What would you choose: to know the future, or to be able to change the past?

Neither, because they are both desires of a person who is not content with their present. The present is the only place that anyone will ever be, so why try to run from the one thing that is most important?

Austin's teacher pressed him to choose, but he held his position, and argued that, between a choice of two things, there's always a third choice.

Conversationalist Repercussion Management

Austin has been trying to explain to me the concept of "trolling." It's a popular activity among groups of students at his high school. My impression is that people try to get someone to do or say something to embarrass themselves, then laugh hysterically at the achievement.

Today during PE, Classmate sidled over to Austin and mumbled something that Austin didn't really understand. He asked, "Are you a [mumble]?" When Austin asked him to repeat the question, Classmate did, but Austin still didn't understand.

So Austin answered, "I have a degree in  conversationalist repercussion management." Classmate walked away bewildered and tried to repeat to his friends what Austin had just said. ;-)