Dear Online Teacher

[siamesa]

This was going to be a rant about me being annoyed that I didn't get makeup days for being sick.  But then I see that I finished Unit Eight ages ago and neither needed nor deserved them seeing as how long I had compared to how long I was lying in bed miserable.

So thank you, Online Teacher, for being awesome.

In other news, I've decided that my obsession with dysfunctional families in fiction stems not from my happy, mostly normal family in real life, but from my early preoccupation with the Tudors, which stems from my preoccupation with Elizabeth I, which stems from the fact that she had my name and she was awesome.

I love studying the Tudors.  They just fascinate me.  On the minus side, this means that whenever they're in popular culture I turn into one of those screaming people because Is Historical Accuracy Really That Difficult, Certain Authors Who Will Not Be Named?  Mary Boleyn was not a virgin when she caught Henry's eye.  Mary Boleyn was a slut who'd slept with most of the French court and who King Francis referred to as "my hackney."  Her story is very, very interesting, but is not the one that you told.  Also, most evidence suggests she was older than Anne, although that is still up for debate.

What was I saying?

I'll go with this:
DAVIDSON WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comments

[albumsontheside.livejournal.com]

As a Brit, I commend you on your love of the Tudors. Having studied them to death, however, I still have nervous breakdowns any time someone says the word "Reformation".

How goes it, my love? GLAD YOU GOTS THE LJ, OH YES.

[siamesa.livejournal.com]

Going good.

We never study the Tudors (we mentioned the Reformation once, and I believe the teacher may have at some point said the words "Henry VIII," although the book called Katherine of Aragon Queen of Spain), but I have a similar reaction now whenever anyone suggests I compare the Constitution to the Articals of Confederation.

It's not hard to find new, interesting stuff that other teachers haven't covered! Why doesn't anyone let them do it?

[albumsontheside.livejournal.com]

Because that would make learning fun, and that, as we both know, is illegal ;D