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So I just finished my first “week” at my new teacher job at a Jersey City middle school (it was 3 half-days). I’ve put myself through quite the emotional rollercoaster: one anxious night of sleep; reflective meaning of life questions on the Hudson; and endless over-planning. But after class today, I felt so positively happy, I couldn’t believe it.

Some of my students have already expressed the fact that they both a) have fun in my class and b) are trying hard to follow the rules for me. This is overall much more fulfilling for me personally.

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In other words, SCIENTISTS CREATE LIFE!

Eat that, God. We don’t even need you as a concept anymore.

Madconomist has a pretty lengthy advice article explaining at length why American youths should think twice about the current education/career system in place and it’s a really thought provoking read. Certainly, there’s plenty to disagree with and perhaps more than a few radical ideas and recommendations, but there’s also some really good stuff. Advice on keeping your head above water in potentially turbulent times, on higher education, and learning skills and crafts, and on bettering yourself as a person—not to improve the ego, but to make yourself more capable of shifting and adjusting with the times. Very much worth the read, regardless of whether or not you have the time.

Quite Possibly, The Most Unorthodox Piece Of Advice Ever Given To The American Youths.

If you have never listened to the 5th movement of Beethoven’s 9th symphony, you have been living an empty and unfulfilling life. Grab yourself a stiff drink and a blaringly loud stereo and play the whole thing without interruption or distraction.

Download the mp3 here.

I’m not sure if you guys have heard of this site that lets you keep a to do list. You can email yourself, use it with your google calendar, use it with your iphone or ipod touch, use quicksilver in conjunction with it (if you use such things).

It might be for you, it might not. If you don’t like it, take my brother in law’s advice: