The Great Divide

Note: this is what happens at 1:30 in the morning when you cannot sleep.

No doubt there are many tales in the annals of Magnificat High School. Whether tales of woe (which usually are followed with the slable "jo") or joy, there is none quite so interesting and ironic as the civil war known as history.

I'm not talking about the actual Civil War. Please- that was anything but Civil. Nay, this war of which I speak is not fought out with guns and ammo (of course not. We're a bunch of magnifigirls. If we fought at all it would be with rumours, bitchy comments, and hair-pulling) (alright, granted, that sounds a bit like the government today, but let's not confuse things) and indeed is not a violent war at all. However, it is something which brings to loggerheads two diametrically opposed opionions, these being on the better of the United States History teachers.

(Of course, Komo is not a part of this. Komo is, and always will be, evil. But that's am atter of the world history stuednts, and no doubt there is some sophomore currently in that strife who can tell you that tale)

There are those who wouldn't ocnsider it a war at all. Indeed, it is mostly between the two AP classes that this faction exsists at all. I, as a member of APUSH section one, am of course for the side of Visgak. D. Vis. The name that sounds like a disease, according to Nina. (okay, that's a bit out of context- but you had to be there) Section Two has Giliotti (can I spell that? negative. Can and of section two spell visgak? doubt it) as their leader.

Though this debate does not by any means take up all our free time, (my god, we have boys for that) it is reasonable to judge that at some point during the day, there are those who will get into an argument (or perhaps disagreement) about the superiourity of their teacher. Perhaps you thought I exageratted when I called this a war- but no, indeed, there is fierce loalty to each side. I have debated with my fair share of section two students. While most of them are not as vehement in their beliefs (or we can just be honest and admit that I am a much more overbearing person than either Elaine or KatieSpi) there is no doubt still loyalty to their section.

(Mind you, there are also people in either class that frankly don't give a damn either way. Realy this was is like any other- 1/3 for one side, 1/3 for another, 1/3 with completely apathy no matter what the outcome. Because we have to be honest with ourselves again- some poeple just don't like History, and thus do not care)

I can only give my perspective as a Visgak student. We love coming to class. It's very sad that most of the people I talk to agree that it and Mrs. Neville's class are about the only ones worth attending anymore. (We are seniors, and we all have senioritis, and we all firmly believe that as seniors we should a) do no work and b) not have to attend class) We come everyday, usually to pick up where some exciting cliffhanger left off. We are drawn into history, and it's always rather interesting as class usually begins "well now it's [insert year here]", which puts us right into that year. Not to mention, there is the wit and wisdom of D. vis. Basically, we come for the history but stay for the entertainment. Several students (yes, I am one of them) record the insights to life we receive daily in our history notes. I know mine are littered with knowledge such as, "Life isn't a Burger King- You Can't Always Have it Your Way", and, "There are a lot of Mexicans in Mexico." Also adding to the interest of the class are its pupils, such as Ros, "What's the difference between Frederick Douglass and Stephen Douglas?" (if you knew anything about history, you'd know that that is a rather significant mistake to make) or Nina's usual troublemaking, "you only look cute when people cannot see you"

These elements, combined with mrs. visgak's (does anyone actually call her mrs.? I think most use that sort of slurred ms., though the title general seems more apt) love for Andrew Jackson and Polk (and Caitlin's fatal mistake of asking what he ever did) make our class by far the best.

Gillioti's class will maintain that "giggles' is also amusing. They state that she is interesting as well. But they don't know what they're missing. They just don't understand what real history is like. They just don't appreciate Andrew Jackson like we do.

I have spent the last three days reading five chapters worth of History. I have the midterm for it on Monday. I am coming down with the flu, only my body doesn't want to accept that fact because it got a flu shot, and it cannot decide what to do. I have gotten about 14 hours of sleep all week, most of that during Chem class. I made Miguel teach me to do redox reactions. I am losing my mind. It's 1:30 (well, it was when I started- it's 1:58 now) in the morning, and I got inspired to write this. Tomorrow I will probably ask myself, "what in the hell were you thinking?" But until then, goodnight and goodluck.