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Rated: GC · Letter/Memo · Scientific · #2315318
A marriage proposal, of sorts
<Preamble>
My Math/Art teacher from Purpose Alternative School in New Westminster, BC gave me a final grade of B+ in Math 11 despite me not completing the last semester of work, which was 3 units, nor writing the final exam. He knew I would have gotten an A+ had I been able to continue with the course. I also know that I would have gotten an A+ in Math because I always got an A or an A+ in Math consistently throughout school, no exceptions.

Anyhow, I left school so I could enroll into a work program which gave me the skills and the power to forever cut myself off of government assistance, make my own money, and support myself (and the one "man" that I "married" in a fraudulent ceremony).

N.B. Similar story happened while I was taking Chemistry 11. I didn't complete the last few units or write the final exam. I was working 2 full time jobs, volunteering full time, and had a lot of other stuff on the go so I dropped the course and took a B and said good enough, lol! I did have an A/A+ to that point, but then my female teacher, who I believe had long blonde hair and may have mentioned that her father works/worked in the Faculty of Science at TRU, had to subtract the total amount of unfinished work I had and estimate my final grade based on that. Thus, my Chem 11 grade dropped to a B.

I suppose if I'd just worked a bit harder, put in more effort, and stopped procrastinating and being so goddamn lazy I could have forced myself to study/work around the clock, forgoing any rest/sleep to complete those last few units for the A+. Alas, I was unable to do this. My fragile nature as a female and my inferior genetic stock are clearly prohibitive and obviously inhibit my ability to learn and keep up with everyone else...

Actually, I have 100% confidence that I would have gotten an A/A+ in Chem 11 had I been able to continue with the course. Chemistry concepts, changes to states of matter, chemical compounds, formulas and equations have always made sense to me easily and naturally. Idk, it just feels familiar. I especially enjoy visualizing and drawing out the chemical structues of various molecules and the types of bonds they are connected by.

<Part 1>
I remember my Math/Art teacher from 1998/1999 telling my class that Art and Math are related/connected concepts. This should be obvious to anyone familiar with Leonardo da Vinci.

I believe that the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) umbrella is missing out on truly blossoming by not being inclusive of the letter A for Arts, which includes languages and cultures as all are Ultima_tely interlinked. Arts and culture is a necessary component to life. It is required for civilization to grow and advance and for our peoples to continue to branch out and thrive in fun and stimulating environments. The addition of the Arts will help the STEM connect and enhance its communication & visualization styles/techniques as it branches out and generates new perspectives and insights. In return, the STEM shall nourish the Arts as they work in conjunction to thoroughly understand and communicate concepts, ideas, multi-dimensional sensory information, and multicultural interdisciplinary knowledge effectively both within the cellular membrane of the STEM and beyond the cellular wall of the STEM through words, sounds, and multimedia visuals.

Ideograms, symbols, SI notation, chemical compositions, et al. are obviously included with this relationship proposal as all are forms of communicating and relaying information concisely and effectively. We all know that technical specifications require diagrams, educational instruction requires catchy rhymes and mnemonics, and good instructions require drawings and photos. Even Charles Darwin sketched the damn birds while he was studying on the Galapagos!
SPECIAL note: If you view the Galapagos via Google Earth, you will notice that it resembles a seahorse.

<Part 2>
My official proposal to the STEM field:
I propose we pull the letter A out of our ancient primordial soup and add the Arts' diverse beauty, culture, and knowledge to help STEM evolve and explore new frontiers; embrace and challenge existing space/time/field theories; discover, create, and fuse together modern & ancient designs, techniques, and bridgeways; and realize/utilize the full potential of its repertoire. I believe that Art will infuse and inspire new growth in the field through openly sharing perspectives while developing new relationships. Art will also add some much needed environmental enrichment to the academic spaces within the great ivory towers of the academia gods established bases throughout the many divided sectors of our nations, and all my/our relations.

Does the STEM accept this offer of absorbing the unique properties and characters of the Arts? Does the STEM promise to unconditionally love and accept the addition of the initial A into its secret underground nucleotide base pairing drop zone cave located deep in the Amazon jungle?

If so, I have compiled a list of potential acronyms for this pre-arranged marriage of STEM/Arts as the left and right brain hemispheres (formerly known as logic and creativity) unite, facilitated by the fascinating conduction, transduction, and transmissive powers of the mysterious corpus callosum. As follows:

STEAM
TEAMS
MEATS
MATES
TAMES

Alternatively, I have crafted a very meaningful option using a secret ancient technique of drawing a line to symbolize the very important bridge that will be connecting these 2 disciplines:
The S-TEAM
Supportive Information for the Proposed Bridge Version Listed Above:
S class is the top level/tier/class in many video games and their associated industry's grading/ranking scales/systems.

What say you?
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