B Day October 19th

The freshmen are becoming self-aware. Like cows looking through the door of the abattoir they peered into pinnacle and realized that many of them would have lives of dreams unrequited and they would stroll like giants across the tundra of mediocrity. I welcome them, for surely I have walked there myself. Also, although I'm not entirely certain, I'm afraid one of them is extorting even smaller versions of freshmen for Tik Tok views. Using Tik Tok as a tool to enslave other freshmen seems like the pettiest form of evil and I condemn it.

U.S. History General: We took the test on Westward expansion and the darkness that lives within the anxiety that rules the lives of high school students became a deeper shade of black and I watched as the light was pulled from their eyes. I'm not sure if the reflection I viewed in the glass doll eyes that drove so deeply into me was my own or the visage of futures slowly fading one grade at a time. In reality most of them did well on the test and I can only attest the phantom visage as the part of my soul I gave to them.

U.S. History Honors was of course anything but. We introduced the populists and many students seemed concerned because they were afraid that they would never be the "populist" kid and might never go to prom. I assured them it was in fact a term referring to a political ideology born in the 1860's and although they might never be populists they might one day be popular.

Later in the afternoon I heard the unmistakable sound of a soap dispenser being ripped off the bathroom wall. Like a Suburban Batman, I first called security and twice I was hung up on. Eventually I realized that heroes act and although the idea of walking into a soap slathered bathroom was daunting I persevered and was met by a giant cloud of vape smoke. Grape I think. Well, at least it was called Purple Rain, so I'm assuming it was grape flavored and not Prince flavored. After confiscating the vape we briefly discussed using it as the new classroom pass. It would serve a dual purpose: "Mr. Petraitis, can I get the vape? I need to use the restroom." I see this as the future of education, why not begin today.