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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist

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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

Train Tracks and Slave Ships

For the past fourteen years or so, I have been crossing the train tracks on a daily basis. I come from one place, many of the people that I deal with come from another. A world where I am guest, but never a member, a place where I feel inferior. As a society, we all [...]
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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

Mommy

We all say that we do not want to be like our parents when we get older. Well too bad, for the most part, many of us inherit some Godforsaken trait of our parents. This entry is an ode to my mother, the person that I loved to hate in high school, blamed many of [...]
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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

Now that I am an official commuter into the city, I take the LIRR to lessen the chances of killing people from traffic frustration. As some of you already know, I tend to be overly observant of my surroundings. So on the way home yesterday, two people we sitting behind me on  the train. Sounds norma
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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

Is Bigger Better??

Today I went to Tropical Smoothie Cafe ( a local smoothie place) and ordered a Banana Strawberry Smoothie (thanks to my sister Caroline, I love anything Strawberry Banana). Once they finished my order, they handed me a gargantuan  sized drink that, of course I could not finish. I then wondered to my
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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

The Politics of Teaching Politics

‘We don’t need no education, we don’t need no thought control’ -Pink Floyd Teaching, a rewarding profession that everyone benefits from. In New York, there is a blatant need for good teachers that will help educate the future of dismal America.  But, as with everything, politics is a strong force ev
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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

What I Observed While Standing on the Welfare Line

Apple Juice in baby bottles, screaming children,  Under dressed women, a sea of bad weaves; this is what one would generally find when entering a Social Services office in the United States.  Can people really live like this, relying on the government to pay their way? Welfare, it has been around si
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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

Am I Validated?

A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. - Jane Austen All of us at one point or another has laughed, cried and joked about love, but do we know what love really is? As with anything, there are many different forms of love, [...]
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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

What is College?

Congratulations on your accession into adult society! That is basically what they are telling you once they hand you that wonderful diploma that you have paid so much for. But, what is college? Once I graduated college in 2008 with a B.A. in Social Science/History, I felt so exalted and smart, but t
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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

Are parents really parents or just vessels for the future?

Santino, my three year old son, had asked me the other day ” mommy, what color was Jesus?” This is not the typical ” how do I brush my teeth” question, so it definitely required a bit of extra thought. So I tried to explain it to him in the ‘teacherly’ way by saying that [...]
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The Random Thoughts of an Idealist · 1Y ago

My First Post!!!

So all of you that have made it this far must really want to hear my rambling. So I must first start off with this, what actually is an Idealist? Well the textbook definition is : A theory that the essential nature of reality lies in conscientiousness or reason. Take that definition as you will [...
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