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August 25th, 2008 Sadly, I am back in school. No one likes school, especially not coming right back from a seemingly short summer. I got a couple minutes on BZP, enough time to post my blog and check a couple other websites; then I had to get on the bus with my brother, who we shall pseudonym as C-red. We saw a rainbow outside before the bus came; it was a short trip. My brother is in the high school, and the bus takes both middle schoolers and high schoolers; the high schoolers being dropped off first. Then we looped back to the middle school, where I was dropped off and directed to go in the door labeled "7th Grade" at the gym. We sat in the bleachers, which gradually filled to the brim--as it turns out, that was one of three points in the day for real social interaction. Well, the bell rang, and I was off to homeroom. We shall pseudonym my homeroom teacher Mrs. Home; it can't get much simpler, eh? My schedule was badly messed up at open house--I was missing band. I got it changed, and now it's fine. We learned our locker codes; I'm sharing with a guy I knew from last year who shall get the name Stewy. Stewy and I both can't remember the code; we only get three minutes to get to our locker, open it, get whatever we need, and run run run! to the next class. Evil; it takes Stewy and I at least FIVE minutes to open the lock. xD I guess we're going to have to get used to it. Then it was off to Language Arts, where we were introduced to our teacher, who gets to be called Mrs. Mallard. You know, like a duck? She reminds me of a duck. I got Cremesavers for remembering the name of her dog, Ebony, while she was quacking on and on. We pretty much just talked a ton about ourselves and the class. Now then, we're off to see the...Social Studies teacher... She gets to be Ms. Essess. She was dull, really, a whole lot of talking and nothing more than that--talking. Soo...we head off to my first elective: keyboarding. We stayed in there with Mrs. Key, we shall codename her, for enough time to do roll call before we went to lunch. It was disappointing; I couldn't sit at any other table but the one specified, and I knew no one in my keyboarding class. We went back and--would you believe it?--she talked about the class A LOT and gave us a supply list. From there, I headed straight to band, where we talked again, but only for a short while; with the mess-up on the lunch schedule, backing it up, the period ended in about fifteen or so minutes. I headed to Science where we talked one more time before the day decided to let up and get out. FREEDOM. I got on my bus (which is a late-running one, sadly; had to sit out in the rain ) and sat down with C-red. It was a short trip home; we live right down the road from the middle school. We got home and went in for a few minutes before we had to leave again for our eye doctor's appointment. That was really boring; we all had to find new frames. I wear glasses just for long distance stuff. Oh, did I say wear? I meant I am supposed to wear glasses; I never ACTUALLY wear them. Where were we? Oh yes. C-red wears bifocals, and he just chose out a quick new frame along with me. My sister, pseudonym Boo (she has an account here, Leki, that she never uses) decided she wanted contacts. We had to go through making an appointment, a big long talk about it, ugh. Well, she picked out a new frame, too, and then we left. To go to the Advanced Foot and Ankle Center. My dad twisted his foot earlier, y'see, on a tile at the bottom of our back steps. It wasn't bothering him, so he went to work (he's a window cleaner) and was fine all day...almost all day. Towards the end of the day, it started hurting him really bad, and when he took off his shoe and sock, he found it swollen and bruised. He went to the Foot and Ankle Center almost immediately. We sat in there for at least an hour, maybe more, maybe less...for the doctors to actually finish the x-rays. And guess what? They FORGOT to go back to him that whole time. He finally got out five minutes before the place closed; his ankle was sprained. We went to Wal-Mart and picked up some more school supplies and a wrap for my dad's foot, then went home. My mom made quesidillas...delicious when you're as hungry as I was. By the time everything was done and I had showered, it was already 9:30; time to go to bed.
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But it's just about to begin. >.< I'll be going into grade nine in two days. Which means I only have nine days to change my schedule around. I'll be taking 11/12 Math and the rest of my schedule will be the stuff for the freshmen. The schedule for freshmen is pretty flexible (two instances of each required course), but as my Advanced Math takes place during one instance of Physical Science, I have to take the other Phys. Sc., which locks in History, and all the other required courses. It also forces me to take Spanish I (only course offered that hour, actually). Sixth hour's options were Band or Art. I'd taken band the last two years, and I'm sick and tired of it. The teach doesn't commit very well and she expects all her students to actually like music. However, I know from several previous experiences that my art skills can hardly be helped. Art was a full class anyway. So I was forced to take band one more year. What I didn't realize when I made my schedule was that my Literature class wasn't locked. It was flexible despite the others being locked. It's offered in the last two hours. So I do have options. 6th: Art, Band, 9th Lit. 7th: Chorus, 9th Lit. Chorus is also taught by the band teacher, so I can't get out of being with her. But I would like to take chorus for at least one semester. It'd be nice to at least have a moderately tolerable voice. Eventually I'd like to record my songs, so I'd have to be able to sing. As such, I'll take Chorus in the first semester and trade it off for Band in the second semester. Taking chorus also lets me stay in one half of the building until the last hour when I have to walk across the school to take chorus. Plus, there's a ten-minute break before 7th hour. That'll be handy.
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Next year I have decided to attend the public high school here. It's sort of scary because it'll be my first year going and I'll be a freshman. And I love the kids in my class so much. [/sarcasm] But the point is, at home I feel both socially deprived and academically deprived. Plus, the school offers pre-calculus and my mother probably couldn't. You know, last year (2006-2007) I only knew one sixth grader (well, I knew 2, but I wasn't aware the other was in 6th grade). The people that age seemed really young and it seemed there was no one awesome in the grade. The 2007-2008 year brought a little change of opinion there. In the fall the now-seventh-graders seemed even younger than the sixth grade did last year. The 9th grade was much closer than those old-kid eighth-graders had last year. I also found out mostly all of the guys in my entire grade don't do sports (and aren't exactly otherwise active either). In fact, once Spring came it was largely dominated by girls, moreso after the sixth-graders had to stop doing it. As with most public school classes (imo), the group is made up mostly (with exceptions, of course!) by *removed*s and Nobes. In the spring though the seventh grade began to get closer. Obviously I found out that my other friend was in the grade, and I began to meet the four other seventh-graders in the band class. Not too bad of a grade, right? They're not so young as they look either. The ones I met are much older than a ninth-grader I know. I began to know more and more of them (through association of the one I knew last year, actually), including one in particular. (not an annoyed rolleyes, but a 'Don't look at me' rolleyes). And once I met that girl I was drawn further into the social mess. So, mostly I think public school will be good. My parents think I can stand the social pressures, and I think it'll be educational. It's just too bad that all the awesome people I know are still in Jr. High. 2009-2010 and the following two years are going to be awesome years though, if I still keep in touch with those others. Funny thing, how my fanclub is always people younger than me. Come to think of it, all the people I know that have fanclubs consist of younger people than them. Well, I guess it'd be awkward to have a fanclub of people your age or older. O.o Anyway, none of that is what this entry was about. In the middle of this month I talked to the counselor for a few minutes and got a catalog of courses. From that I learned which classes I would be required to take this year. Than at the beginning of this week (Or...closer to Wednesday, actually), I was able to pick up the mostly-completed schedule (pending new staff to teach History and Spanish). These things are more about eliminating classes you can't take and really don't want to than actually picking classes you'd like. Cross out all the ones you can't take and really don't want. This leaves about two classes per period. Make a mark by required classes and one you really want to take. Now look at what forms, and organize your required classes accordingly. Make sure you take a required class during all of the periods that offer Art if you can (or whatever you least like). Eventually, you should be locked into a schedule, because there's only one way to avoid art and take all your required/desired courses. 1st Period - World History (required; sounds nice) 2nd Period - Spanish I (didn't want to take, but it was the only thing left, other than Algebra I, which I really don't want to take again. They're going to let me take Junior/Senior math ) 3rd Period - 9th Lit. (required; I'll have this teacher two hours in a row, because she teaches Health) 4th Period - Zomg, yep, it's Health (man, they do the strangest things in this class. Sort of scary) 5th Period - Advanced Math (it'll be weird being a freshman in a class of Jr and Sr) 6th Period - Band (wasn't sure if I'd be taking it again, but in order to make the schedule work, I will be) 7thPeriod - Physical Science (required, but I think it'll be educational) Note that this is my schedule to the best that I can remember. I put down all the right classes, but I don't know for sure on the hours. I know 2nd and 6th have the right classes, but beyond that, nothing is for certain. I would just look it up, but some annoying parent hid it from me like she does with everything else I leave on the table and now she doesn't know where it is. What I don't know is why she hides the things I leave out. It's just as long a trip to my bedroom door as it is to her hiding places, I'm sure. Hey, sometimes she even goes to the basement.
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The letters: X, Q, W, Z and occasionally K. These are known as cool letters to throw in. However, they are not to be overused. They work fine in most names of people, locations and such in fictional worlds (depending on the setting; obviously Zakaz can't be an island North-West of Middle Earth). But when people start modifying the English language to put in the kool letterz, it's not good. Examples: Analyze - Why must America do this to its learning children. Just because some intelligent but under-educated person in the 18th century (or maybe a weird guy in another part of England at an earlier time) either couldn't spell or liked Z, doesn't mean we have to suffer now. My dictionary seems to agree with him, though, in it's definition of the word "analyse": See 'analyze'. But seriously, take a look at: analysis, analyst (don't tell me it makes any sense as 'analyzt'), analytical (because when adding an ending like that, s usually becomes t). Why change the stem and not the derivatives? Even if it's not strictly en-us, I have a hard time believing that this is how the word was meant to be spelled. kool - Considering the word is slang anyway, I'm alright with it. The main point here was analyse (ignore Firefox; it agrees with my dictionary). Perhaps I'm just being Brittified or Canadified. Comment if you think "analyse" should be spelled correctly. Sign the petition.
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Our school band class had their Spring Concert (aka: our Final) last night. It lasted for an hour and a half, which was an hour and a half longer than I had hoped it would. I can think of better ways to spend two hours of my life, and I really wish I didn't have to turn down a friend's offer to ride bikes last night, but ah well. The concert went okay I guess. I couldn't imagine what would happen if the choir actually tried to sing a lullaby. It would be disastrous, and might affect the future for the next three years. As for the band, we played the same songs that the director's been having us play for the last few years. It would be really awesome if two schools could switch directors for a semester. It would give this dull town a little variety. Unfortunately, my saxophone (Tenor saxophone too, so the reed has to be really flexible for the lower sound) reed snapped a few hours before the concert, and I had to use a new one. Though it worked slightly better than the cracked reed, I had troubles playing about half of the notes. Two of the three harder notes to play with a stiff reed are the notes in my solo. It went alright. I had some Baritone back-up.
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A couple of weeks ago I had to go through the state's Standard Achievement Tests. For the eighth grade I only had to take Language Usage, English and Math. Or something like that anyway. The science test is only taken for 7th and 9th grade, so I got sandwiched out of that one. Good thing, too, because I don't know how terribly I would have done on that, having never had any public education on that (not that I've had it with other things, but science is what I feel I'm lacking at home). First I took the English, so it was mostly vocabulary. I'm sad to say that I did have to guess on one question regarding a derivative of a Latin word meaning "to turn." I had my choices narrowed down to "divert" and "irrigation," both of which could easily be related to turning. I guessed correctly with "divert," which comes from Latin's "vertere." I got an advanced score on this. The Math test was next. I'm very disappointed that I got a lower score on this than the other two tests. It bugs me because math is what I consider myself good at. I mean, I still got an advanced score, but I like math much better than English. Language Usage is just funny. More on that below. I got an Advanced score on Language Usage, as you probably deduced from the above information. It's mostly things like punctuation, sentence combining, etc. I disagree with how the books tell us to put our periods in quote marks. I like my punctuation to be outside of the quotes, unless it's part of the quote (like exclamation points and question marks can be). Then there are the funny questions like: Overall I'd say I'm pleased with my scores, but I still wish math would have been better.
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This week we have our standardized tests (starting today). My school usually has a quick speech or whatever to lower the tension. But of course, it couldn't have been something that simple. My school staffers went overboard this year with the whole "We Believe In YOU!!11!" thing, which resulted in having a "Do Good On Your Test" pep rally yesterday, complete with our school mascot (music teacher in a costume), fake cheerleaders (from a local high school), a baseball analogy from our principle, and some testing songs (don't ask). >.< 2 Please save me. Edit: My dad owes me $130. With interest.
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Welcome to my blog once again! Today, I'm here to tell you about my school day. Well, into randomness and wise-cracking! Homeroom: Nothing much happens, I just sit around and listen to the morning announcements and catch up on my sleep... zZz. Period 1: English: The third most boring subject ever. We just do English stuff and write about random things that pop into our 11-12 year old heads. Grade: MP1: A MP2: A+ MP3: A+ Period 2: Literature: The subject I excel in. We have almost finished a book called "The Egypt Game" and my class and I are about to do a project on the characters. Nothing funny or random usually happens in this class. Grade: MP1-MP3: A Period 3: Science: We really don't do much science. We talk about current events since the class after my science class is a current events class. Grade: MP1: A+ MP2: A MP3: A Period 4: Physical Education/ Health: The class that makes me use an emote I haven't used in a long time: OK, with that out of the way, the games we usually play are creative and fun, but they are usually anger provoking. According to my gym teacher, I'm eight years behind in physical activity and fitness. Great. P.E. Grade: MP1-MP3: B Period 5: Study Skills: A class that teaches us different methods of studying. 'Nuff said. Grade: MP3: A Period 6: Math Enrichment: A class that enriches us in random areas in Math. 'Nuff said Grade: Not available at this moment. Please dial 098-765-4321 for assistance. Period 7: Math: My favorite subject! Mostly because I get to make wise cracks about my teacher. We learn random things and right now we are doing NJASK prep. One time I asked my teacher if I could borrow his shoes for something, and he said no. I made a random wise crack and the entire class laughed. One time he said that math should be 50% of one school day, and before I said anything he pointed at me and said, "No comment on that." Grade: MP1: A MP2: A MP3: B+ (Liek, ZOMG, he gto a B+ 1111!shift+2) Period 8: Social Studies: The most boring class ever. 'Nuff said. Thank you for reading and good morning!
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BLARG TOO MUCH HOMEWORK Secondly, my teacher came back today. Everyone was happy to see her. Also, we have our standardized tests next week. What fun. But seriously, way too much homework. >.<
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First off, everyone in my class likes our L/A teacher. Ten weeks ago, her husband had a heart attack. He saved his own life by chewing Aspirin, thinning the blood and letting it pass through his heart (to the best of my knowledge). So, of course, when he got back from the hospital, she had to stay and take care of him. So we had a sub. ... ... ... Of course, the sub had to be one of the Two Top Most Hated Subs at my school. Seriously, she behaved like a small-time dictator: Making false accusations, being unfair. We had her for six weeks, and I started to go a little crazy. But then she left and our teacher came back for three days. Then we had a sub for one day, a different one the next. But at the beginning of the seventh week, we had a really cool sub. She's really nice, fair, and open with us. Our teacher will be back next week, and I heard that her husband is back on his feet again. But seriously, ten weeks of subs is a little crazy...
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OK, these are my grades for the 1st and 2nd Marking Periods: MP1: Spanish: A+ Literature:A English:A Physical Education:B Health:A Social Studies:A Music:A- Math:A Earth Science:A+ MP2: Spanish:A+ Literature:A English:A Physical Education:B Health:A Social Studies:A Art:A- Math:A Earth Science:A+ Now bask in my supreme intelligence!
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Hello again, Blog commenters. At my school, we have now entered the 4th Marking Period, which means I'm one marking period away from the 7th Grade! I'll update later on showing my amazing report card grades. P.S. It's my first year in this school, and I've been on the honor roll twice (and possibly a third time after third marking period grades come out.)
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Have any of you ever gotten to the school and it's locked down? It's certainly interesting, and (when a teacher comes to whisk you out of the hall) a really boring 1.5 hours. Plus, it also means you don't get to see anyone but the teacher and people coming from the outside for the 7th-hour class. That was Tuesday though. I've seen a certain important person since then (as NuGuess participants may have guessed). Usually I wouldn't do two entries in one day, but this is tomorrow's.
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I hate spelling. This being my last year of taking the wretched subject as a class, I'm happy enough. One particular weird word (don't get me started on the others; if I ever need to use those I'd need a dictionary to know what they mean, so knowing how to spell them is pointless) I've had this year is "melancholy." When it showed up again (come on; I have to review misspelled words for several weeks; why do they need to bring it back every five lessens?), I had just stopped reviewing it not too long ago. I thought I could do it. But apparently it's less weird than it was before... Of course, having a "Y" at the end makes most sense but at this level the only words that ever make sense are the ones that you already know how to spell. So they throw in words where one part makes sense, just to throw the person who has caught on to their other tactics off. Ugh.
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Observe the following image: That was 5th period History in room 304. Notice anything? Specifically.... how utterly alone I am? Listen, I don't seclude myself from the goupe-- I was the first one in the class! Nobody sat close to me, not even the teacher. *sigh* I have compiled the following list of what might be wrong with me: - I have a cold - I eat too much garlic - I'm a giant worm - I eat too many worms - I have a bomb - I'm a duck - I am extremely annoying - I am obsessed with Cloverfield - I have no friends in that particular class - I brought a buzzer-pen to school that day - I was possesed by Cthulhu - I was sitting next to a giant stink-bug - I was decomposing - I'm too smart for the class (yay) So I have narrowed it down to the following: - I am extremely annoying - I am obsessed with Cloverfield - I have no friends in that particular class - I brought a buzzer-pen to school that day - I'm too smart for the class (yay) We can then narrow it further: - I am extremely annoying - I am obsessed with Cloverfield (I don't talk about it [too much] in class) - I have no friends in that particular class - I brought a buzzer-pen to school that day (it broke) - I'm too smart for the class (People would just want to work with me) So: - I have no friends in that particular class - I am extremely annoying That's why nobody sat with me. I suppose that I should move on and take it like a man, but I can't. Because I remember everyone in that class, and when they're living on the street, and I'm a succesful (blank), I will find them and rub it in their collective faces. Yes, I am an awful person.
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Oddly, fractional powers were in my math lesson today. Thanks anyway Aanchir. This way I knew what was covered in the lesson hours before I read it. And I also got to see my math book use the phrase "miles (or kiometers or whatever)". Shocking, especially when they could have just said "units".
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No, I'm not being homeschooled all of a sudden. I'm home from school. I'm sick. Now, sympathize! Begone!* *[j/k]
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If I had a nickle for every time I went to school, I wouldn't go to shcool. It makes sense! Really!
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Okay, does this make to you: I'm in High-School, right? French in High-School should be a challenge, right? Well, here was our first homework assignement. Name: Age/Birthday: One Word to Describe You: Characteristics: Last Movie you saw: Last Book you read: Favorite Food: etc etc... I mean, I like an easy assignement just as much as the next guy, but... C'mon. That's just ridiculous.
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Does it make sense to give out homework on the second day of school? No. I thought not. But they do it anyway.
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Does it make sense to give out homework on the first day of school? No. I thought not. But they do it anyway.
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Halp! Don't let them take me to orientation! Help! Help! HELP!
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Argh! School is tomorrow!
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Anybody here who has sat through an entire AP course and grueling, four hour test knows what I mean when I say that AP is a strenuous experience for high school juniors. This past year, I took both AP courses that my school offers for juniors (yes, it is a tiny school without much variety, but that's another story). The first that we tested for was AP US History. My teacher was great, and one of the best people I know to quote, but we had to blast through a 32 chapter history book (1,022 pages) between August 30, 2006 and May 12, 2007. One week for the Civil War? That's ridiculous! But no, not with AP. That, of course, is the build-up to the test. First, there are 80 multiple-choice questions. In order to answer them all, you have to be better than one question per minute, and these are not easy questions. Do you know who wrote Silent Spring? That's the sort of thing that had to be answered (although, sadly, that question wasn't on the test). After the MC questions comes the DBQ. A series of documents are given and students have to write an essay about a time period in history, meanwhile hitting as many documents as possible. Luckily for me, I studied hard about the Grange, Alliance, and Populist Movements. After that, there are two half-hour essays. For each essay, there are two prompts, and each student has to choose one of the two. For the first, I choose a great question for me. I was born a few miles from where Shays' Rebellion ended, so I know that story from grandparents, never mind textbooks. The next was tougher, as I had to write a very argumentative essay about the second terms of LBJ and the Gipper. That was one. The next week I took the AP English Language and Composition Test (my teacher for the course, by the way, is probably the best teacher I've ever had). This one has a very similar format, but instead of US History, it's focused on English writing. I won't spend as much time here because frankly, it was less memorable. However, my hand was certainly just as sore. Writing that much in such a limited (yet still impeccably long) amount of time takes a toll on the hand. So, why in the world am I writing abotu the AP now? It's been two months since those tests! Well, today was the day that my test scores returned. I was incredibly nervous, so nervous, in fact, that I was shaking as I opened the envelope. And there it was: two 5's. I actually received the top possible score on both tests. It was exhilarating, really, and although I simply said, "Wow, I got a 5 on both" to my mother and then went back to reading TIME, I am simply ecstatic right now and had to let out the immense energy.
