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June 06, 2008 |
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Erin
FOUND by Laura Warman
in high school
I was walking to my math class when I noticed a bunch of little pieces of paper strewn across the hallway. I picked up each individual piece and earned a tardy for my math class. I stole my math teacher's tape, lost my participation points and slowly taped it all together, discovering the secret lives of Erin and her friend, people whom I've never met. Apparently, there's an argument.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
» The BBC's Jamillah Knowles mixes it up with the FOUND crew after a show in London (starts 1/3 of the way through)!
» We're hopping on a plane and jetting to Europe for our Fall 2008 Euro Tour!
http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/2019
Page 2. Blah blah blah. Everybody gets the day off. Now go outside and play. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.00.
oooh, so apparently Erin's friend has got over things...
maybe erin's subconsious mind led her to write "haven't," because secretly, in her twisted 11 year old mind, she wants to get back with her BFF.
yeah. I'm going with that one.
the double negative in the response makes my head hurt.
ps thanks for the sacrifice, Erin!
"I am dead to you now. Please do me the same favor," eh? OK then, I'll try to "rember" that, and move on. No biggie, bitch.
Three easy words you could have wrote,Repeat after me: "Lose My Number"...Well done.
Two different pens...is the black one the exfriend's response, or did Erin write it in black to make it stand out? "Get over it!! No, REALLY!"
i think the reply in black is the other girl. ahh..teenage drama
And another thing - stop thinking about me. Really, get on with your life.
What was that? You were just thinking about me weren't you?
I said stop it!
Erin
PS. That better not be me you're thinking about.
PSS. I'm serious!
PSSS. STOP
I wonder if Erin/ex-friend have a bitch-fight video on You Tube.
I wonder which one tore up the note?
this has been on found before. bummer.
no, it hasnt been on here before. this is the second part to the note. any major dude posted the first link. check it out!
Oh! Thanks for the link. Now that I have read the first part of the note, I really do think Erin is the more mature one.
aha..it all makes sense, now, majordude.
Erin was on a real roll, but her mistake was adding that last sentence. It’s such an anticlimactic afterthought. And a grammatical abomination of an anticlimactic afterthought…the worst kind.
Erin doesn’t seem like she haven’t got over things either.
Well I feel so cheated! Stretching out a Found over eight months? Why didn't they just post them together? Are we going to get page 3 next February or what??
chillin: Posting the pages of this find in increasingly tense and suspenseful sequels has kind of a Peter Jackson feel to it. Maybe he's working for Found since he didn't get hired to make "The Hobbit."
@Jan- You're so right. Thank you. It's all starting to make sense now....Stay tuned for "Erin and Her Drama Part III", coming to a Found near you next February....
I will 'rember' I am not part of your life.
Whatever, loser-speller-girl. No great loss.
I am sure by now they are fast friends again.
Has anyone else noticed that the centre torn part of the note is shaped exactly like a butterfly?
Well, I guess that destruction breeds creation...
Oh, and could someone please explain the american education system to an english alien? What's a tardy and what are participation points? They sound patronising to the point of extremes.
I assumed the recipient was male, in which case this is what he heard:
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
The school in question keeps track of times you are late (that's the tardy). The number of tardies probably shows up on your report card, and once you collect a certain number there might be a punishment. Then in that particular class you can earn a few marks for participation, i.e. paying attention, asking and answering questions, not being disruptive. It seems that the way it's done in that class is that you're assumed to have earned the points at the beginning of the class, and then the teacher takes them away if you're, for example, taping bits of paper together instead of paying attention. It's a way to allow people who lack math aptitude but try really hard to squeak through the class, and to force the genius to pay attention to the idiocy even though they don't need the class.
Good answer! Good answer! Survey says..... Ding!
Jess: To comply with attendance requirements, schools keep track of how many times students are late or absent from school. It is entered into the records because 1. Schools must account for how many minutes of instructional time are allotted for each subject. There are minimum standards set by each state's department of education, and 2. It is what attentive and conscientious educators should watch for, particularly with struggling students. Excessive tardiness and/or absences can be indicators of issues at home, a transportation problem, etc., and we can offer alternatives or assistance. It is not a matter of being punitive, though there can be corrective steps taken, depending on the reason for the absences. If a student misses too many days, they can be held back because they've missed too much instructional time. At my school, the principal and counselor make their first intervention at 5 tardies and their response escalates from that point.
Regarding participation points, good teachers use them as another assessment method to see if kids know their lessons and can articulate processes and make reasoned responses. Oral speaking is part of the educational benchmarks in every subject and participation points are just one of a variety of ways to incorporate the benchmark into daily intruction. It is also a way to let kids who are more verbal play to their strengths. Ideally, opportunities for classroom participation from every student is the goal, which makes the day so much fun.
Sorry for the treatise but those things are misunderstood, and it is was a chance to depart from my usual smart aleck persona.
The typical American high school experience is one of micromanaged bullshit. Not to mention that it does nothing to prepare kids for life after school.
Look if I tell you one more time...
I want no part of you. Go away!
Live your own life.
Don't even look in my direction.
I don't need you and don't like you.
Erin
PS. call me!
the last sentence in black marker is definitely erin, her k's all look the same.
I noticed the butterfly shape as well. At first I thought it was a pattern on the paper but upon closer inspection i noticed the tape holding the paper bis together
ooooh, Alan, you shoulda ended it "P.S. Page me later!" hee hee
I think Joe Sepi and co. (the guys who put the Find titled "Dear Jessica" to music) should have a go at this one. I'd really like to hear that. (check out Dear Jessica in the Found Blog.. http://tinyurl.com/4blrjz )
Thank you any major dude for finding the first link. As soon as I read the finder's story I knew it was a repeat, I just didn't recognize the find. I thought maybe we were back to mis-matched finds to finder's stories.
@ Laura in highschool in Wash – wow! I don’t recall any other Finds where the Finder *sacrificed* to get & send to Found!! Kudos!!
@ major – THANKS! For posting that link….
@ bored – yep, the “k”s are the most tellingest, eh?
As Sherlock (Camelia) Holmes would say… “We must look into this further” [would he say that?]… and I ran into a bunch of AHAs here!
FIRST of all,
This Found is written entirely by the same person (look at the ‘k’s – the ‘t’s – the contractions ending in [‘postrophe-t] (e.g., in the blue ink, “don’t” [5x!], in the black ink “doesn’t”]… the word “things” is in the blue ink part, and again in the black ink.
à But! What got me started on that – look at the line with both blue & black ink… I read the [blue] “I do! I I” in black]
{-Camelia pats self on back and goes on to NEXT revelation-}
SECOND, after checking the OTHER post:
- June 6, 2008 found is #2020
- October 30, 2007 found is #2019.
I think that Erin wrote THAT one too!! (note the ‘k’s again, etc.)
Now -- Well I must digress again (no not me!)
In the past, I would “save picture as” in the [“my pics/found” folder] of some of the founds… Found Folks (oh that naughty Jason) put a short name on the image .jpg file. [in the past, I mistakenly would add the date of the Found to the name on my file. NOW I add the Found number, so I can find it again.]
I went to save these two Found’s, for future access, and I noticed ANOTHER clue!! – and this leads to a Whole New Mystery….
THIRD, Today, June 6, Found (#2020) is labeled:
erintiffanypart3
The October 30 Found (#2019) is labeled:
erintiffanycontinued
SO… there’s gotta be another one somewhere, right? I tried finding #2018 & #2020 – to no avail.
FOURTH, I finally see (in today’s found) where the name Erin comes in – but where did we get Tiffany’s name?
Curiouser and Curiouser….
@ alan: it's p.p.s. not p.s.s.
@ flargy: did you go to a typical american high school? do you think creatively, openly, independently? are you telling me you weren't encouraged to do so in high school? if that's not preparing you for life i don't know what is.
(and if you didn't go to a typical american high school, how exactly do you know?)
@ Camelia: You are TOTALLY on to something. Conspiracy theories within Found? Hmm...
As a side note... High school drama sucks. As do tardies. But, combining the two into a "Found" item, and it's GOLD.
All these theories, drama, arguments, torn paper shapes like *butterflies*, pink paper, etc...
I can't take it anymore!!! Please....make the HELL stop!! STOP!! STOP!!
K, I'm ready for tomorrow's FINDS!!
Well. I don't know about all that. But I just want to say this: I. Never. Use. Algebra. And I want to say to my 4th grade teacher Ms. Duniphan--I start sentences with And and But, take that! Plllttt.
Actually, Lars, I did serve some time in the typical high school setting, and it was the second most senseless waste of time I've ever experienced (computer solitaire being #1). I was lucky enough to move on to the alternative high school program (also part of the public school system), where I finally got some useful and valuable education.
In regular high school, I was not at all encouraged to think creatively, openly, or independently. I developed those skills on my own. But even if those types of thinking had been encouraged, they couldn't take the place of learning to think realistically and practically, which are what you really need to get by in the drudgery of day to day life. The rest comes in handy on the fun, recreational side of things.
And what's up with the accusatory tone? It seems you're implying that I'm talking about something I know nothing about.
Erin, you could have made your point with less trouble if you'd just ignored whomever it is you sent this long repetitive and redundant note that keeps repeating its main point to.
@ Librarian --
Yeah, it's a "Take my name outta your Rol-o-dex!" kinda message..