What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

High School Nostalgia

Things I learned about in high school that I still remember with any degree of usefulness:

  • the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict
  • how to read maps
  • basic Latin
  • an overview of Medieval methods of torture
  • the elemental symbol for Potassium is K; it also explodes in water
  • the relative percentages of male vs female colourblindness in the general population
  • the relationship between Trotsky and Stalin
  • how to pronounce ‘djed’ (you drop the j)
  • the history of Aboriginal oppression in Australia
  • the lyrics to Hey Jude
  • an overview of David Mamet
  • how to write incredibly dull, repetitive essays
  • a hatred of the word juxtapositioning

#that’s it #that’s the lot #six years of education #what a legacy

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