The Brilliance Of Nick Drake and classroom shite

Hmm.

I'm sitting here at my com, and I'm listening to two of Nick Drake's albums: 'Bryter Layter' and 'Pink Moon', and I'm quite surprised and happy.

Nick Drake, is quite brilliant in his songwriting, and I believe I can look to him as a sort of yardstick because his acoustic style is similar to mine's. To put it in simple words, Nick Drake is literally the Norah Jones of the finger-picked acoustic guitar. In terms of vocals and musical integrity, Nick Drake is unparalleled.

Oh my goodness. I've got a final math test tomorrow, and without taking this paper, I can pass this semester though I do wish to do well and receive at least a 'B' for maths this semester. Let's hope I will get through all right tomorrow morning.

Apart from that, the relationships between me and the formerly-obnoxious girls in my class has turned from sour, to lukewarm and now to fairly cheerful and warm. And just when something as wonderful as this happens, my relationship with another of my classmates has sunken down into the dregs.

In an attempt to rally the class to not attend Bowy's class tonight, my classmate was arguing that the math test was more important than having lessons with Bowy. I simply cannot agree. She didn't want to stay for lessons. The slight tussle included her saying:

'Please to not talk to me in that matter of tone'

I just replied: 'excuse me, are you my overlord?'

I was rallying support for staying for Bowy's lesson because:

>Bowy hasn't had a lesson with us in two weeks, and it's high time we had some kind of contact before we all lose touch somewhat with Bowy.

>Bowy's lesson tonight was supposed to be the last lesson, and not attending it would be fairly unwise, compared to skiving his lesson, for which he has included in his schedule.

>Bowy made the effort to organise the class (although it was pre-planned, but he had left for overseas two weeks back, and he only contacted me this morning), and as such we should respect his efforts by attending his class although we may need to leave earlier.

>It is simply unethical to skive lessons and encourage people to do so, especially when they are undecided about what to do. Persuasion by herd mentality is simply absurd. Similarly, my classmates are easily influenced by the actions of their friends.


Hence, my classmate was the only person who didn't appear for Bowy's lesson of her own choice. Actually, I can't blame her: she lives in Boon Lay, and it'd take a very long while just to get home, and if we do end late, she'd have no time to practise her mathematics.

However, that said, I encouraged a math discussion-cum-self learning session after our modelling lesson from four to the start of Bowy's lesson, at six-forty pm. It worked wonderfully well, and everybody was involved, asking the better students questions and working out questions. I had difficulties of my own, to speak the truth.

I just believe that the power of objective persuation based on facts and the practise of need, not want is the key to allowing peopel to follow you willingly. Not just blindly (and stubbornly) forcing one's headway into unknown territories.

Cheers,

Crawldaddy