hardcore warm-up
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
STRESS.A DAY OF INTIMIDATION. OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. OF INTERNAL CONFLICTS. OF BRAIN DAMAGE. OF TECHNICAL MANIPULATION. OF HARDCORE MEMORIZATION. OF ANNOYING DILEMMAS.again, AGAIN, i wasnt at school FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap.it's as if the school is just one of my "electives" and my real class is the Great Extra Curricular Subject.definite craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap.well, i dont regret being part of the NCR Parliamentary team. i mean, parlia is fun. parlia is great. parlia is interesting and downright exciting. parlia is my passion.but im not denying the fact that parlia is extremely stressful.it's like we have a class outside the school.our trainer was VERY STRICT. he is going to humiliate you, to bash your confidence to fragments, to rip your ego to shreds, to demean your entire being...and we have to memorize law and parliamentary books VERBATIM.gawd.it was downright stressful. i cant even begin to describe what happened today. just imagine a lawyer who have been training parliamentary teams for two consecutive years.then imagine a group of 13 students, all trying so hard not to be disgraced in front of everyone. (and definitely failing to do so)well, it was fun... in a way.i mean, we've learned something more. heaps more, actually. he is a great teacher. he is strict and he exercises a totalitarian government (his words, mind you) but he is doing so because he wants the NCR team to win.hardcore training. and what we did today was the warm-up. that was what he said.uh-huh. we've got to prepare for the next trainings to come.and, uh, we have assignments actually. 5 questions.5 really difficult questions in which you have to know not only the parliamentary procedures but also the philippine constitution for you to be able to answer.and, the answer to eac question must be typewritten in a short bond paper.font arial size 10 spacing 1.5IMAGINE THAT!!!i recall something that mico said way, way back...that joining the national parliamentary procedure was surprisingly effortless...NAH!effortless, you say??the so-called warm-up that we've had today was a literal 8-hour recitation/presentation/brain-squeeze activityno one was exempted from mr. manuel's denigration.the thing i said about parlia requiring only wit, parlia procedure and technical knowledge, and debate abilities...one thing was missing.COURAGE.mr. manuel hates people who dont have a stand in an issue.he told us to make a stand or go home. according to him, in real life, in the real world, one just cant go around while staying in the middle of everything. one must have his own standpoint.his stance.what im complaining about is that im going to miss HEAPS OF CLASSES again and again and again...i mean, they were talking about having an everyday training next week.wth...what would happen to my academic grades then?it would plummet down down down... without a doubt.if that everyday training would be approved by general consent, then i would be gone for 2 weeks!!! a week of training and a week in baguio for the contest itself.wth.......................................................................how would i be able to catch up with everything that ive missed?!?ive been missing toooooooooooo much of the lessons... and toooooooooooo much of what's happening in the classroom.... and tooooooooooo much of the social crap... and toooooooooooooooooooooooooo much of rest...can i just stop time for a while to take a breather??parliamentary homework number 1:is the motion to appeal applicable to the situation (given situation... complicated. i wont type it here)parlia homework #2:full and free debate is allowed vs call for the previous question...substance vs procedure...why is motion to call for the previous question prevalent over the fundamental principle of full and free debate??parlia hw #3:why is the bylaw valid??(given situation... long and intricate and complex and... yeah, you get the idea)parlia hw#4:memorize page 106parlia hw #5:what are the motions to which page 106 applies??uh-huh.this is life....if only i know how to apply the singularity rule in my own life...i wouldnt be tackling two or more stuff at a time.can i just suspend the rules for the academic rationale?im asking again..CAN I JUST STOP THE TIME FOR A WHILE??
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