We go to a school that's truly full of whimsy. Every week, I feel like I see something new that would only be possible with such special children as these. So today, I wanted to share some of the things that I've seen throughout my years here at Uni, and why they make our school so special. I must first begin with the absolute degeneracy that is German class. Specifically German 4 (I have no idea if other German classes are like this, but ours is truly special). It seems that every class period, something absolutely unhinged happens. A few weeks ago, someone put a thumb tack on poor Sam's seat, and he sat on it. While I did feel bad for him because I'm sure it's not a nice feeling to have a metal pin shoved up your butt, it was one of the funniest things I've seen this year. Another time, someone made a weapon of mass destruction from a mechanical pencil. It could suck up water and then when the eraser was pressed, it would launch the water several feet into the...
This week, I've been seeing some Instagram reels about conspiracy theories, and it got me thinking. I'm sure all of us have heard of some pretty insane-sounding ones. Vaccines cause autism, the moon landing was faked, the Earth is flat, etc. These theories have been disproved time after time again, and yet why do people still believe in them? Why do people ignore decades, centuries, or even millenia of research and instead wholeheartedly believe in some far-fetched theory? I'm going to argue that there are two reasons. First, which is the obvious, that the internet is quickly spreading these conspiracy theories to lots of people. But there exists also a sense among the public that the government and institutions cannot be trusted, which I will show you is not a completely insane idea. Let me give you some examples of when our government and institutions have harmed us. One infamous and relatively recent case was the uncovering of U.S. government surveillance programs on ord...