Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Lottery of Lives

"An event that happens to but one in 1 billion people every day occurs about six times a day, 2000 times a year." -incredible statistic found in my online Psychology 12 textbook


(but then again I often read that stats are irrelevant and can never really be trusted. So, I'm not sure what to think.)


“The really unusual day would be one where nothing unusual happens.” -some statistician 


Did you know bumblebees aren't supposed to fly? 


Miracle of Life, right?

{Why is it called the Miracle of Life anyway? Aren't miracles supposed to be things that are unlikely to happen?}




This title makes me think of the lottery that I saw on the news in America in poor towns where they put kids names in a lottery and the kids that win get to go to a better school.

How insane is that?

rich white kids everywhere drop out of school to do drugs and party instead.

I didn't even go through school all the way, because I got bored, but still. I should have and I felt guilty even before I 'dropped out' (I still finished, I just did the bare minimum instead of AP courses and a film thing I wanted to do) because I was thinking about those kids and others that don't get the chance to have the amazing education I got


And now I'm sad :(

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