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 Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:43 pm
Meatball: Sounds like you had a lot of fun in England. How long were you there for?
Kineka: I hadn't realized that you haven't read the Percy Jackson books. I thought you had read all but the last one.
In Shadowland, it's simply revealed that Jude has an Ourobouros tattoo, but since Ever only saw it briefly, she couldn't tell if it moves and flashes like it does on a rogue immortal. So we don't know yet if he's a rogue or just simply a person with an Ourobouros tattoo. I haven't read Dark Flame yet though-I'm still waiting for it at the library.
I didn't realize Nicholas Flamel was a real person either until I read that series. Like you, I thought he was a person Rowling created. But honestly, the books aren't all that historical. I mean, they take place in present day, and there really isn't that much history in them. He just used them because of the mystery surronding their lives and deaths.
I read Wintergirls last summer, so I don't remember everything about it, but Cassie and Lia are both anorexic. I guess they just gave themselves the name "wintergirls." I'm not sure, but that's my guess...it's been awhile since I read it. And The Millenium Trilogy isn't confusing, it's just long my mom said. She said she was a bit confused, but that's because she read the second one before she read the first one. So I don't think it should confuse you that much, it was just more of she hadn't read the first one, and it just took her awhile to read.
Vball: I haven't recieved that yet so I'm not really much help there. And as for Booty Grab, I haven't played recently because I've not been on a lot lately.
I started a tennis camp on Monday, and it's going pretty good, but of course, it has to be during the hottest two weeks of July. But I guess I'll deal with it. I just hope it isn't really hot like this during the 2 1/2 weeks of marching band in August.
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Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:12 pm
Meatball: Ooh, it sounds like fun! Although I'm not much of a history buff, the bloodletting ritual sounds like an interesting thing to think about.
Yeah, the third book is already on my wishlist of books I wanna get. I don't really understand the bird on the cover, but I'm guessing I will once I read them. I'm excited to get to them, but, like I said, I do wanna get my bigger books done first. If I don't read them now, I'll forget about them until next summer...and by then I'll have a job (hopefully) and I won't have time to read them.
Jedi: No, actually, I just got the last one on Monday, but I haven't read any of them yet. But, on a little kind of relevant side note, I have a friend who only read the books because she saw the previews for the movie and thought the guy who played Percy was cute. But, I will get to them eventually. I feel so behind!
Okay, that part I remember. But, a little foreshadowing, I think he would be a rogue immortal. I mean, Alyson Noel doesn't seem like the kind of author who would bring someone in and have them mean nothing to the story, when they built a relationship with the main character(s). Except Josh, he didn't really have a place in the story, other than Haven's boyfriend. But, people like Roman, Ava, Drina...they all seemed to randomly come in, but they played a pretty big part in the storyline, even though they weren't main characters. So, even if Jude isn't a rogue immortal, I still think we'll be seeing more of him in some other way. And I own Dark Flame, but I'm only up to Chapter 4. And, knowing how short those chapters are, it's really not that far.
Well, I honestly think it's good that they aren't that historical. Like I said before, I'm not a history buff. I find history to be insanely boring, unless it's taught right in a classroom setting. But mysteries are always good =). Well, other than Nancy Drew. I could not get into those books, no matter how hard I tried. I think this was the time when I should've started reading fantasy books. I was very confused as to my genre of books at that time...I went from biographies and historical stuff, to comedies, to mysteries, to "horror" (and I use quotes because the horror books I found were childrens' horror, like Goosebumps, which weren't very graphic or anything like I thought they would be), to finally sci-fi/fantasy after I read HP. I like a good mystery, but...not when it's boring. And if it happens to have paranormal undertones, that's not a bad thing either.
Oh, so THAT'S why Lia isn't eating...okay, I get it. But...Cassie's dead, isn't she? Maybe...well, it said on the front that if you're not alive and you're not dead, you're a wintergirl. That was kind of like the little summary on the front. I don't understand why Lia's cold all the time...I know, WINTERgirl, yeah, but why? As far as I can understand, she's still alive, but Cassie's dead...and before she died, they had a fight...and now she's seeing Cassie as like, a ghost or something. I don't know, it's just really confusing to me. Oh, I understand. Yeah, that's why I like to read books in order. Unless the order doesn't matter, which isn't for a lot of books. I remember this kid who couldn't read very well, so his mom was reading him A Series of Unfortunate Events (he was only a year younger than me, so I kind of thought he was a bit of an idiot). But, she would read them to him in a completely different order than when they came out. I know you haven't read them yet, but the beginning of the next book starts almost exactly where the last book left off. It's basically a continuing story, that's why people wanna keep reading it. I was always thinking "Why aren't you guys confused as to what's going on?" But, my parents just saw The Girl Who Played with Fire movie, and they kept telling me, if I have any questions about what's going on or the sexual parts of it, ask them. This is more teenage ranting than anything else, but I don't get how, I'm almost 17, and yet, my parents still think I need to ask them about things in books. Just because I read teen books all the time doesn't mean I can't read adult books too. I read James Patterson, for God's sakes! And I understood it just fine! Ugh...sorry, ranting...
Oh, it's been hot for you too? It's been in the middle and upper 80s for me all month. I've gotten to the point where going out to water my mom's plants is a chore because it's so hot and humid. And the mosquitoes. I haven't gotten bitten yet, that's a good thing...but I just don't like bugs. And they just love to come out during this hot time of the year. And August is still coming...but, I'm glad you're having a good time at your tennis camp! But, I can't say it won't be hot during August. Seeing as you live closer to me than you probably think, I'm assuming your weather is almost the same as mine. And in Wisconsin, August is the worst month heat-wise. But, hopefully having fun while marching in a band will take your mind off the ungodly heat.
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:36 am
I really want to read the Hunger Games, but I haven't had time to read them yet.
I love history. I like it when it's taught in the classroom, and I like reading about in a book or online or whatever. It absolutely fascinates me. When I was younger, the only books I would read were the Nancy Drew books. They were the only mystery books I would read. I still like them, but I haven't read one in a long time. Once I got into junior high, I stopped reading Nancy Drew and started reading whatever sounded good. So I read everything from horror to sci-fi to historical fiction, pretty much a little bit of everything. I finally settled on fantasy as my favorite genre in 8th grade when I started reading Percy Jackson and Eragon and all those books.
Cassie is dead. Ummm...I think Lia being cold all the time might be a pshycological thing since she's anorexic. I mean, it might all be in her head or something like that. And yes, they had a fight, Cassie died, and now Lia is seeing Cassie as a ghost. It's a good book, just don't spend too much time dwelling on things like what a Wintergirl is. I still don't really get what it is, but oh well.
Yeah, I get what you mean, except my mom doesn't do that to me. She just kinda lets me read whatever I want to read assuming that I can understand what's going on.
It's been beyond hot this week. My tennis camp starts at 10:00 in the morning, and a couple days by 9:00, it would already be 85 degrees without heat index and it'd be humid and muggy and gross and hot. August tends to be the hottest month around here too. We haven't had a lot of mosquitoes around here this summer, because I haven't really been bit all that much, and when I have been bitten, it's because I've been outside for long periods of time without bug spray.
I'm looking forward to marching band in August, because we got a new coach for colorguard for the fall and I kinda really want to meet her, plus I want to learn the field show routine-that's always fun.
This is kind of random, so I was watching an episode of Doctor Who yesterday with a couple of my friends, and it was called the Shakespeare Code, and The Doctor saves the world with Expelliarmus. It was pretty funny.
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:59 am
Jedi: I have a bunch of friends who've read The Hunger Games and they say I'll love it. And, I have a random thought about The Mortal Instruments series. There's a fourth book coming out next April. But, I thought it was a trilogy? o.O I also just got the first Fablehaven book. You know if they're any good?
History used to be interesting to me, but into middle and high school, it got boring. But, maybe if I read them again, I'd like them better. It's kind of like with Twilight, New Moon used to be my least favorite book, but now that my views on Jacob have changed, I'd probably like it more. But yeah, it was about the same for me before I settled on fantasy, except it was after I saw Order of the Phoenix.
Alright, I knew that part. Yeah, it might be a psychological thing. But, I remember reading that, whenever she touches something, it freezes or something. Alright, so Cassie's a ghost, gotcha. Well, I think knowing the background of a story is just as important as understanding the actual story. That's why I don't like being confused when I'm reading.
Well, my mom lets me read whatever I want too...except with A Child Called "It". She didn't let me borrow her copies of them until just recently, actually.
Oh, yuck, I'm sorry =(. It's been hotter where you are than where I am. Right now, it's 84 and sunny and humid. Well, my parents were bitten a lot because they take bike rides every morning or night, depending on how hot it is and if they have to work. I haven't because I'm not outside a lot. I don't like hot at all, so I like to stay in the air, haha.
Ooh, that sounds fun! I'm sure your new coach will be cool. Field show routine? What is that, exactly?
Haha! Ahh I love TV. I've never seen Doctor Who, though. Is it good?
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:54 pm
I looked it up online, and the fourth Mortal Instruments book (City of Fallen Angels) is supposed to be told from Simon's point of view. I've never heard of Fablehaven. You'll have to tell me if it's any good or not once you finish reading it.
I'm actually taking two history classes this year, and senior year (if we still have block scheduling) I plan on taking four history classes. Along with a crapload of science classes.
The field show routine is what marching band performs during half time at football games.
If you understand Doctor Who, then it's amazing. I mean, there isn't a lot of continous story lines that go on in the show, it's more of understanding who the Doctor is, what he is, and where he's from because the show deals with a lot of aliens and other forms of life. The first time I watched it, it was kind of confusing, but then my friend explained it to me, and now I understand it a lot better. So if you can understand Doctor Who, then it's a great show. And on a random side note, the actor who played the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) played Barty Crouch Jr. in Goblet of Fire.
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:17 pm
Oh, okay, I get it. But...it's still a book in the series, it's just not in third person. Fablehaven is your basic nerd fantasy series. And the cover sparkles! Haha. I haven't read it yet, but it seemed to be one of those fantasy books I wanted to read.
Ha, I couldn't do that many history classes. It's bad enough I took AP World History last year. I'm taking a semester of Civics (that's required) and that's it. I'm taking more computer classes this coming year, then, like you, a crapload of science classes senior year (AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Accelerated Physics). And then AP Calculus and my English credit.
Oh, I understand. So, it's kind of like when the cheerleaders perform a routine to the band's music during halftime? I don't know if your cheerleaders do that, but ours do.
Aliens are awesome, haha. So, it's basically not a story, it's just random things in each episode about what the Doctor does to aliens? Haha nice. Doctor Who seems to have a bit of a connection to Harry Potter.
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:27 pm
Yeah, but I don't think our cheerleaders perform with the marching band during half time. I think cheerleaders perform, then poms, then the band I think because we spend most of our time trying to get off the bleachers and lined up. It's quite difficult to walk down metal bleachers while carrying a sousaphone.
I'm taking AP European History and AP U.S. Government and Politics this year, and senior year I'm hoping to take Ancient History, Military Topics, and AP U.S. History. So only three, not four my bad.
Well, there are some continous story arcs, and there are sometimes story lines that goes on with the people he travels with (The Doctor can time travel), but essentially yes, it is just random things. Usually he'll be traveling somewhere in the TARDIS (his time machine, it stands for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) and he'll just stumble upon something that needs his help. And it does have a bit of a connection to Harry Potter. I can tell you all about Doctor Who, but that would be way too long to put in here.
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:16 pm
Oh, okay. Well, actually, we only have poms, we don't have cheerleaders. I just refer to them as cheerleaders because, when I'm talking to people who go to other schools, they don't understand what poms are or the difference between them. But, don't you all stay together on the bottom bleachers so you can get lined up easier? That's what our band does.
Oh, yuck. AP Government and Politics was an option for me this year, but I hate politics with a bloody passion, let alone a hard politics class that lasts all year. So, I just figured I'd do my required semester of a regular class and get it over with. We don't have Ancient History or any Military classes. AP US History was dropped for next year because of lack of requests.
Okay, I understand. Sounds like an interesting show. I've heard people talking about it, but I never see it on TV. Maybe it's because I don't have cable. I don't see a lot of shows. Except The Gates, which I'm really behind on.
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:12 pm
Oh, I thought every school had both poms and cheerleaders. I guess some schools might refer to poms as a dance team or something.
Our marching band has a section of bleachers roped off that's just for us. So the sousaphones, since they're the largest instrument, go all the way to the top of the bleachers, drum line is in the front, and everything else is in between. So when it's time for the field show, we have to get everyone down from the bleachers, so yeah.
Political science is a required credit for everyone to graduate, and AP Gov is the AP version of poli sci, so I figured why not? It looks better on college applications, and because of block scheduling, the class is only 9 weeks. The only reason we have classes like Military Topics and Ancient History is because we have block scheduling in my school district. That's interesting that your AP history classes don't run. At my school, it's pretty a 100% guarantee that the AP Euro and AP U.S history classes will run-everyone always wants to take those classes.
That sucks that you don't have cable. You can find pretty much all the episodes on YouTube. Just put in the name of the show and the name of the episode, and it should come up. Although, even if you don't have cable, do you still get PBS? Because Doctor Who is on PBS on Sunday nights, at least where I live.
What's the Gates about? I've heard of it, but never got around to watching it because of the other shows I watch.
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:31 pm
Yeah, poms is more of a dance team with pompoms. We don't really have cheerleaders. We have poms, then Allegro Dance Team, which is a dance team without pompoms. Cheerleaders are the ones that do pyramids and flip people and stuff. Our pom team just does dance routines with pompoms.
Oh, I understand. But, if the sousaphones are the biggest instruments, wouldn't they be at the bottom so they could get down easier?
Oh. We don't need Political Science. All we need is Physical Science and Biology, but basically all the colleges require at least three years of science, so most people go onto Chemistry. But, for us, AP Gov is a social studies credit. I would think Political Science would be a science credit. Okay, what's block scheduling exactly? 9 weeks would be one semester, right? Well, AP Euro and AP US were dropped. And I think Geography was dropped too. We only have a couple people who would be able to get into AP classes. And, after AP World, which everyone hated, no one wanted to do AP US or AP Euro. Or they just weren't recommended.
Oh, okay. Yes, I still get PBS. I'll keep that in mind =).
It's basically a drama show about this human family who moves to a gated community called The Gates so they can raise their kids in a safer environment. Nick, the dad, is a police officer, and he tries to get the other police in there to get with the program. They don't know what they're doing since not a lot of crime comes up in The Gates. Charlie, the son, goes to the school in the community, and goes after a girl, Andi, who has a werewolf boyfriend (that she doesn't know about) and lives with her human dad, but her late mom was a Succubus, so she's half Succubus (which doesn't really make sense to me, but whatever). The family's neighbors, the Radcliffes (I know, weird, right? Haha.) are British vampires who adopted a human daughter. They made an agreement not to bite anyone because they can get arrested since they do kill the people they bite, and they can get blood from the hospital. And, these homeopathic doctors that everyone in the community knows and trusts are witches and they put spells and stuff on all the lotion and stuff they give out to people. And that's as far as I got, I need to catch up. It's a really good show, though. It's on Sundays on ABC at 7 or 8, I forget which.
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:51 pm
Well, we go to the bleachers in the order that we march. So sousaphones are at the back of the parade block, so they go up first, or something like that.
Political science isn't a science class. It's a study of how our government works...though why it's called political science, I'm not really sure. So it's a social studies credit at my school.
At my school, 9 weeks is a term. 18 weeks is a semester, so we have 36 weeks in our school year.
So block scheduling. Okay, I'll try my best. If it doesn't make sense, that's because it's kind of confusing unless you're at a school that uses block. So basically with block scheduling, we have four classes a day, and 1st, 2nd, and 4th block are 90 minutes, and 3rd block is 2 hours. The reason 3rd block is 2 hours is because that's when we have lunch. So there are four lunches: A, B, C, and D lunch. If you have A lunch, you go to lunch for 30 minutes, then class for 90. D lunch is the opposite of that. If you have B lunch, then you go to class for 30 minutes, lunch for 30 minutes, then back to class for 60 minutes. C lunch is the opposite of B lunch. Now for classes, almost all of our classes will last either a semester (18 weeks) or a term (9 weeks). So classes that last a semester at our school are probably the ones that last the entire year at your school. Science, math, history, english, foreign languages, engineering, etc. Classes that last a term probably last a semester at your school. So PE, art, cooking, home ec, the specialized history classes (poli sci, military topics, ancient history). We do, however, have a few classes that last all year. AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus, and Medical Topics last the entire year. Band and choir go the entire year, but they're on this thing called orange/blue schedule, which means on Monday they would go to band or choir, and on Tuesday, they would go to PE. After first semester, all of our classes switch unless you have one of the special all year classes. So for example, my schedule first semester last year was: Spanish 3, PE 10(1st term)/Advanced Team Sports(2nd term), Honors Integrated Geometry and Algebra 2, and Honors US History. For second semester, all my classes switched and I had: Intro to Engineering/Design, Honors English 2, Honors Chemistry, and Honors Algebra 2. I hope I explained block scheduling in a not confusing way.
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:07 pm
Oh, okay, I get it. Now, enlighten me, sousaphones are smaller versions of tubas, right?
Oh, okay, never mind then. I guess I should've figured that out with the "Political" part.
Ahh. Well, I know we have 40 something days in a quarter (the equivalent of a term), so that would be about 9 weeks. Or it's 40 days in a semester, I don't remember.
Oh, never mind, I've heard of that before. I never understood how you can only have a semester of a class and still get everything done, but I guess it helps that your classes are longer. At my school, we have seven 50 minute "hours", though I'm not really sure why they call them that since they aren't hour long, a 25 minute homeroom (which we call CAP, which stands for Central Academic Period or something like that), and a 30 minute lunch. Most classes go all year, but some are semester courses, like gym, some English electives, Civics, etc. Like, my schedule for this last year was:
Semester I: Advanced Algebra w/ Trig (year long), Spanish 1 (year long), Accelerated English 10 (year long), Lunch, Accelerated Biology (year long), AP World (year long), Phy. Ed. 10 (semester long), and study hall (semester long).
Semester II: Advanced Algebra w/ Trig, Spanish 1, Accelerated English 10, Excel and PowerPoint (semester long), Lunch, AP World, Health (semester long), and Accelerated Biology.
So, yeah, block scheduling would be kind of confusing for me to do, but I do understand. But, I have to admit, I think my scheduling is easier to understand...
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:26 pm
Sousaphones aren't really smaller, they're just easier to march with because they sit on the players shoulders.
We had scheduling similar to yours in junior high, except it was 9-40 minute classes. I hated that. It felt like as soon as we got settled in and started doing stuff, it was time to go. Right now, though, the district board is seriously, heavily considering getting rid of block. And it would hit me my senior year. Which really pisses me off because me (and everyone else at my school) have built their schedules around block and by getting rid of it, they're screwing everyone up. And the history and science classes I want to take my senior year will more than likely no longer be offered because the only reason we have them is because of block. And the board took 12 years to put block into effect, and now they want to get rid of it in 6 months which is really retarded. I don't know anyone who wants to get rid of block; we all like it (mainly because it's less homework with only four classes). I mean, I get why they want to do it. They want to get away from having a year in between classes. Like for example, I had Spanish 3 first semester last year, and this year, I'll have Spanish 4 second semester, so that's a year between my spanish classes, and they want to get away from that happening. Because supposedly it'll save money too (and I'm sure it will) but they're not even considering our education. A lot of classes will be dropped if they get rid of block and that's unfair to the students. And they haven't even had an open forum for students and parents to attend where anyone can talk. They did have one board meeting where they let like, three people talk, and it seems like they weren't even listening to anything they're saying. Not only will they get rid of a lot of classes, but we won't be able to take certain classes. My friend is taking all AP and Honors class-every single one-and the only reason she can is because of block. Without it, she wouldn't be able to mentally handle, but also the classes would conflict. Sorry...I sorta started ranting there, but I really needed to get that out. I feel much better now.
Once you've done block, it makes a lot more sense. I know when my older brother tried to explain it to me, it made absolutely no sense at all, but now that I've been through it, it makes sense.
On random side note...I was at my tennis class today, and it started raining. So we had to go pick up all the balls, and it started pouring. The raindrops were so huge that I thought for a moment that it was hailing. So I was soaking wet by the time it finished raining. It was fun though.
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:50 pm
Well, they're versions of the tuba, right?
I went to a private middle school, so we had a religion class first thing in the morning (in 8th grade, it was switched with Confirmation classes, which I hated), then we did History, Science, Math, and in 6th grade, Reading, in the morning with different teachers, then in the afternoon, we had English, Art, Music, Current Events, and gym with our "homeroom" teacher. And, in 7th and 8th grade, we had computers and Spanish with our math teacher. But, I can see why you wouldn't like it, but I have no choice. I kind of like how we're not sitting in one class for 90 minutes. Ours is more fast paced and we don't really get bored because we have to go fast so we can get everything into a 50 minute period. But, our AP sciences classes are 2 credits, so they're 2 hours. That'll be a little hard, but I have to do that senior year because of the degree I wanna get in Pharmaceutical Sciences. But, I do see what the board means by having a year between classes. It's bad enough that after summer, you forget stuff, but having a full year, you'll forget more unless you study in between. One thing I don't understand is, how come it seems like every person I talk to in another state has block scheduling? It seems like Wisconsin is the only state that doesn't, and I don't think it ever did. My grandma even had 7 or 8 hours, the only difference was that they changed every day. But, I also don't understand how you'll lose some of your AP classes if you don't have block? I mean, we have the AP classes that you say you'll lose and we're doing just fine. And, maybe your friend should've thought before she decided to take all AP classes. AP classes are hard work, it seems to me that block just makes them easier to handle. I know that shouldn't really be a bad thing, but if you didn't have block, you'd realize how much work it actually is. AP World took a lot out of me last year, and I know senior year won't be any easier. Maybe it's just time for a little change. It'll get you kids to work harder, at least in my opinion.
No, I get it. Like I said, almost everyone that I know that lives in another state has block, so I've heard it explained many times.
o.O It was fun picking up tennis balls in the pouring rain? I mean, don't get me wrong, I love rain, just not being in it, particularly. I remember one time when I was a cadet (which is basically like a hall monitor) at my middle school, and my post after school was out by the church side of our school (the church and school were connected). I remember it was pouring rain, but I had a really short walk home, it wasn't even fifty feet, so I didn't bring a jacket. Plus, it wasn't that cold outside. So, since cadets have to leave about 10 minutes early so they can get their stuff and get to their posts before everyone else gets out, I had to stand in the pouring rain for about 20 minutes before my friends came out (we met by the church before we all went home) and one of them gave me their sweater and I stood under the little roof part of the church to dry off. It wasn't fun, I got a cold the next week...
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:58 pm
I totally agree with what the board is saying, because I would hate to have a year between my classes. But they're also not listening to what we as the students have to say. My friend that's taking all the AP and honors classes is extremely intelligent and she can handle them. But when that's all you take and we're on traditional scheduling, then the classes will conflict. Also, we'll lose classes because we have two high schools in my district and so some classes are only offered at one of the schools. So they bus students from the other school over to the school that has it (pain in the butt from personal experience) so they would either a) hire more teachers and equipment to have the classes at both schools or b) not offer them at all because it's not fair to offer them at one school and not the other. Because by the time we get to the other high school, get signed in, have everyone get settled in the classroom, take attendance, and then we leave about 15 minutes early, we've lost like, 25-30 minutes of class. So if we have 50 minute classes, there goes most of the class. Another problem is that everyone builds their schedule and what classes they'll take and when around block. Because with block, we can get 32 credits whereas most schools only get 24 or 28 credits because you have to have a seperate period for lunch, and we have lunch built into one of our classes. So we've built our schedule around being able to take 8+ classes a year, and now we all have to go and readjust all our classes if they take away block. But they're not supposed to make a decision til September. Right now I'm praying they vote no for and keep block.
If we don't have block, then the AP classes that are a full year will simply last two periods instead. But we will lose some classes, because the only reason some of the new classes were added is because we have block. Like meteorology, astronomy, ancient history, etc. were offered because of block. And it sucks for me because I want to be a meteorologist, so I need to take classes like that that will help me with my major in college, or even tell me if that's what I even like and want to do. And I can't take it this year because my schedule is jam packed with classes that I want/need to take.
It'll be particularly hard for us to back to traditional scheduling. I mean, I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm just saying that since I'll have gone through 3 years of block, then to suddenly go back to traditional will be really hard, simply because I've adjusted to block.
I know AP classes are hard. My friend took AP Euro and Accelerated Honors English 2 last year, and she said that she would be up until midnight or later working on stuff for Euro or English, and then she'd still have chemistry or algebra or spanish homework to do still. So yeah, it's hard. It's especially harder when you're in activities after school, like I plan on doing marching band, tennis, and drama in the fall. So I'll be working my butt off on just trying to stay caught up with 4 classes.
I can't really explain it, it was just fun to me to be running around scrambling to pick up ball in the pouring rain and then go hide in the shed. And today (being the last day of class) it rained again. So we had to go and pick up all the balls, and there was no room left in the shed and my friend's phone was being retarded because part of the touch screen doesn't work, so I couldn't call my mom. So we both ended up getting a ride home from one of the older girls who helps with the classes. So I was soaking wet when I got home. But again I still found it fun. Guess I'm just weird like that.
That sounds like quite the experience...I'm sorry you got sick...that must have sucked.
I got Dark Flame today...finally. But my mom said I have to finish one of my books for school before I can read Dark Flame. So I'm hoping to finish The Crucible tonight. The Crucible is actually pretty interesting. One of the better books I've had to read for school. It's a play, and basically it's about the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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