<p>so in 8th grade i decided to skip a year in math. I studied logic over the summer, and I made a mistake with my propositions, and suddenly it seemed that i had…disproved…logic.
Terrified, I expected the world to suddenly collapse (or perhaps float) as I showed this to my teacher. He laughed when he saw my mistake,
then he gave me a lesson on paradoxes.</p>
<p>the answer is:
I don’t know, I don’t remember how we dealt with it in my logic lesson.</p>
<p>Who’s in love with metonymy?</p>
<p>Not me. My Lang & Comp class last year instilled in me a fear of most rhetorical devices. I am quite partial to anaphora and epistrophe, though.</p>
<p>Now the big one–what is the meaning of life?</p>
<p>A plain omlette on a bagel. Best thing in the world.</p>
<p>How much would you pay someone to walk the dog for you every day for he rest of its life?</p>
<p>Theyd have to pay me!!</p>
<p>Do you love your doggie??</p>
<p>Not enough to want to walk him 
Maybe if it were warmer, though the temperatures here have dropped dramatically in the past week or so.</p>
<p>Winter or summer?</p>
<p>Summer. With the A/C on, mind you.</p>
<p>Have you ever picked a booger and eated it?</p>
<p>(Yes, I know it’s “eaten,” but eated sounds so childish and cute, I couldn’t help myself.)</p>
<p>No, gross…</p>
<p>Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?</p>
<p>Yeah. Both as a victim and a passenger.</p>
<p>Would you ever learn Farsi?</p>
<p>Nope-- I don’t plan on learning any languages other than English (I’m from the U.S.) and Spanish.</p>
<p>Are Americans really as bad as they are portrayed as?</p>
<p>No nation is bad.
The thing about Americans and the reason why foreigners are often disappointed with them is that we have great expectations for you. After all, the USA is the richest country in the world, perhaps the biggest political power in the world. This means that a lot of the things which happen are caused by or can be changed by the Americans. That is, the Americans, no matter whether they want it or not, carry big responsibility. This is why it is “bad” when a US citizen admits he/ she has no idea where Iraq is or when somebody asks “What is the capital of Asia?” (a real case). This person will go and vote for a president who has all the power to ruin the life of millions of people somewhere.
This is why it is “bad” that many Americans are not educated enough.
Secondly, the American culture influences the whole world. US cinema, music and popular figures are known and glorified everywhere and they set the behaviour models. When they destroy the human moral and society, we can call them “bad”. And some of them really do this.
I think these are the the reasons why people are tempted to label the Americans as “bad”. However, these “Americans” are not aliens but people from Europe, Africa and where-not-else, so all their vices are our vices too. </p>
<p>I only wished that the American people would realize its responsibility. They are given this gift of prosperity, they should use it. </p>
<p>Of course, I would like to stress on the fact that is MY opinion.</p>
<p>The question is so good, I’ll ask it again:
Are Americans really as bad as they are portrayed as?</p>
<p>“It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that other nations are in a conspiracy to under-value them.” -Henry James</p>
<p>I think the above quote just about sums up my thoughts on this matter. :)</p>
<p>What came first…the chicken or the egg?</p>
<p>both. Once chicken is useless without another chicken and the one egg is useless without another egg that will become a chicken. If there is a chicken and an egg together than the one chicken can sit on the egg until it hatches and then mate with it.</p>
<p>OF course, that disregaurds roosters…</p>
<p>How bad is today going to be?</p>
<p>Terrible…massive physics test.</p>
<p>How many miles per gallon does your car get?</p>
<p>15
its horrible it seems as if im at the gas station every day</p>
<p>what kind of car do you have?</p>
<p>2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee.</p>
<p>In your opinion, what college is the most overrated?</p>
<p>The all-powerful harvard. Overblown and people fail to recognize the awesomeness of schools like say UChicago or URochester :)</p>
<p>Favorite overrated school?</p>
<p>Not sure.</p>
<p>What was the best song of 2006?</p>
<p>Hard to choose: T.I.‘s “What You Know”, Murs’ “Murs Day,” The Knife’s “Neverland,” and what the hell, “Crazy” because we couldn’t get it out of our heads no matter how overplayed it was. </p>
<p>What was the best album of 2006?</p>
<p>Tough one: probably a tie between Senses Fail-- Still Searching and Underoath- Define the Great Line.</p>
<p>Who is the most annoying celebrity?</p>
<p>Obviously Paris Hilton. What is she even famous for, being a slut or being rich?</p>
<p>What will be the biggest story, news or otherwise, of 2007?</p>