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Jan. 22nd, 2023
21st January 2023 Writings
Jan. 22nd, 2023 07:22 pm21st
Excerpt from: Daria and Change
“Class, we have a new student joining us today. Please welcome Daria Morgendorffer. Daria, raise your hand, please.”
Daria raised her hand.
“Well, Daria. As long as you have your hand raised.” He then chuckled. “I suppose you think it’s unfair to be asked a question on the first day of class.”
“Excuse me?”
“Daria, can you concisely and unemotionally sum up for us the doctrine of Manifest Destiny?
“Manifest Destiny was a slogan popular in the 1840s. It was used by people who claimed it was God's will for the U.S. to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean. These people did not include many Mexicans,” Daria answered.
“Very good, Daria. Almost... suspiciously good. All right, class. Who can tell me which war Manifest Destiny was used to justify?” He spotted Kevin Thompson, who he hoped would get something right. “Kevin? How about you?”
“The Vietnam War?” the football player guessed.
DeMartino was more annoyed. “That came a little later, Kevin... a hundred years later. A lot of good men died in that conflict, Kevin. I believe we owe it to them to at least get the century right!”
“Uh? Operation Watergate?” Kevin guessed again.
Daria looked at the interaction between the quarterback and the teacher. It was obvious that the former was out of his depth.
“Can I come to?”
Words: 228
Excerpt from: Legacy of Westchester
In April, Kennedy orders the deployment of troops to the Dominican Republic as a deterrent against invasion by the Haitians.
Strange lights are seen over Denver, Colorado in late July.
In May, the BBC begins running a series on the Mages in Kent, Kentish Mages.
A British outpost on the Antarctic Peninsula is attacked and destroyed by a kaiju in early May.
Words: 62
Total: 290
Excerpt from: Daria and Change
“Class, we have a new student joining us today. Please welcome Daria Morgendorffer. Daria, raise your hand, please.”
Daria raised her hand.
“Well, Daria. As long as you have your hand raised.” He then chuckled. “I suppose you think it’s unfair to be asked a question on the first day of class.”
“Excuse me?”
“Daria, can you concisely and unemotionally sum up for us the doctrine of Manifest Destiny?
“Manifest Destiny was a slogan popular in the 1840s. It was used by people who claimed it was God's will for the U.S. to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean. These people did not include many Mexicans,” Daria answered.
“Very good, Daria. Almost... suspiciously good. All right, class. Who can tell me which war Manifest Destiny was used to justify?” He spotted Kevin Thompson, who he hoped would get something right. “Kevin? How about you?”
“The Vietnam War?” the football player guessed.
DeMartino was more annoyed. “That came a little later, Kevin... a hundred years later. A lot of good men died in that conflict, Kevin. I believe we owe it to them to at least get the century right!”
“Uh? Operation Watergate?” Kevin guessed again.
Daria looked at the interaction between the quarterback and the teacher. It was obvious that the former was out of his depth.
“Can I come to?”
Words: 228
Excerpt from: Legacy of Westchester
In April, Kennedy orders the deployment of troops to the Dominican Republic as a deterrent against invasion by the Haitians.
Strange lights are seen over Denver, Colorado in late July.
In May, the BBC begins running a series on the Mages in Kent, Kentish Mages.
A British outpost on the Antarctic Peninsula is attacked and destroyed by a kaiju in early May.
Words: 62
Total: 290