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Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil. -Elie Wiesel

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Columbia University valedictorian plagiarizes in his valedictory speech…

http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/gs-valedictory-class-day-speech-plagiarized

This is apparently a little old (6 days ago), but I just couldn’t believe it. Columbia GS (School of General Studies—like Trinity I guess?) valedictorian Brian Corman completely ripped off a comedian’s routine and tried to pass it off as one of his own experiences. Hahahahahaha. What an idiot. I love it. The comedian he stole the joke off of, Patton Oswalt, summarizes it best:

“Still makes me wonder what he might have done to become valedictorian—I mean, if he’s willing to steal material for something as inconsequential as a speech, how rubbery did his boundaries become when his GPA and future career were on the line? Oh well.”

I mean, I’d feel kind of bad if this was the ONLY time that he took the low road. But yeah, I mean if he’s gonna blatantly cheat here, I really doubt he stayed honest as he clawed his way to the top. Anyway, he f*ed up big time. Apparently he’s going to UC Berkeley Law (maybe not anymore?).

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This is one of the most epic movie songs I’ve ever heard. You just KNOW when you hear it that you will see some sick heroics in the next few minutes. It was in “Kick-Ass” (amazing movie, if you haven’t seen it already). I heard the song and really liked it. I found out that it was from the soundtrack of ANOTHER movie, “Sunshine”… and yes, I decided to watch the movie based solely off the music. Then again, you can’t really go wrong deciding to watch a movie with a song as epic as this.

The movie was pretty good. A team of astronauts try to reignite a dying sun. It could have been awesome, but the movie ended up devolving into your standard sci-fi flick near the end. They really could have done without that… extra bit of conflict there. But in case you were wondering, I definitely wasn’t disappointed when the song came on. Also, the movie has that one guy who is cast as nearly every dark-skinned nationality possible. Colombian? Mexican? Arab? Indian? Wha…

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Haha if you know four chords you can pretty much play every pop song in existence.

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Tutoring Logs

I volunteer for America Reads. Every week, I have to fill out a tutoring log that asks questions like, “What went well,” “What would you change,” blah blah blah. The thing is, I don’t get paid for it since I’m volunteering, and these questions get incredibly repetitive after a while when you are tutoring kindergarten students. Last week, I helped Alice paint a snowman. It went well. This week, I helped Jack draw bugs. It went well, except until George stole his crayons.

Ok, I exaggerate, but not by much. I don’t really know how many ways I can answer, “what do you think makes you an effective tutor?” I don’t know, I’m tutoring elementary school students; it’s not really rocket science.

Anyway, I’ve been getting really tired of these questions, and I wonder if my advisors ever notice this.

Do you think your tutees see you as someone who appreciates or enjoys reading or math? How have you shown your tutees that education is important to you?

I think my tutees see me as someone who appreciates or enjoys reading or math. I have shown my tutees that education is important to me by continually stressing the importance of education and making sure that they are paying attention and always working hard. In this way, the students understand how education is important to me.

Do you do anything unique while tutoring that you think sets you apart from the other tutors? If so what do you do? If not what is potentially something different that you have to offer?

No, I don’t think I do anything unique while tutoring that sets me apart from the other tutors.  If not, I don’t know. I try to always encourage my students along throughout the tutoring session, but I think that is a very textbook style of tutoring and I can’t think of creative ways to tutor.

…yeah. I signed up for tutoring to work with kids, not to fill out silly questionnaires every week.

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Saying ‘I’m sorry’ is the same as saying ‘I apologize.’ Except at a funeral.
Demetri Martin

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Better Off Ted

Better Off Ted

Haha what a great show. Seriously, go watch it!

Ted: Wait, you don’t think competing all-out against a girl who’s disabled is wrong?
Veronica: Wrong? How should I know what’s wrong, I’m not some Greek philosopher.

Phil: Linda, you can’t hurt a baby.
Lem: Well, you can hurt them. They’re not indestructible.
Phil: I meant it’s morally indefensible.
Lem: Well, what if the baby killed a man?
Phil: You and your moral puzzles. I just love ‘em.