Haggard Faces 121

part 120 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/07/haggard-faces-part-120.html One of the robots knocks on the bathroom door. “You alright in there?” “I think so, it’s just these gloves appeared out of nowhere and...” “Oh right, we never told you about form fitting technology.” “What’s that?” “It’s a type of clothing that adjusts to any body type. Anyways, we’re all meeting in the hanger in five minutes, so hurry up.” “Ok I’ll meet you there.”

Haggard Faces Part 120

part 121 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/08/haggard-faces-121.html part 119 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/06/haggard-faces-part-119.html Aldan takes it to the bathroom to get dress. The space suit that doesn’t seem to fit him adjusts to his size as he puts the articles on. The bulgy long pants now fit as snug as tight jeans. The bulky shirt jacket not only zips up Automatically as he puts it on. But the sleeves themselves stretch out to form long gloves. “Woah,” Aldan flails. “What in the world!”

Haggard Faces Part 119

part 120 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/07/haggard-faces-part-120.html part 118 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/05/haggard-faces-part-118.html But as Aldan looks for help, he finds the space suits closed in glass cases. Each case is separated into four cabinets which carry a visor helmet with a headlight on top, a bulky shirt jacket attach to a small mechanical backpack, bulgy long pants, and a big pair of boots.

Haggard Faces Part 118

part 119 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/06/haggard-faces-part-119.html part 117 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/04/haggard-faces-part-117.html “They should be some space suits right by the hanger doors, you can use those.” “That’s great, but uh what’s a space suit?” The one who seems to sneer groans. “Look just ask the others for help.” The robot storms off. “I’m busy!” “Gotcha,” Aldan turns to the one who grits his teeth, but he’s so glue to the ships monitors that Aldan’s practically invisible to him. “Guess I’ll just find someone else to help me out then.”

Haggard Faces Part 117

part 118 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/05/haggard-faces-part-118.html part 116 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/03/haggard-faces-part-116.html “You took us to a spaceship graveyard!” The one who seems to sneer said. “Well, where else are we supposed to go.” The one who grits his teeth shuts off the lights. “Besides no one will find us out here and we need new parts for our ship anyways.” “Alright, I'll mount up a party. Just send me a manifest of what we need.” “I'm on it.” “Hey,” Aldan buts in. “Can I come with?” “Sure why not, we need all the hands we can get.”

The Best Essay I Ever Wrote In A U.S. Public School Was Mark As An F

Yes, as the title suggests its true, the best essay I ever wrote in a U.S. public school was mark as an F. It was during my senior year of high school over a decade ago. Unfortunately I lost the paper itself so I don’t remember exactly what I wrote. But I remember it was on the topic of how to write essays and I know exactly why I failed. We were given a set page length and paragraph length to follow. And I deliberately disobey those rules. But there was a method to my madness. The point of my essay was that we don’t need to follow arbitrary rules to write an essay. You can even write a whole paragraph with just one sentence in your essay, as long as you get your points across. But of course the reason my essay was good at least for me was because it was the first time I truly expressed myself in letters despite going through years of “Language Art Classes” where I usually just regurgitated what others had said about topics I didn’t give a damn about. For in school expressing yourself doesn’t matter nearly as much as obeying the arbitrary rules, for their far more important than being literate. Back in my day when we wrote essays in public school. They were riddled with instructions as if essays are like basic arithmetic. They’re almost always about political topics even in elementary school. And to fill in the word count and page length quotas we had to pad out our texts with countless useless word. For ex. Therefore, the artichoke family can be described in fairly simple terms of a type of vegetable that can be garner with relative ease in the... You get the idea. This confused me as child for I would get into reading a lot of great books growing up Narnia, Lord of the Rings, Series of Unfortunate Events, Half Magic, Pendragon, Magic Tree House etc. But what I read as a kid, never align with what I was forced to write out in my classes and for the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why. By the time I got into high school I wanted to take a creative writing class. But the credits for the writing class was so low that I couldn’t take it until I finally got into community college. And it was in the creative writing classes I took in college that I realized I had to learn how to write all over again. Because nearly everything we’re taught in public school is wrong. For starters the only way to teach the English language is through phonics which of course very few public schools teach. Most schools have taught either sight reading or the three cues. So to summarize in phonics you learn reading by sounding out the words for ex. eng’lish, pan’el, plur’al. Etc. Sight reading is giving students whole words and just instructing them to memorize it. And the three cues is a guessing game where you see what pictures might match up to certain words and sentences. But you notice how phonics is the only one that actually teaches kids how to fucking read. No wonder we have growing illiteracy rates. And if that isn’t bad enough by the time students finally have a chance to write anything in class. It’s just some lousy essays or countless tedious book reports. For a class about Language Arts there’s hardly any art in it. Speaking of which most people rightly so have been complaining about the illiteracy rates today while generally ignoring the fact this has been a growing issue going down through multiple generations of public education. That’s why I’m writing this essay to show what’s happening now is nothing new. Why Johnny Can’t Read by Rudolf Flesch publish in 1955 and The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America by Charlotte T. Iserbyt publish in 1999 already cover this to no avail. And only now is there some sensible distrust in public education. I suspect it’s because of how fast the acceleration of the dumbing down has gotten in recent years. Due to a number of contributing factors including and not limiting to neglectful parents, iPad kids, awful school curriculums, and of course the rise of the machines aka social media and AI. So to understand how we got here. We need to know how neglectful parenting became a social norm. The root cause of this comes down to two things. Woman entering the work force and the rise of divorce court, family court, child services and social services. Now one of the consequences of woman entering the workforce was that both parents had less time to spend with their children. This led to the rise of latchkey kids or a more proper term for them should be called TV Heads. For these kids more often than not were raise on TV just as their own kids are now raise on iPads. Which I suspect is one of the main reasons why parents see no issues with having iPad kids. Now combine that with the rise in divorces. Often contributed by woman gaining more cash through the divorce court. Leading to a rise in single parent households. Leading to a rise in government programs built to support single parent households. Leading to lazy parents who expect the state to raise their kids. Leading to these same said parents expecting public school teachers to raise their children because that’s what government employees are for after all. Is it any wonder why child neglect is so common now. When kids are just viewed as a commodity to milk for profit instead of being treated as a fully blooded human beings!!! All of this has laid the groundwork for the iPad kids. But what makes it worse is that the public schools support it. For billions are wasted in putting these iPads into the classrooms. Which of course lead kids just wanting to play their games, use social media, or watch their TikTok’s Shorts etc. Causing them to not learn anything. Not like there was much to learn in these public schools in the first place but still its adding kerosene to the fire. And that’s not to mention the fact that there’s little to no discipline in these schools now a days. Because the admin refuses to punish the kids in anyway shape or form even when they’re acting up. They even refuse to hold back failing students. And the teachers get the blunt of the blame from both admin and the parents. So what good is there in public schools when the children are running the asylum. But what makes it even worse is that the kids think they know it all, because they have AI to do all the work for them. Which is raising a whole generation of complacency and it’s also teaching kids to have complete faith in the machines. And what’s the school’s solution to fix this problem. Dumbing down the curriculum even more to make it easier for kids to pass their classes, which is setting these kids up for failure in life. So how do we truly fix all of this. Well for starters we need to accept the fact that the internet, AI, and social media is an addiction. That handing an iPad to a kid is no different than letting a kid take crack. And the parents who do this should be punish and shamed for child neglect. As for the schools they need to go back to paper and pencil and cut out the iPad entirely. they also need to properly punish kids for misbehaving, hold them back a year if they must. Hell have a separate class for all the misbehave kids, so that the kids behaving can have a proper education. Anything would be better than leaving things the way there are. As to fix the school curriculum we’ll have to go back to older school textbooks printed as far back as the 1800s. No, I’m not kidding ironically these older textbooks would be easier to teach than the modern shit that’s sold to us, let me give you an ex. Here’s a link to Rays New Practical Arithmetic Ray’s New Practical Arithmetic: A Rev. Ed. of the Practical Arithmetic - Joseph Ray - Google Books now go and compare that to your modern math textbooks. You can clearly see the difference So with all this in mind and considering my bias when it comes to a love of literature, how would I go about teaching language arts? Well after teaching the basics with phonics and grammar and all that good stuff in the ole text books. I would teach the reading and writing of different formats. Starting with poetry. None of that modern stuff mind you just classic poetry like sonnets. And why would I teach the reading and writing of poetry to students. Well for starters poems aren’t that daunting. They’re only a few lines to a single page in most cases. And secondly in poetry you learn about the biggest fundamental in all of writing, editing. After all, to write a good poem requires condensing an idea to only the bare essentials while using just a few lines of verse. After that I’d teach them to read and write flash fiction, short stories, creative essays, novellas, and finally novels. There is no reason for a senior in high school to have not finish at least two drafts of their novel by the end of their school year. It may be a high bar to raise but it’s the sort of thing kids should be taught to strive for, instead of constantly lowering the bar for them. And in that way kids will be better prepared for the real world, and they’ll have the proper critical thinking skills they so desperately need. And so in conclusion don’t give kids iPads, properly discipline your kids, get your kids out of public schools as fast as you can, and look for alternatives in education. Primarily home schooling or perhaps a good private school. But remember private schools can be fifty fifty between good or bad depending on the school itself. So choose wisely. Now I know I’m being idealistic as some parents don’t really have the means to change schools. But if that’s the case. At the very least look over your student’s curriculum check their homework. Correct false teachings wherever you can. Actually talk to the teachers and school boards if somethings off. And please be civil, remember don’t be an asshole unless someone’s being a real asshole to you first. And in all things be due diligent with raising your children. They deserve that much at the very least.

Haggard Faces part 116

part 117 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/04/haggard-faces-part-117.html part 115 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/02/haggard-faces-part-115.html “But where are we?” Aldan said. “See for yourself.” The one who grits his teeth flicks on the ship's headlights. Revealing a looming decrepit space station that cycles around countless sunken spaceships.

Haggard Faces Part 115

part 116 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/03/haggard-faces-part-116.html Part 114 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/01/haggard-faces-114.html Suddenly, the ship comes to a halt. Aldan and the one who seems to sneer burst into the cockpit. “What happen?” “It's alright.” The one who seems to grit his teeth reassures them. “We've just docked.”

Haggard Faces 114

part 115 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/02/haggard-faces-part-115.html part 113 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/12/haggard-faces-part-114.html “So we fled the scene and took the operators spaceship. That's why we've been on the run ever since.” The one who seems to sneer fell silent. “And if you're caught?” Aldan said. “We'd be decommission for sure.”

Haggard Faces Part 113

part 114 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2026/01/haggard-faces-114.html part 112 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/11/haggard-faces-part-112.html I was so livid, I wallop the field operator smack in the face. “You’ll get it now.” He wipes his bloody nose with a handkerchief. “You’ll be decommission for sure!” The one who grits his teeth walks up to him. “I don’t think so.” With one foul swoop, he’s knock out. “What are you doing?” I said. “What’s it look like I’m doing,” The one who grits his teeth nabs the operator’s keys. “We’re getting the hell out of here!”

Haggard Faces Part 112

part 113 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/12/haggard-faces-part-114.html part 111 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/10/haggard-faces-part-111.html It's no sooner when I'd gotten back to work, that the one who grits his teeth blunder onto unstable ground. It cause the whole mine to cave in. We scramble through the debris to get out. Most of us made it, but they're a few who are now dead.

Headlines and Slogans

What's the soul of a nation Of an illiterate generation Aggressively spoon fed Online slop content nonstop This is what's causing The onslaught of brain rot, Even the news is condensed To cheap headlines and slogans And all the excuses for it Amount to fuck the context! Ya just need to rep What we believe in Else you're the enemy of all our enemies And you know what we do To those who don't believe In our collective, Cause we got no room For the individual soul When the AI algorithms Regulate the masses What's left for the human race Is nothing but useless disgrace.

Haggard Faces Part 111

part 112 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/11/haggard-faces-part-112.html part 110 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/09/haggard-faces-part-110.html Easy job my ass I thought. As we’re drag into the farthest and darkest mines of the entire complex. “Start scanning.” The field operator shoves us inside. While he just stands there looking over our shoulders. The others start working. But all I had to do was take a quick glace around to know this was way too dangerous. “This is ridiculous!” I confronted the field operator. “Theres no need to scan this mine, we can tell at a glance it’s too unstable to salvage.” “O what would you know ya tin headed dimwit.” “Why you.” I ball my hands into fist. “Go ahead hit me!” The field operator shoves the side of his face in front of me. “It’ll make it all the easier to decommission you.” With a hiss I begrudgingly got back to work.

Hit List

I got my Glock in my back pocket Ready to spill the blood of our enemies With all their names jotted down on my hitlist First up we got Jesus Christ, But since I can't kill him cause he's already dead I'll kill some of his flock instead I'll be sure to make the children suffer When I spray the Sunday school in lead Next up, is that cracker whore that hops onto my bus So, I'll take a nice jab at her in the neck when she's looking the other way And laugh at the shock in her face As no knight in shining armor will save her today And finally, I've got that outspoken spokesmen Who contradicts all our beliefs Thats why I made sure his wife and kids watched As their loved one's brain splatter into the pavement, Man all these fuckers had what was coming to them Don't you agree with me?

Haggard Faces Part 110

part 111 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/10/haggard-faces-part-111.html part 109 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/08/haggard-faces-part-109.html Well one day when it was half pass two in the morning, we're resting in our charging stations. After a grueling day of work when our field operator burst into the room. “Rise and shine,” He yank one of us off the cord. “Ya lazy bucket of bolts.” “Hey we're not even at fifty percent of our power yet.” I stood up to glare at him. “So what,” The field operator smirk. “I got an easy job for you.”

Haggard Faces Part 109

part 110 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/09/haggard-faces-part-110.html part 108 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/07/haggard-faces-part-108.html “It all started five years and a hundred and twenty-seven days ago.” The one who sneers nods its head. “We're built to withstand the most dangerous and deadly environments known to man. Specially in the field of mining on Nesh'in five. It's there that we would evaluate the most unstable areas. And report our findings to our field operator. Then it was up to him to have the final say If we're to resecure an area or not.”

Haggard Faces Part 108

part 109 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/08/haggard-faces-part-109.html part 107 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/06/haggard-faces-part-107.html “Its a long story.” The one who seems to sneer waves him off. “So what,” Aldan stands in his way. “We got plenty of time.” The one who seems to sneer rolls its eyes. “Why do I have the sinking feeling you're not gonna let this go.” “Because im not, gonna let this go that is.” “Alright, alright, I'll talk.”

Haggard Faces Part 107

part 108 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/07/haggard-faces-part-108.html part 106 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/05/haggard-faces-part-106.html They all ran back into the ship before catching their breath. The one who grits his teeth starts the engines. Before long their spaceship soars through the sky's above. “Hey,” Aldan walks up to the one who seems to sneer. “What was all that back there?”

Haggard Faces Part 106

part 107 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/06/haggard-faces-part-107.html part 105 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/04/haggard-faces-part-105.html “You alright?” The one who grits its teeth runs to them alongside Aldan. “We're OK.” They said. “What is that thing?” Aldan points at Crimson. “And why's it trying to kill you?” “I'll explain later.” The one who seems to sneer walks pass him. “Let's get back to the ship before sleeping beauty wakes up.”

Haggard Faces Part 105

part 106 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/05/haggard-faces-part-106.html part 104 is here: https://randomblog1w.blogspot.com/2025/03/haggard-faces-part-104.html The one who sneers leads them to a dead end. “Quick lets turn back before...” Crimson stands in their way. His gun aiming at them point blank. “You're mine now!” And just as he's about to pull the trigger. He's whack on the back of the head.