So I've been meaning to blog about this since before break because it happened second to last period before the pep rally. In math Mrs. Tremont had us play Christmas trivia and we split up into boys vs. girls. There were questions on Christmas songs, movies, and traditions some were obscure and I didn't know the answers to them like a lot of my classmates but what some of them said made me want to tear my hair out. There was a question about it’s a Wonderful Life, what I call the classic Christmas movie. The question was what was the town's name if George had never been born? I didn't know it and neither did anyone else but one girl got angry that the question was too hard. She yelled out "Why don't we have questions on classic Christmas movies life Elf?" I wanted to punch her. I'm sorry if that offends anyone and I'm not saying Elf is a bad movie or shame on her for not knowing it’s a Wonderful Life but Elf is not a classic. I feel like now days kids are starting to know less and less about the classics. Movies, TV, and music were great and are great but no one bothers to learn. There is literally a song out now where they just say I'm different twenty times. Fine that floats your boat but do not tell me that the drum solo in Hot for Teacher is unimportant. Last year at prom Trevor asked me who Alice Cooper was and if she went to our school. This is how bad it is. Can we have not only historical events taught but movies and music also because I don't want to live in a world who can't sing Schools Out in June.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
That is not a classic!
So I've been meaning to blog about this since before break because it happened second to last period before the pep rally. In math Mrs. Tremont had us play Christmas trivia and we split up into boys vs. girls. There were questions on Christmas songs, movies, and traditions some were obscure and I didn't know the answers to them like a lot of my classmates but what some of them said made me want to tear my hair out. There was a question about it’s a Wonderful Life, what I call the classic Christmas movie. The question was what was the town's name if George had never been born? I didn't know it and neither did anyone else but one girl got angry that the question was too hard. She yelled out "Why don't we have questions on classic Christmas movies life Elf?" I wanted to punch her. I'm sorry if that offends anyone and I'm not saying Elf is a bad movie or shame on her for not knowing it’s a Wonderful Life but Elf is not a classic. I feel like now days kids are starting to know less and less about the classics. Movies, TV, and music were great and are great but no one bothers to learn. There is literally a song out now where they just say I'm different twenty times. Fine that floats your boat but do not tell me that the drum solo in Hot for Teacher is unimportant. Last year at prom Trevor asked me who Alice Cooper was and if she went to our school. This is how bad it is. Can we have not only historical events taught but movies and music also because I don't want to live in a world who can't sing Schools Out in June.
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I guess I will be playing "I'm Eighteen" for y'all in Q3. yup, I listened to a lot of Alice Cooper. "dead babies" was popular with my mom, which is why you listen to Alice Cooper anyway. She was a patient woman.
ReplyDeleteAnd I wonder if the criteria to judge a classic are changing? Was there a different list when ZuZu decorated her Xmas tree? Does it matter anymore that Xmas is actually a celebration of a birth--cause it does not matter in Elf. But then you have Scrooge, which is such a sweet homage to A Christmas Carol. I have a friend who decorates more than anyone I know, and usually has a "believe" theme--even two trees-but does not believe in God. I do not even know what to say when I visit.