The Shred Room II (with extra youth)

HughesJB4 wrote: Epignosis wrote: It's sad though... there's a kid about 11, who runs around all over the school.  He's not supposed to, and he can be a pain. But I found out he has to take care of his baby sister.  His parent(s) do nothing.  At school is the ONLY time he can be a kid. Breaks my heart, it does. 11 years old, looking after his kid sister? Christ, that is screwed up:(

Another student knows he's going to jail in a few weeks...it's just bad.  These kids didn't have a f**king chance.

I'm there to give them one.

Holy crap, Journey is on here!

Epignosis wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Epignosis wrote: It's sad though... there's a kid about 11, who runs around all over the school.  He's not supposed to, and he can be a pain. But I found out he has to take care of his baby sister.  His parent(s) do nothing.  At school is the ONLY time he can be a kid. Breaks my heart, it does. 11 years old, looking after his kid sister? Christ, that is screwed up:( Another student knows he's going to jail in a few weeks...it's just bad.  These kids didn't have a f**king chance. I'm there to give them one.

Kids going to jail, christ.
I'm so glad now I avoided that kind of crowd in high school, but if I could go back again now, I would have even just avoided the kids that drank alcohol and didn't do their homework I guess.
I nearly got my throat slit by some dude that was high off his head on MDMA, Speed, weed and alcohol all at once in 2007, who was due for jail a few months after for crimes he had committed in the last few years and he said he would have killed someone because he just didn't care anymore. He must have been, about 20 years old at the most.
It's scary seeing kids turn out like that.

NaturalScience wrote: June wrote: Holy crap, Journey is on here!   I'm breaking up with all of you. Enh, it's prog-related and their very early stuff was mildly proggy.

birdwithteeth11 wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Right now, very annoyed, argh, goddamn it I hate it when awesome people die and then people profit off their name. It seems Dimebag Darrel from Pantera gets pissed on a whole lot too:( Ugh, tell me about it.

Dean guitars has decided to make a signature amp in his name.
He already has a signature amp with Krank Amplification, which at least he got to design and approve while he was still alive, but NOOOOOOO, Dean have to go and make another goddamn Dimebag signature thing.
After Dimebag died, Dean decided they 'needed' 33 variations of his signature guitar.
WTF is that, seriously? Why the hell do you need 33 variations of the same guitar, christ sake
I hate Dean Guitars so much now, because of how much they have tarnished Dimebag's name.
In fact, the original founder of Dean Guitars himself, Dean Zelinsky, left Dean Guitars because he didn't like their business practices.
When the guitar that gave the company it's name leaves the company, that's seriously telling you something about what the brand turned into

Epignosis wrote: Sorry June... Anyway, the kids are between around 11 and 18.  One girl doesn't even have groceries.  Another boy has no clothes.  Literally. And I want to help.  What good does teaching them what a noun or integer is if they're dead in a ditch? And Journey should not be here.  My opinion.  No one has proved me wrong about that (not even Ivan).

Don't agree with the add myself, but I don't get upset about who is or is not here.

NaturalScience wrote: Epignosis wrote: Sorry June... Anyway, the kids are between around 11 and 18.  One girl doesn't even have groceries.  Another boy has no clothes.  Literally. And I want to help.  What good does teaching them what a noun or integer is if they're dead in a ditch? And Journey should not be here.  My opinion.  No one has proved me wrong about that (not even Ivan). Don't agree with the add myself, but I don't get upset about who is or is not here.

I've mellowed since becoming a collab

Epignosis wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: birdwithteeth11 wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Right now, very annoyed, argh, goddamn it I hate it when awesome people die and then people profit off their name. It seems Dimebag Darrel from Pantera gets pissed on a whole lot too:( Ugh, tell me about it. Dean guitars has decided to make a signature amp in his name. He already has a signature amp with Krank Amplification, which at least he got to design and approve while he was still alive, but NOOOOOOO, Dean have to go and make another goddamn Dimebag signature thing. After Dimebag died, Dean decided they 'needed' 33 variations of his signature guitar. WTF is that, seriously? Why the hell do you need 33 variations of the same guitar, christ sake I hate Dean Guitars so much now, because of how much they have tarnished Dimebag's name. In fact, the original founder of Dean Guitars himself, Dean Zelinsky, left Dean Guitars because he didn't like their business practices. When the guitar that gave the company it's name leaves the company, that's seriously telling you something about what the brand turned into Don't think they ever made a Kerry Livgren sig. guitar, even though Livgren used them for years.

Signature guitars are made because they will sell in nearly all cases.
Face it, what 14 year old kid knows who Kerry Livgren is? And hence, no signature guitar for him
A few companies do endorse also based on brand loyalty fortunately, like some small to medium size custom shop makers. I know Jackson's guitars at least has the integrity to reward loyal players with an endorsement deal and custom guitars, but always necessarily signature guitars unless they are dead certain it will sell like hotcakes.
Doesn't matter the level of talent, you can put some pop punk's name on a guitar,a  guy that can barely play 3 chords correctly, and if it sells, he gets a signature guitar.
Meanwhile, you never hear of jazz fusion players, guys with almighty talent, getting sig guitars sadly (A few exceptions of course, but for the most part, fusion guys are really ignored).

Epignosis wrote: Sorry June... Anyway, the kids are between around 11 and 18.  One girl doesn't even have groceries.  Another boy has no clothes.  Literally. And I want to help.  What good does teaching them what a noun or integer is if they're dead in a ditch?

Yeah, I get what you mean, it's real rough. Some kids really do have more pressing issues than just their education as the main priority.
Some kids can't get out of bed in the morning due to mental illness, just things like that that go beyond just merely making sure they are educated, that people often overlook.

Agreed. I'm afraid to say I learned that the hard way during my first year of teaching (oh, the things they forgot to tell you during your studies). I'm not very social to start with and in the "real world", I'm usually the person who always says the wrong thing and I avoids that problem by shutting up, so I had to work hard on my social skills since I started teaching. But I'm now much more happier going into class nowadays and it has very more improved the amount of things I can actually get into my students' heads.

Edited by June - January 16 2009 at 22:38