deviantART: by:witalicious http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:witalicious&section=today deviantART RSS for by:witalicious en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:03:49 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Is School Helping Us Learn? http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/27711891/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/27711891/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:23:30 PDT By Eli Gerber (A friend of mine)

Speaking as a current high school student, I know one thing for certain: they sure do push the academics at this age. AP courses, honors classes and societies, and advanced programs (such as the IB program) are a virtual lock in every student’s schedule in the Montgomery County Public Schools system, which, considering the economic and educational standing of our area, is to be expected.
But are these heavy course loads really helping us learn?
Speaking as a student in one such advanced program, I can honestly say that I enjoy learning. Acquiring new knowledge, discussing new topics, discovering new ideas, these are all things that interest me deeply. However, the fashion in which we learn these things is the real problem. It does not lie in our teachers, administrators, counselors, or in ourselves. It lies in the idea that in order to go to a top-tier college, get a great job, and be successful in life, students these days must overload themselves with work that they may not find interesting and almost certainly will not use later in life.
I have friends planning on taking eight, nine, even ten AP courses in their high school careers. That is generally enough AP classes to go into college with enough credits to be considered a sophomore by academic standards. However, what is the price they must pay in order to attain the academic excellence that they do?
Last year, I learned that my emotional breakdowns were not uncommon; in fact, many of my friends also suffered from immense amounts of stress, often accompanied by feelings of inadequacy, or even hopelessness. Is it really worth it to put yourself through the ringer to try to take as many incredibly advanced classes as many of us do in order to try to get into a better college? Would it not be more fulfilling to operate in an environment that is, if not stress-free, then at least reduced stress, learning at the pace you want to learn at, learning what you want to learn?
In a school such as that, the hyper-motivated students would still excel, still take their dozen AP courses, and still get into upper echelon colleges, without forcing the rest of the academic world to keep up with them. I personally feel as though I would benefit immensely from being able to concentrate on the topics I am most interested in, without the added stress of classes that, while their information may be useful in some fields (i.e. multi-variable calculus for aspiring engineers), makes no sense to study in others (i.e. multi-variable calculus for aspiring theater majors). The fact of the matter is that not every child is as equally interested in the subjects that colleges weigh the most heavily (classes like English, science, and mathematics), and these children suffer because they will not take the same types of courses as students whose main concern is where they will be spending their four years of college. This does not make the students who do not make it into Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the like any less bright or capable than those who do; it means that the American schooling system is broken enough not to value the arts, philosophy, psychology, etc. programs as much as they do the three R’s: Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic. Now, all this brings to my mind is the question of whether schools are actually teaching us what we need to know, or if they are trying to box us all into these little science, English, and math obsessed packages who are real world ready when in fact, the real world has a lot more to throw at you than that.
Why is it that aspiring writers, actors, reporters, crime-fighting professors of symbology at Harvard, and everyone else who does not want to pursue a career involving math has to work incredibly hard in classes like AP Calculus to get into a college that will help them reach their goals? Why do engineers, architects, and scientists have to labor away in English instead of pursuing what truly interests them? It seems illogical that we have to spend 1/7 of our school year sitting in a class that does not interest and will not help us when we could instead dedicate that time to something that really piques our interests? Instead of having to stay in an advanced science for 45 minutes every day, why can’t we aspiring liberal arts majors take a theater class, a creative writing class, and art class, something that will be more thought-provoking and helpful than a class like AP Physics. Why can’t our future researchers at NIH take an extra science instead of sitting in English for 45 minutes every day? It seems to me that AP Biology will be more helpful for a future scientist than reading the collected works of Sophocles.
Understand that this is not a critique of any one particular class, teacher, subject, or school in particular. It is simply a criticism of the broken standards in American educatio... ]]> ~witalicious Art Show http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/27209661/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/27209661/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:37:14 PDT [link]

I have an art show coming up this weekend. Information - basically everything you need to know is in the link above.

I will have 5 oil paintings up, so if you would like to see me and my paintings please come!!!

]]> ~witalicious Ran out subscription. and tomorow is my b-day http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/24908733/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/24908733/ Sat, 23 May 2009 14:12:28 PDT i am wayyy not used to normal DA

btw tomorrow is my birthday
someone should buy me something
like a subscription
or a sweater
or a print

=]

i love all my watchers

]]> ~witalicious OMG I GOT IN!!!!! http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/23830652/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/23830652/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:48:47 PDT Art Trades: open

"Dear Margarita,

Thank you for your interest in The Yellow Barn Studio’s High School Scholarship Class. I am very happy to inform you that you HAVE BEEN SELECTED to participate in our program.

You and nineteen other talented high school students from the greater Washington, DC area will join me at The Yellow Barn Studio Sundays from 9am-12pm from April 5 through June 7, 2009 for an unparalleled artistic learning experience. We will engage in projects designed to improve your skills as an artist and to provide you with a substantial portfolio of work. An exhibition of your class’ work will also be organized to hang in The Yellow Barn Gallery, likely in the late summer of 2009. Congratulations on being accepted to participate in this unique and exciting program.

Most sincerely,
Glen Kessler"

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

i am super duper excited!!!!!!!!
now i have to go buy like a mllion paints.. eh

Clubs

:iconbelle-art: :iconfruit-club: :iconthe-saddle-club: :iconequineart: ]]> ~witalicious A little bit of new....and a little competition? http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/22905231/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/22905231/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:55:51 PST Art Trades: open



Ok... so i want to see if i can get 3000 pageviews before tuesday
studdup. i like that day of the week.

And also, im trying out a new style of art - i used to draw in the manga/anime style every once in while, and after drawing realistically for a while i decided to get back to it. Alla is my first real piece in this style, and ive been gathering inspiration from lots of different artists.

ahh... sorry about the different css every time.. i really liek them

this is the best site to get one
[link]



Clubs

:iconbelle-art: :iconfruit-club: :iconthe-saddle-club: :iconequineart: ]]> ~witalicious HALP!!!!! http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/22801868/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/22801868/ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:39:20 PST Art Trades: open

Ok. so im really in a stump about waht to draw next, and i need some adviceeee!!! Just tell me what you want to see next, and ill draw
i can do fanart too.. but i usually dont since im not really a pageview whore


and im really just trying out some journal css

:iconbelle-art: :iconfruit-club: :iconthe-saddle-club: :iconequineart: ]]> ~witalicious I seem to have A.D.D. when it comes to drawing... http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/22678322/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/22678322/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:49:40 PST reworks of
[link]
and
[link]

as well as some other stuff like harry potter fanart, some more horses

semester exams are on... and i really should be studying
haha whoa m i kidding i never study.. i really dont know how
i just look over my notes and then hope i remember all that information

Im also in the process of reading 7 books.
none of which i have gotten beyond the first 20 pages.
ugh.

Commissions: open
Art Trades: open ]]> ~witalicious Update http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/22051128/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/22051128/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:49:36 PST but thats because i keep reworking everything i have
i just started over with Deceit

Its been a hectic few months since school started, I have had so much work, and its not getting better over the holidays. I have to paint a few pieces for my family and close friends.
Im am so blimmin tired. But i have an incredible art teacher at school, and if i have the patience to work on photoshop as well as i do traditionally, then i will turn in some good work, but for now, i need some really good critique for my working art.
Kthanksbai

Witalicious

Commissions: open
Art Trades: open ]]> ~witalicious I felt like doing this http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/21947013/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/21947013/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:45:48 PST thanks maria for the idea


***I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexic.
I'm EMO, so I MUST cut my wrists.
I'm a NEGRO so I MUST carry a gun.
I'm BLONDE, so I MUST be a ditz.
I'm JAMAICAN so I MUST smoke weed.
I'm HAITIAN so I MUST eat cat.
I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be sexy.
***I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.
I'm GAY, so I MUST have AIDS.
I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.
I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.
***I SPEAK MY MIND, so I MUST be a bitch.
*I'm a DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible.
I am LIBERAL, so I MUST be gay.
I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.
I TAKE (or used to take) ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be crazy.
I'm a GUY, so I MUST only want to get into your pants.
I'm IRISH, so I MUST have a bad drinking problem.
I'm INDIAN, so I MUST own a convenience store.
I'm NATIVE AMERICAN, so I MUST dance around a fire screaming like a savage.
I'm a CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be a whore.
***I'm a DANCER, So I must be stupid, stuck up, and a whore.
I wear SKIRTS a lot, so I MUST be a slut.
I'm a PUNK, so I MUST do drugs.
I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob.
***I WEAR BLACK, so I MUST be a goth or emo.
***I'm a WHITE GIRL, so I MUST be a nagging, steal-your-money kind of girlfriend.
I'm CUBAN, so I MUST spend my spare time rolling cigars.
I'm NOT A VIRGIN, so I MUST be easy.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MARRIED MAN, so I MUST be a home-wrecking whore.
I'm a TEENAGE MOM, so I MUST be an irresponsible slut.
I'm POLISH, so I MUST wear my socks with my sandals. (woijtec.....)
I'm ITALIAN, so I must have a "big one".
I'm EGYPTIAN, so I must be a TERRORIST!
***I'm PRETTY, so I MUST not be a virgin.
***I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life.
I DYE MY HAIR (CRAZY) COLORS, so I MUST be looking for attention.
I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS so I MUST be looking for attention.
***I'm INTO THEATER & ART, so I MUST be a homosexual.
I'm a VEGETARIAN, so I MUST be a crazy political activist.
***I HAVE A BUNCH OF GUY FRIENDS, so I MUST be fucking them all.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF GIRLS WHO ARE FRIENDS, so I MUST be a player.
I have Big BOOBS, so I MUST be a hoe.
I'm COLOMBIAN, so I MUST be a drug dealer.
***I WEAR WHAT I WANT, so I MUST be a poser.
***I'm RUSSIAN, so I MUST be cool and that's how Russians roll.
I'm GERMAN, so I must be a Nazi.
I hang out with GAYS, so I must be GAY TOO.
I'm BRAZILIAN, so I MUST have a BIG BUTT.
I'm PUERTO RICAN, so I MUST look good and be conceited.
I'm SALVADORIAN, so I MUST be in MS 13.
I'm POLISH, so I MUST be greedy.
I'm HAWAIIAN so I MUST be lazy.
I'm PERUVIAN, so I MUST like llamas.
I'm FRENCH, so I MUST be rude and eat snails.
I'm GREEK, so i MUST have a huge family.
Im a STONER so I MUST be going in the wrong direction.
I'm STRAIGHT EDGE so I must be violent.
I'm a FEMALE GAMER, so I MUST be ugly.
I'm BLACK so I MUST love fried chicken and kool-aid.
***I'm a GIRL who actually EATS LUNCH, so I MUST be fat.
I'm SINGLE so I MUST be ugly.
I'm a SKATER so I must do weed and steal stuff
I'm a PUNK so I must only wear black and date only other punks
I'm ASIAN so I must be a NERD that does HOMEWORK 24/7
I'm CHRISTIAN so I MUST hate homosexuals.
I'm MIXED so I must be screwed up.
I'm MUSLIM so I MUST be a terrorist.
I'm in BAND, so I MUST be a dork.
I'm BLACK so I MUST believe JESUS WUZ A BROTHA
I'm MORMON so I MUST be perfect
I'm GOTH so I MUST worship the devil.
I'm HISPANIC, so I MUST be dirty.
***I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser.
I'm OVERWEIGHT, so I MUST have a problem with self control.
I'm PREPPY, so I MUST shun those who don't wear Abercrombie & Hollister.
I'm on a DANCE team, so I must be stupid, stuck up, and a whore.
(I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naive.)
I'm MEXICAN, so I MUST have hopped the border.
I GOT A CAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY, so I MUST be a spoiled brat.
I'm BLACK, so I MUST love watermelon
I'm BI, so I MUST think every person I see is hot.
I'm an ASIAN GUY, so I MUST have a small penis.
I'm a GUY CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be gay.
I'm a PREP, so I MUST be rich.
I don't like the SUN so I MUST be an albino.
***I have a lot of FRIENDS, so I MUST love to drink and party.
I wear tight PANTS and I'm a guy, so I MUST be emo.
I couldn't hurt a FLY, So I MUST be a pussy.
***I support GAY RIGHTS, so I MUST fit in with everyone.
I hang out with drinkers and smokers, so I MUST smoke and drink too.
***I have ARTISTIC TALENT, so I MUST think little of those who don't.
I don't like to be in a BIG GROUP, so I MUST be anti-social.
I have a DIFFERENT sense of HUMOR, so I MUST b... ]]> ~witalicious The End of A Summer. http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/20079262/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/20079262/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:02:26 PDT . Well, anyways I have school starting up again soon and im not too sure how to take it.. theres the prospect of work (magnet programs treat you like homework slaves), but also i have great people ive missed. Besides im a dork enough to say i love learning.
Starting up riding at Wheaton Park again, i have equitation lessons and i get to see my favorite horses =). AND the love of my life is back from france and working his butt off with soccer. poor baby. and im working on another painting- of my friend kimmy but with a few tweaks with the hair.

:iconbelle-art: :iconfruit-club: :iconthe-saddle-club: :iconequineart:

Commissions: open
Art Trades: open ]]> ~witalicious read. please. http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/19658446/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/19658446/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:16:21 PDT im sure if you are reading this you care enough and somehow are still watching me... even though im sure at least 25 of my 30 watchers have for some reason inexplicably DIED. or just forgot me. btw please think before you push the 'watch' button. it saves so much hassle for everyone.
just an update- and just to see who actually reads my journals because im sure no one ever does.


:iconbelle-art: :iconfruit-club: :iconthe-saddle-club: :iconequineart:

]]> ~witalicious OH MY OH MY! http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/19130368/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/19130368/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:17:37 PDT


lol


my back
is aching

from lifting 20 pound rocks

all day
for our patio


clubs

:iconbelle-art: :iconfruit-club: :iconthe-saddle-club: :iconequineart:

]]> ~witalicious i think i might have died http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/18056086/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/18056086/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:03:41 PDT i was watching Juno with djamil until like 10
and then it started to rain when he dropped me off.

so i went in my backyard and danced naked in the rain for like 10 minutes
and i have acute hypothermia
karmas a bitch to me :(

but valerie knows why im happy
and why i need some calming meds


:iconfruit-club: :iconthe-saddle-club: :iconequineart:

]]> ~witalicious Disapointment http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/17719221/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/17719221/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:43:28 PDT

i am cruelly separated from DA for a month tops

and you forget about me.


gee thanks


I HAVE NEW WORK

LOSERS

srry

you are all awsome. beacuse if ur a real watcher


ur totally reading this



:iconfruit-club: :iconthe-saddle-club: :iconequineart:

]]> ~witalicious Devious Journal Entry http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/17672831/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/17672831/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:45:12 PDT
je suis desolee, mes copains, mais mon pere est une garce quelquefois

je vous aime!!!

]]> ~witalicious SKDFASDKJFAVSDKJdf http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/17283798/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/17283798/ Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:26:32 PDT

i gots a tablet =]


but im grounded off the internet for like a year

dont ask





[sneaking on at shcool]

]]> ~witalicious my wrist http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/16707843/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/16707843/ Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:34:01 PST
i have carpal tunnel syndrome in my right hand

maybe.... i wont have to do PE!!!!!

this is the reason for all my pain:

[link]




friends, watchers:
:iconsp00kish: :iconkawaiitentenchan: :icontracelegacy: :iconshirogirl24: :icontenshibakaneko: :icontenshibakainu: :iconrouroken321: :iconsilvershadowess: :iconpianoshoujo125: :iconkaywa: :iconpaprika13:

clubs:
:iconfruit-club: :iconthe-saddle-club:


my evil twin --> :icondarknesssdaughter:

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if you arent in my friends,and you should be, slap me
jk, just tell me if you arent there

and if you want me to draw something, leave me a note saying what you would like me to draw
no one asks me to draw anything and it makes me sad.

]]> ~witalicious fluffness! http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/16577350/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/16577350/ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:17:23 PST

im going to the MOVIES
with my new sort-of boyfriend =)

and maybe valerie
if she ever wakes up in time for me to call her :toaster:


damn i love those toasters......


LERA!!! ya tuybaa oobyoo!!!!!

]]> ~witalicious i wish for only 'goodbye' http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/13415446/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/13415446/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:33:32 PST so when andrea called me on the night of november 13th, i was shocked... she told me that she had heard on the radio a kid had been hit by a car on Strathmore Avenue, a slight bit after dark. Of course they did not release the name of the boy... but we knew. the very same boy just earlier today sat behind me in gym class. the very same one who i remember being reprimanded by the PE teacher for frogetting his clothes. again. andrea had to hang up, and i, walking past my reflection, laughed (my information was that he was in the hospital)..... ha... he will be sure never to mock death again... never will he and jon or... i felt terrible. oh my god....what will jon do? hes his best friend!!!! so i went to sleep, waking several times from fitful dreams concering cars and wailing sirens...
i woke up as usual, never thinking today would entirely out of the ordinary. i chose to wear all black... because it seemd fitting. i was comepletly sure he was alive and well. only when i got on the bus and heard arielle collado say,"yeah the little short kid, yeah hes DEAD, oh my god all these stupid people will be crying....." i walked into frist period english not knowing what to expect. i was met with sobs and somber faces that concluded my worst fears. he was. he really was. Luke Patrick Carter-Schelp was gone. and so i returned my greeting, with sobs of anguish. i had no idea that it was going to get worse.
i hear his name today thrown around casually, as if it means nothing... and my insides feel like ice. i stop by his locker,it being so close to mine, and wonder what he thinks of this?? does he cherish all the love and care?? does he even know?? these questions im afraid will forvever remain unanswered. the ache of loss spreads across two universes, one with luke and one without him. it hurts to be alone with such a great, silent space. if only we could have said .........
goodbye..........



friends, watchers:
:iconsp00kish: :iconkawaiitentenchan: :icontracelegacy: :iconshirogirl24: :icontenshibakaneko: :icontenshibakainu: :iconrouroken321: :iconsilvershadowess: :iconridingthewave: :iconuberskull: :iconglobunny: :iconpianoshoujo125: :iconkaywa: http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/13333002/ Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:54:58 PDT <3 :
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
FALL OUT BOY
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
VAMPIRES
WEREWOLVES
PRINCE JONATHAN OF CONTE
HARRY POTTER( 1,2,3,4,5 AND 6)
LORD MORPHEUS
MY iPod
PHOTOGRAPHY
MYSPACE
pooopppyyy (my overly obese cat, sort of like a black furred crookshanks in size)
TANNER(MY HORSEEE)
DRAWING
MAYONAISE
mEaT

SPEDS
STALKERS
COUNTRY MUSIC
MUSTARD
PERVERTS
THAT STALKER AT THE POOL
PEOPLE WHO:
-DROOL
-SLOBBER
-LEAVE GUM IN THE WATER FOUNTAINS
-HATE MCR
-TALK BEHIND PEOPLES BACKS
and all other people who are stupid for stupid reasons

FREINDS!!!!! :
:iconsp00kish: :iconkawaiitentenchan: :icontracelegacy: :iconshirogirl24: :icontenshibakaneko: :icontenshibakainu: :iconrouroken321:

]]> ~witalicious ME IN A NUTSHELL http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/12914498/ http://witalicious.deviantart.com/journal/12914498/ Thu, 31 May 2007 10:44:03 PDT
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
FALL OUT BOY
COMPUTER
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
VAMPIRES
WEREWOLVES
PRINCE JONATHAN OF CONTE
HARRY POTTER( 1,2,3,4,5 AND 6)
LORD MORPHEUS
ME
SOLITARE
MY iPod
PHOTOGRAPHY
MYSPACE
ANDREA
KIMMY
VANYA
ANA
SARAH C
MOLLY
TANNER(MY HORSEEE)
TALKING
DRAWING
DOWNLOADING ILLEAGALY (MUSIC)



SPEDS
MY LEGS
STALKERS
COUNTRY MUSIC
LESBIANS
MR WONG
PERVERTS
THAT STALKER AT THE POOL
BRADY
PEOPLE WHO:
DROOL
SLOBBER
LEAVE GUM IN THE WATER FOUNTAINS
STARE AT MY BOOBS
HATE MCR
THINK THAT IM STUPID
TALK BEHIND PEOPLES BACKS
(PREPS) WHO THINK THEYRE BETTER THAN ANYONE

ALEX WILHITE
YAISA UGAS
AND A WHOLE LOT MORE

]]> ~witalicious