Finding purpose in an outline

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Alright, my second blog post and already I am having to force myself to sit down and start writing. I would have figured that I could make it longer before my will slowly slipped, but it appears that that is not so.
There is good news, however. I have finished developing my class rating system. It consists of 3 different categories with 5 points in each category, and then a final average score. The 3 categories, descriptions, and format follows:

Clock-Watching: I record how many times I look at the clock for the class period and deduct points based on that. If I feel I am becoming biased in trying to look at the clock (or not look at the clock), I will see how many times my classmates look at the clock. How I rate this is simple, 1 point deduction if I look once and so on.

Class Comparison: My other classes I take, including Art of Historical Detection, Calculus 1, and Intro to Engineering, don't come near to being as entertaining as this class. With the exception of Art of Historical Detection, I usually have to force myself to pay attention. Thus, I will use my History class a grading scale for this section. I would give my History class, on average, a 3 out of 5. So, I can grade how much I enjoyed the class using that as my reference point.

Cussing: Curse words are an easy way to grab a student's attention. Whether my teacher uses this on purpose or not doesn't really matter. It works anyway. Thus, I will be giving him a score based on 2 things: How well he uses his cuss words, and how often.


That is my rough draft for grading the class. You will most likely see many changes over time to it, as it obviously requires fine-tuning. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
With that settled, I figure I'll finish up this blog with my first class rating. Today, we finished up the stories that we, the students, were supposed to tell. It began with a quick look at rGrade, followed by a short, comedic youtube video. So here goes:

1. Clock-Watching: Despite me being extremely exhausted, and just having an energy drink, I was somehow able to not look at the clock at all today. Not by forcing myself, mind you, but simply because I was not bored at all. The youtube video and the stories kept me rather interested throughout the class period. Thus, I give this category: 5/5

2. Class Comparison: This class period, as I said earlier, kept me entertained throughout. Much more so than my history class did. However, the teacher himself did not do much of the talking, which dropped the amusement level down a notch. Hearing the teacher tell a story and a student telling a story are two very different things. Therefore, I believe this should receive a: 4/5

3. Cussing: Only one cuss word was said, a moderate one at that, but the delivery was sufficient enough to still make it entertaining. There's something about hearing a teacher cuss that is remarkably liberating. Thus, this categories receives a: 3/5

Adding those and taking the average gives this class period a : 4/5
This class period was decently good, however it could have been better. The reason it wasn't was simply because the teacher didn't do enough of the talking. It was left up to the students to entertain me, and they did an alright job.

I understand that these first 2 posts are far from interesting, however I feel I need to set out my plan for all to understand before I can make more fluid posts. You should be hearing more about me as I learn to separate the interesting from the not-so-interesting.

Cheers.