#equivalency

Let me be your violent smile

Say it, even if you're being dishonest.

I was dishonest

when I said—

When I said you were better

beaten warrior lumps from the lotus empire. celebration of a golden centennial in the besieged fortress, ribcage people, starved through lies. soldiers march defeated, the frozen artillery. electrifying promises have long been stripped from meaning.

inner wounds inflicted by pearlshine hubris, a blow too sharp. torn fibre, black flesh under thick pork skin. believing in false power, waning under the merciless rays of an ultraviolet sun.

an army set out to conquer dusty hills, villages bombed by condor air raids. filthy cheeks under layers of dirt and a scarlet bindi on a rightous forehead. flag and anthem want to please, a sad legend of the lost battle. bastions of self-mourning devotees in fish scale armour shells.

real blood and bone marrow on muddy patches of grass. stinging needle pins of the chalk face ferryman. nothing heroic in the decaying glorification of sacrifice.

the mountain lake multiplies, a valley of children's dreams pulverized by Hannibal's elephants. no words can amount to the pain dealt on these loving creatures, on atoms of humankind. battlefield of pure egotism, an absurd rift, crippled schoolgirls and land mines.

pride and illusion a perpetual bird picking on an exposed liver that heals ever more. no regard for remote victims in my perverse search, absorbed by longing and need as to obliviate the primordial killing. metaphors willful complices of equivalency, amalgamation of boring desire and absolute cruelty, a strategy implored by a coward stuck between empty boxes of soaked cardboard. the great nobility of the fight is shattered to uneven grains by the incomprehensible reality of horror.

the comparison results in a sky without ceiling and cold bodies in raw coffins of acid tears. a total absence of scale that radiates in the medium of stale brackwater. in an empty hallway the fingernails of inmates have scratched a count into the pale green arsen coating, Napoleon's folly a set of convictions. the prostitution of my loss a cheap exhibition of basic principles of discrepancy.

leaving the arena of alabaster sand with my head down, seeing rows of vacant seats on shabby timber benches, the spectacle is ridiculous.

Hotel Books // With Love. 

i.e. #Equivalency

There are several ways in which a student might be required to take courses they seem to have taken before. Maybe they took AP courses; maybe they’re a transfer student; maybe the course repeats material they learned in a variety of courses they’ve taken before. And now, they’re about to embark on the most boring semester of their life.

Wait. Before you start duct taping a pillow to the top of your notebook for in-class naps, let’s look at your options.

Equivalency is the process of getting credit for a course without technically taking that course. It means that, for instance, whatever you did instead of taking Biology 101 at Michigan State University (MSU) is equivalent to having taken Biology 101 at MSU. Because the university has recognized that you already know the material, you don’t have to take Biology 101 at MSU.

Equivalency is not always an option because many colleges and universities are stingy about giving credit for courses not taken at their institution, but you should always check!

In posts labeled #Equivalency, I will be covering this to-do list:

Know what courses are required.

Submit your AP/IB/CLEP/ACT/SAT scores to your college.

Take placement tests.

Request articulation for equivalent courses. 

Request a course waiver.

Politely badger your administrators/advisors.

If you have any questions about these topics before (or after) my posts come out, please ask!