Affect

Effect Vs. Affect

Before I can go on about affect, you have to know what it means. If you already know, then go ahead and click here to get to the next topic. If you're a bit wobbly on where the line is drawn, keep on reading.

Affect means to have an effect on or to make a difference to. Effect is a change that is a result or consequence of an action or another cause. I used to be confused between the use of these two, but now I think I have a very clear meaning for these two words.

My rule of thumb for when to use effect and when to use affect is if you're talking about a feeling or emotion or interaction between living things use affect and if you're talking about something non-living or something consequential use effect. Feel free to use whatever you want as long as you get what it means. Anyhow, onto the actual topic of conversation.

Affect.

Today there were two people in my French 9 class that seemed off. One of them was a student, and the other was actually the teacher. The student seemed off in the way that he was not his usual raucous self, but instead was kind of down and depressed. The teacher was off because she was snapping at everybody without warning and seemed like she was just lashing out at everybody.

First of all, I just want to say that the student and I aren't the best of friends. We don't have anything against each other, but we're just friends. However I'm not enough of a friend to him to be able to have the... right (does that work?) to try and comfort him. I feel like I'd just make him worse. Anyhow, there were rumours of his girlfriend breaking up with him or whatever, and honestly, I think that is the case.

But I don't think just because your girlfriend (or boyfriend in some cases) broke up with you gives you any right to just walk into a class and affecting everybody majorly. If you're mad or sad, then you stay home, or you keep those things to yourself. I try to leave my personal life and school life separate.

I don't want to sound like an ass or anything, so I will say that I genuinely do feel bad for the guy. The past few days I've seen him he's been much more vibrant and joyful mood, and now just to see him like this... well, who wouldn't feel bad? One thing I do want to say is that I would've just wanted him to stay home. If he was really that miserable (enough to be angrily pushing chairs aside), then he should've just stayed home. No point in going to school.

Oh, and everybody should stop being an idiot and teasing him about it.

Now for the teacher. At times it seemed like she was okay, and at other times... no. She seemed a bit angry, and I remember that she did mention that at the start of Term 2 she'd be teaching another block before us. The teacher said that she'd probably be very moody by the time she got us in third block, but... I don't know. Something felt wrong, but I'm not one to poke into her business. I would've preferred if she just made an announcement about how she was feeling off and for us to behave properly (for once), but that's already expected out of us.

Overall just a really bad French block.

My, That Was Long.

Sorry for keeping you here for so long. I'll keep the ending short and snappy.

I'm an 8 today. Fortunately French class didn't put me in a bad mood. Shout out to Viola and Hamish, who are our new grade eight and grade ten rep (respectively). There was also another grade eight rep, but I don't actually know who he is, so I can't really shout out (congrats to him though).

"The brighter you are, the more you have to learn." - Don Herold