want to be liked because that means that he isn’t doing something out of the ordinary enough to cause a disruption. I disagreed with him at first. I said that if I...
I went to an Asian American crossroads conference...
(yeah another one. I think there should be one every other Saturday because these are amazing).
I met people who we share mutual friends with. It’s crazy. Ivy knew who I was through z/ my tumblr (@ramblesofapancake :D) and David heard about me through M, my best friend in elementary school. Isnt it crazy that people, who you don’t know acknowledge your existence, acknowledge your...