• 25Aug 07

  School

  Yeah, school. It's probably a topic that's been flying around a lot lately. I'm actually not ranting about it, it's just that I noticed I haven't done a blog entry on here in almost a year and I figured it was about time I did. But I've got nothing to write about except school. And maybe my summer, but it wasn't all that interesting other the bearded dragon my brother found a little over a week ago. It's officially "my little baby".

  I'm actually looking forward to this school year. I've got my first AP courses this year (my school doesn't offer AP courses to any grade under Juniors, unless you somehow manage to get into Calculus in ninth or tenth grade). I know people who would dread AP courses, but I've always loved a good challenge.

  Another upside to this year is that I know almost all of my teachers already. My english teacher is the same one I had last year and is one of my two SAT Prep teachers. My Calculus teacher was my ninth grade Algebra 2 teacher and is the other SAT Prep teacher. I have two different band courses this year ( because the only orchestra period is the same time as the only higher level Physics course) and it's the same director that I've had for the last two years. My engineering teacher is the best friend of the teacher I would have had (who was, in turn, a good friend of mine) if he hadn't transferred to a different school. The Physics teacher has been advising me lately on colleges and went to and graduated from one of the colleges I've really wanted to go to (Northwestern University in Illinois). In truth, the only teacher I don't know at least a little bit is the US History teacher, since he's new to the school.

  It's been so long since I've been on here that I'm not sure how to end this, other than to say that I hope you all are doing well.
  

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• 29Sep 06

  House, MD Sites

  Okay, so there's two sites I frequent for the purpose of discussing the show "House, MD". The first is the one I frequent more often and the one I suggest for almost purely discussion of the shows: http://housemdchat.com. If you decide to join this group, please PM Jacob and tell him House's Student referred you. Many thanks.

  The other, which is a good source of amateur and good-enough-to-be-professional fanfics of "House" is: http://z3.invisionfree.com/House_Message_Boards. Here, you can share your own personal ideas for the show and such.

  • Posted Sep 29, 2006 9:14 pm GMT
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• 8Sep 06

  Class Breakdown

  As all high schoolers do, I have a myriad of classes I'm taking this year (8 to be exact). I figured that I've survived through the classes long enough to be able to pass judgement on them. I hate giving reasons except in special circumstances (God knows I do too much of that at school), so if you want to know why, ask at your own risk.

  Just because I like to be difficult, I've got a system for whether or not I like the class or the teacher.

  +++=Like both class and teacher
  ++=Like only the class
  +=Like only the teacher
  -=Only barely tolerate either one (this often has a reason)

  Gym (PE)=++
  The thing with this one is that I prefer one of the other gym teachers during that class period to the one I've actually got. That happens often with me and gym class.

  GT English (World Lit)=+++
  Other than the fact that the teacher has VERY high expectations of GT students, she's not too bad.

  GT World History=+++
  I love history and since we're starting out with ancient civilizations, I'm reminded of my days in Mr. Keegan's class in sixth grade. I loved that year and this year's looking good so far.

  Fundamentals of Art=-
  There's a couple big no-no's for this one. First of all, I requested a Tech class. Second of all, I'm not the best person when it comes to art class (and especially drawing) and I've been known to be a big complainer about those things. Third of all, as you probably know, the art class kids aren't always the best-behaved. Same deal here. Last of all, the teacher has her good moments but let's just say she's not my favorite.

  Symphonic Band=+++
  Always my most favorite class (well, either band or strings, depending on the year you're talking about). You guys, I believe, already know I'm first chair. If all goes well, that'll continue. Plus, you'll hear me talk about Patterson a lot. He's one of the most inspirational people I've ever met and my second favorite teacher of all time (following my middle school orchestra teacher, as you migh expect.) I love that man. 'Nuff said.

  Honors Pre Calculus=++ or +++
  This the only class I haven't passed a formal judgement on the teacher. That could be good or bad.

  GT Chemistry=++ or +++
  Scratch what I said last time. I have no idea about this teacher either. However, I love the class. Chemistry is something I've really been looking forward to.

  Spanish 3=+++
  I'm trying to change my bad habit of falling asleep in Spanish class. It isn't working so far but I'm glad I don't sit in the very front of the class like I did last year.

  That's about it: my official word on classes. More than likely, my next blog post will be about the extracurricular activities.

  Pheinoix's Girl AKA StarDragger AKA Neebler AKA a whole bunch of other names I don't feel like naming.

  • Posted Sep 8, 2006 6:06 pm GMT
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