I’m beginning to believe that one of the personal attributes required in order to attend college is enjoyment of pain and suffering inflicted by others. As always, teachers have chosen to put off midterms, final projects, and tests until the last two weeks of school. Seeing as I’m on the path to becoming an engineer, this math is relatively easy to understand, see if you can follow along.

length of quarter = 10 weeks
middle of the term = 10 weeks/2 = 5 weeks
actual midterm = 10 weeks
5 weeks = 10 weeks = FALSE

This simple flaw in mathematics has resulted in endless pain and suffering. The point of a midterm is to test students on material covered up to the middle of the term, while the final is designed to test students on the second half of the term. Of course, this assumes that teachers truly care about how much is absorbed by the students. This is called a variable, which is unfortunately completely uncontrollable.

So complain train aside, I have one picture to describe what today should have been. It seems that Tim Burton was destined to make Alice in Wonderland ever since the early days, where his films consisted of 5 minutes of meticulously shot claymation. While I was unable to see Alice today, I can’t help but wonder how Burton will utilize CGI while maintaining the sometimes crude, dark visual flare that has carved a place for some of his lowest budget films in top movie lists around the country. If George Romero, who created Night of the Living Dead before computers were relevant, can produce a deep and satisfying zombie movie nearly 40 years after the first film in the series was released, then I have hopes for Burton. Hopefully I’ll be able to put my suspicions aside for cold-hard fact by the end of next week. Until then, take the time to enjoy classic Burton.