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 I like all things Disney, all the fandoms, music, musical theater, photography, writing, cosmetology, and special effects makeup.

</description><title>You watch your phraseology!</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @kaomaru)</generator><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>briannacherrygarcia:


HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GROUND.

That last...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d743d6c15864e3ec400381a2fbeec179/tumblr_mluvnq5j5z1qdsmqso3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/587ea3cd918ddedea22a59ced60c7969/tumblr_mluvnq5j5z1qdsmqso6_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/95161017be32fd12136d08340160e207/tumblr_mluvnq5j5z1qdsmqso4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/576b6b522e889bccbe86af41f7432fe0/tumblr_mluvnq5j5z1qdsmqso5_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f40dffe40a19c49e593e3ddfec1d9d95/tumblr_mluvnq5j5z1qdsmqso2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad99e82fcb7c5a8aa73e5bdab0053a9c/tumblr_mluvnq5j5z1qdsmqso1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://briannacherrygarcia.tumblr.com/post/48939544541/happy-birthday-to-the-ground-that-last-gif-is" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;briannacherrygarcia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4ANoggMSX4"&gt;HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GROUND.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That last gif is my new favorite.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48956106699</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48956106699</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:55:38 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>raphmike:

Hi guys am I James Bond yet</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f16c80d4717fae6be302700df5f29ec0/tumblr_mlmtlyRtOU1qa4ihzo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2dd4dd5a5fa11a659004422bdbaa719f/tumblr_mlmtlyRtOU1qa4ihzo2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1152e1583a8e972d11a676d1ebc2b6da/tumblr_mlmtlyRtOU1qa4ihzo3_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://raphmike.tumblr.com/post/48574662867" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;raphmike&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hi guys am I James Bond yet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48592845029</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48592845029</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:54:54 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>paintvrlife:

by AliceLitwin
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/02026fff32a81a6409d0d090d54a5104/tumblr_mjpt27Cpts1rks7exo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1048196c719ae52af21b99c94f257556/tumblr_mjpt27Cpts1rks7exo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6cde9acd76195c969585481966e33ad3/tumblr_mjpt27Cpts1rks7exo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/696c366a79aa729e7d40a308262507de/tumblr_mjpt27Cpts1rks7exo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b555c1a5c1a34cc8e12f5e0fd96dc22b/tumblr_mjpt27Cpts1rks7exo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a9a79aff9286bc8739ba4a6431b5a1ea/tumblr_mjpt27Cpts1rks7exo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/870c0b1489ef774aac3a23565a636e26/tumblr_mjpt27Cpts1rks7exo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://paintvrlife.tumblr.com/post/45461375730/by-alicelitwin"&gt;paintvrlife&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;by &lt;span class="by"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="u" href="http://alicelitwin.deviantart.com/"&gt;AliceLitwin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48411915058</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48411915058</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:55:59 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Well if you insist…</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7c6ee6e80d32e5ec2939f819c254cda7/tumblr_mlda9dQrKb1qb7602o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well if you insist…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48145700430</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48145700430</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:27:12 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>I made a new friend</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/edc4ade1552d44a2af99d429aa5ee189/tumblr_mlbkcxnjaF1qb7602o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I made a new friend&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48074771724</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/48074771724</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:10:06 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>disneybound:

Buy it here!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d31f1d3a65e6aec2f6fd4f041504593d/tumblr_ml49sok6df1qj9wxoo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://disneybound.tumblr.com/post/47749110946" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;disneybound&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=78630915"&gt;Buy it here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/47755644156</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/47755644156</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:20:10 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>We got lei’d.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c5cde1e62d449b30950464aa1c3bf520/tumblr_ml3njlyt5J1qb7602o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;We got lei’d.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/47708216133</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/47708216133</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:38:09 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>molokoko:

[full size]
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a07d74f2148187851cf13d03c3e7c29a/tumblr_mk0xk8K0LK1qiitj6o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://molokoko.tumblr.com/post/45926436417"&gt;molokoko&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a07d74f2148187851cf13d03c3e7c29a/tumblr_mk0xk8K0LK1qiitj6o1_1280.jpg"&gt;full size&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/47243054248</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/47243054248</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:38:03 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>person: stop apologizing. &#13;</title><description>person: stop apologizing. &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
me: sorry. &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
me: wait fuck, no sorry i didn't mean-- &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
me: shit, sorry i-- &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
me: SORRY I MEANT-- &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
me: GOD FUCKING DAMNIT SORRY I WASN'T THINKING-- &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
me: wait no fuck shit sorry i did it again i-- &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
me: fuck &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
me: &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
me: sorry </description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/47084819030</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/47084819030</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:24:03 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Drinkies~</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99b0eb1481af0f53988ba0c9b46328b4/tumblr_mkk5jt57c81qb7602o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Drinkies~&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46820934307</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46820934307</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:55:04 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Easter noms</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/865314ebe6b55378d4f262e4813d03d7/tumblr_mkjb6sJuFu1qb7602o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Easter noms&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46768656430</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46768656430</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:59:15 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>An update of the Disney variety</title><description>&lt;p&gt;As I&amp;#8217;ve said before, I&amp;#8217;ve been spending the last two months in Orlando, Florida working in Disney World. Now, here is what has been going on with me, via bullet points!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;As much crap as I have to deal with, I am enjoying my custodial role (see what I did there).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My suitemates and I get alone great, save for one. &amp;gt;.&amp;gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I have found a new love for Donald Duck, if only for the fact that I can draw him better than I can Mickey during water art demonstrations.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Burudika and Viva Gaia street bands at Animal Kingdom are my favorite things ever.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I found a giant bucket of Easter candy on the counter this morning when I woke up (Again, roommates are awesome). &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I&amp;#8217;m cooking meals and eating out less than I thought, which is very good. :D&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I currently have two Fanatic cards on my record. Winning.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Big News!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apparently I&amp;#8217;ve lost 20 pounds since moving out here, what even. (though the bucket of candy isn&amp;#8217;t going to help lol)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve been accepted to extend my program to August 2nd! And with that, I would be moving onto Costuming! I am so excited!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46704391652</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46704391652</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:05:29 -0700</pubDate><category>disney college program</category><category>disney</category><category>personal</category></item><item><title>Donald Easter egg!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d47ff74a7e3b45644d2ad1cf0b33a2ec/tumblr_mkgf7nlErG1qb7602o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Donald Easter egg!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46641804299</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46641804299</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:33:23 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>I face timed my babies the other day…</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/68b02d6e729c6db1318285e5903aa613/tumblr_mk8s9wxBtM1qb7602o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I face timed my babies the other day…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46296175332</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/46296175332</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:34:44 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>nananogifyeah:

fghtrgazette:
雅

hope i can see him in concert...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zoe38wqg1qkj4g2o1_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zoe38wqg1qkj4g2o2_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zoe38wqg1qkj4g2o3_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zoe38wqg1qkj4g2o4_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zoe38wqg1qkj4g2o5_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zoe38wqg1qkj4g2o6_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zoe38wqg1qkj4g2o7_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zoe38wqg1qkj4g2o8_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zoe38wqg1qkj4g2o9_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nananogifyeah.tumblr.com/post/45711242340/fghtrgazette"&gt;nananogifyeah&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fghtrgazette.tumblr.com/post/45702201364"&gt;fghtrgazette&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;雅&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;hope i can see him in concert aga&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45894143839</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45894143839</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:36:29 -0700</pubDate><category>hope i can see him in concert again</category><category>he's so damn kind too</category><category>miyavi</category><category>MYV</category><category>meevers</category></item><item><title>I’m the only one on the bus…</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6e986f0c75d83617e671717ff031462b/tumblr_mjzfhukhfC1qb7602o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m the only one on the bus…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45869803301</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45869803301</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:20:18 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>opinionnothing:

Nothing screams Spring Equinox like bright...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/069ada1e91e73dfb1468515581552e17/tumblr_mjyz8fpOfd1qf4doto1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://opinionnothing.com/post/45847500962"&gt;opinionnothing&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nothing screams Spring Equinox like bright lipstick, right?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RIGHT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Celebrate the first day of spring with me by entering to win the brightest of bright lipsticks, MAC’s &lt;a href="http://www.maccosmetics.com/products/spp/shaded.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT168&amp;PRODUCT_ID=PROD310&amp;SKU_ID=SKU43338"&gt;Candy Yum-Yum&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;TO ENTER: Leave a comment in the comment section below! Say hello, share your favorite makeup tip, anything you want. Reblog this post on Tumblr for an additional entry, but please note that you must also leave a comment below in order to win. This giveaway is open internationally and I will pick a winner Monday, March 25th at 11:59pm EDT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am not affiliated with any brand included in this giveaway. All items were purchased by me and I will not receive compensation for doing so. Good Luck!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A makeup tip of mine would be to always have tinted lip balm with spf in  on hand. Especially since I just moved to Florida, I need it daily! :)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45855894600</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45855894600</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:32:22 -0700</pubDate><category>opinionnothing</category><category>mac</category><category>candy yum yum</category><category>giveaway</category></item><item><title>disneybound:

Buy it here!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c0c75fc412d9702c9f90f88d74742c9e/tumblr_mjxbw8FYUq1qj9wxoo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://disneybound.tumblr.com/post/45796484025" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;disneybound&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=76009169"&gt;Buy it here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45796998867</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45796998867</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:36:33 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Can you believe this little guy was 6 feet away from a gorilla?</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d9e83107b1e54694192bdba1cfbcef59/tumblr_mjxh18FKo21qb7602o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can you believe this little guy was 6 feet away from a gorilla?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45784157654</link><guid>http://kaomaru.tumblr.com/post/45784157654</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:58:20 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>booksandwildthings:

satanmoriarty:

dizpotter:

CAN WE TALK...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/845822738b43f777a3478df9dc04e5cc/tumblr_mf9c9m43xq1qbguy8o1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a668d3bcd6aa10789fea162207502924/tumblr_mf9c9m43xq1qbguy8o2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cc33838185679c62d2403ef5a48a46de/tumblr_mf9c9m43xq1qbguy8o3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b6680c1e7129e8f89b46e2662de9efb4/tumblr_mf9c9m43xq1qbguy8o4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c4fe8e99d75d01a5a34301e4c2277199/tumblr_mf9c9m43xq1qbguy8o5_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/60e248e044cfbbc9fe85bd1974f680b4/tumblr_mf9c9m43xq1qbguy8o6_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://booksandwildthings.tumblr.com/post/44491881576/satanmoriarty-dizpotter-can-we-talk-about"&gt;booksandwildthings&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://satanmoriarty.tumblr.com/post/44400153795"&gt;satanmoriarty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dizpotter.tumblr.com/post/44389873978/can-we-talk-about-this-i-mean-can-we-just-talk"&gt;dizpotter&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I mean, can we just talk about how this parallels the actual education system?  Where they’re so concerned about teaching us things like logarithms and graphing that we don’t know shit about what’s actually out there in the adult world, like doing taxes or writing checks or anything?  I mean, “It is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be sufficient to get you through your examinations, which after all, is what school is all about.”  School children are often under the impression that getting A’s in all their classes ensures a successful future, but really, it’s so ignorant because the real world isn’t just one big question-and-answer paper.  There is so much more to the world than being able to give back information like some kind of super-computer, and brainwashing children into thinking that theory is key is just going to lead to a bunch of children falling flat on their faces when they’re pushed into the adult world and feel as if everything new they try to do is wrong because it wasn’t taught to them step-by-step.  I just really love Harry’s line, “And how is theory supposed to prepare us for what’s out there?” because I feel as if sometimes we just learn things for the sake of knowing them, despite whether it is actually useful. Yes, school is important, and getting bad grades isn’t a good way to start your future, but it’s so much more than that, you see.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;this sounds a lot like something Hermione would say&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I think that’s the reason why everyone has such strong negative feelings toward Umbridge (as a person, not a character). I can’t tell you how many times I heard people say that they wanted Umbridge to die more than Voldemort. And I must say that I feel the same.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Voldemort is a racist dictator. While these have existed, and still do, the majority of us don’t live under such a tyrant. We’ve heard about them in history books and on the news- but they’re already dead or on the other side of the world. While we can be horrified at the terror such a person can spread and how, well, evil they can be, a character of this archetype doesn’t strike a personal chord with most of us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But Umbridge does. As stated before, she represents everything that we hate about the public school system. Most of us know or have a teacher, professor, principal, or school administrator who, to probably a lesser degree, personifies what Umbridge is saying. They teach only to the test, or tell teachers to do so, they insist on including useless things in their curriculums, they PASS LAWS SO THAT SUCH A SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN CONTINUE. This is something that affects nearly every public school in the US, (and I’m guessing the UK as well). Nearly every student has to go through school learning things that they will never use in real life and that in no way prepare them for the real world, just so the various boards of education can use the higher test scores as ‘proof’ that we’re ‘smarter’ than other states, countries, etc., and therefore deserve more funding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We hate Umbridge so much (again, as a person, not a character) because she represents a villain we all have in our own lives. Possibly every single person who has read this book can connect with the frustration Harry and the other students feel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We hate Umbridge so much because everything she is, everything she represents, is very real and very personal to every single one of us.&lt;/p&gt;
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