The Battle of the Mud-sliggers

The election of the President of the United States is very superfical. Though the head of state does have a great bit of pull, mostly in selecting the new members of the Supreme Court, the sentate and House of Representative hold the true power. All the branches of government hold equality of power. In essence America will be the same country it always is and always was reguardless of it's symbolic leader.
This is the first year I am able to vote and I have to say the experience holds alot of pressure attached. One can't just simple cast a vote, instead it involves servere scrutiny. Everyone gets so excited and it is possible to literary lose friends if the subject is approached. I am a republican, but never will I boldly declare my conservatism. The importance of party choice is multiplied as the election day approaches, and passions tend to rise.
I guess the reason the election is important to me is because it is my first time even being involved in one. Never as a child do I ever remember having to research presidential candidates nor did I imagine myself stressed over who is the best pick. It is enough to drive a person insane. Lucky it is almost over, but all I can imagine is the worst. How can anyone see the bright side when all the candiadates black- mail and mud-sling. It almost makes a person want to vote independent. Who knows maybe I will get so irritated that I'll vote for Nader.

That Fearful Day

It is time for midterms. The school year goes by so fat. I don't have enough time to get everything done. The good time is that part of IDC in my class is a take home test...and there is no cross country meet that weekend, so I can send as much time as I need to. However, three of my midterms are in three consecutive days. I am not to worried about economics because we only have to write an essay, which I plan to do this weekend. Also an essay is due in IDC along with 8 one page journal entries. Not to mention logic, where lets just face it, I need to study the most in. The strategy is to in the morning in study hall do my regular homework. Then in the afernoon after classes study. The plan is to finish all written midterm projects by Monday so all I have to do is read over notes and get index cards. The best test taking strategy is to sleep, eat, and study. This will be one busy week.
IDC is a class where they teach you a little bit of everything. In logic class I already know some of the subject matter because we talked about it in Plato's Apology. We also talk about history and religion, so when I take these classes I will have already learned the background information. I like the group discussion in IDC and I hope to carry those same discussions to onther classes. In the end, IDC was very useful and I hope next semester it will continue to be so.