it's only week 3 of term 1 ;__;

my shoes (and shins) are caked with mud because of the soccer module
so far i've just been thinking about JC and getting terrified and because that takes up energy i neglect all homework. there are already things i need to settle eg yifan's money file and shirt-approval form and the birthday thing and stupid anjula

.....today after PE jamelynn decided to just change openly in the classroom and the whole class was standing and laughing and she was covering her face and collapsing in peals of laughter when suddenly the teacher came in

people are putting words into my mouth and making me so angry ide
also thanks for always talking me down


The number of African democracies has declined from 24 to 19 since 2005, and many of those are democracies more in form than substance, with outright theft of state capital, intimidation, compromised judiciaries and patronage making it near impossible for opposition parties to compete — what Babacar Gueye, a Senegalese professor, calls “democracy without democrats.” (source)

how can the no. of democracies decline that cannot make sense
those governments must really be incredible