More days off!

Last week was pretty normal. Annoying class mates in Government and a fun time in English. We have finished several days ahead of schedule what the teacher has for us to do. It has been neat to see! The same almost has happened in Government. The only difference is that he is going to have us review on the extra days. Our English teacher can only review so much without boring her 4-6 students.

Today in Government I had to give an oral report. I gave it on Sarah Palin. I was able to do it in powerpoint. I really enjoyed putting it together and presenting it. The subject did not go over the best with those that are in the class. It is a mostly Democratic leaning class. I still gave it without much headache.

Tomorrow I take the last test I will take in this English class. I am so excited! I almost postitive I will ace it! The teacher basicly went over what will be on the test with us today. That was just about all the review I needed. Most of the stuff is very straight forward.

I was sitting today at lunch and noticed something interesting. I normallly sit outside when the weather is nice. Why waste it by being inside all day? There is this fountain in the court yard where I sit. At the top of this very modern artish fountain is a trough. In this trough floating back and forth is a football. I thought it was a Basketball at first, but its not. It was a football. I wonder if someone put it in there on purpose. Does the faculty know it is there? How long will it be before it gets taken out? Why is it that I always notice these things?

Until Next time,
BookWorm

Only Half a week

Last week was pretty normal. I passed my Government test with a 105. Not bad if I don't say so myself. We have started going over how Presidents are elected now. That has been interesting and somewhat complex but yet amazingly simple.

English, we have KILLED the subject of commas. My teacher sure is living up to her name of comma queen! If I don't know how to use them now I don't think I will ever know how to use them!

I am so excited! I have finished my Geometry! I am completely done! I finished with a 94 average. I bearly received an A! I worked hard though to finish it. Now that I am done with it, I don't know exactly what I am going to do. Maybe take a few weeks off?

Now, what about that half week? I only have a half week of class this week. This is by my choice. I have my homework that is due Monday so I will not fall to far behind. I am just kinda looking forward to being able to do it on my own time scale again for a while. Well, at least for a few days!

Poetry and some other stuff

Today in Government we reviewed for our test which is tomorrow. I am ready, at least that is what I am hoping after this sleepy fog clears tomorrow morning. I have just finished typing out the review sheet he gave us. This test seems to just be a big vocabulary test.

English today was interesting. We read poems and wrote our own Acrostic poem. I will share with you three of my favorite poems we read.

Hold my hand
by Mari Evans

Here
hold my hand
let me touch you
there is
nothing
we can
say...your
soul
eludes me
when I reach
out
your eyes
resent
my need to know
you
here
hold my hand
since there is
nothing we can say

Where Have You Gone
by Mari Evans

Where have you gone

with your confident
walk with
your crooked smile

why did you leave
me
when you took your
laughter
and departed
are you aware that
with you
went the sun
all light
and what few stars
there were?

where have you gone
with your confident
walk your
crooked smile the
rent money
in one pocket and
my heart
in another . . .

(this last one is not normally one I would enjoy, but the end I just found SO funny!)

Incident in a Rose Garden: Donald Justice


Gardener
Sir, I encountered Death
Just now among our roses
Thin as a scythe he stood there.

I knew him by his pictures
He had on his black coat
Black gloves, and broad black hat.

I think he would have spoken,
Seeing his mouth stood open.
Big it was, with white teeth.

As soon as he beckoned, I ran.
I ran untill I found you.
Sir, I'm quitting my job.

I want to see my sons
Once more before I die.
I want to see California.

Master
Sir, you must be that stranger
Who threatened my gardener.
This is my property, sir.

I welcome only friends here.

Death
Sir, I knew your father.
And we were friends at the end.

As for your gardener,
I did not threaten him.
Old men mistake my gestures.

I only ment to ask him
To show me to his master.
I take it you are he?

In Geometry today I was told that the test I took last week was only half the test. That means I have to take the rest of it tomorrow. This shall be interesting. I sure hope I do okay!

LONG WEEK

Okay, it has been SUCH a long week for me this week. I feel like I haven't stopped until this morning.

• Monday I had a pretty simple day except I got home and an hour later had to turn around and leave. I then didn't get home till after 9:30 PM. Needless to say I was pretty zapped.
  
• Tuesday I was at school for an extra hour and a half. It was raining, and I forgot my umbrella. We need the rain though. So it is a blessing. Just wish the blessing at given me some notice so I could have brought an umbrella with me.
• Come Wednesday I was tired of the rain but it kept coming. It was a pretty normal Wednesday for me. The only real difference was where I sat for lunch. I was able to sit with a different friend. It was a nice change. I think I might be finding me a brand new place to sit.
• Thursday was a day I had some fun with. I don't know why I just had an enjoyable time. I didn't come home till after 7 however. I don't mind that all that much.
• Friday, boy was I glad to see it come around! I was just ready to stop. I have made myself sick of Geometry. Apparently I pushed myself too hard too fast. I am almost done though, so I'm excited about that! I just put myself in a little bubble and stayed that way during most of the free time. I was also excited because we got to finish watching the movie we started last week in English, Happy Feet. I love my English teacher! She is so funny! She really likes our class so she lets us do things she doesn't let any other class do!

So now I sit here, not really wanting to do any school work but finding myself with a loss of what to do. I may start on my Political Person oral report that isn't due for another three weeks. I am kinda excited about that assignment. I choose Sarah Palin. It will be interesting to see my class mates facial expressions as they listen, or not listen, depending.

Tests, riots, and birthdays

So we were supposed to take a test Wednesday on the amendments in Government. Wednesday my teacher had asked for a faculty member who had just gotten back from the Democratic National Convention to explain about what she did there, how she got there, and stuff like that. That took up the whole class time so we did not have time to take the test. It was postponed until Thursday. I was kinda disappointed, I was really ready to take the test.

Anyway, Thursday comes, we take the test. The teacher grades them as we hand them in. We are almost all done with the test when the teacher announces that he believes that there were some of the class that received outside help, aka cheating. So we will all have to take the test the second hour of class. That did not go over well. It started a shouting and cursing match. The teacher left to take care of one students attitude problems leaving the room unattended. Not the smartest thing in the world to do. It was beginning to get so bad I got up out of the class room and sat down in the hall way. I closed the door behind me so I could actually concentrate on what I was trying to study. I wasn't out there long before another girl came out and joined me. She had seen some of the guys cheat and they were cursing at her. It sounded like a riot was going to start in there! Thankfully the teacher came back so things settled down a little bit. We took the test over again. I got the same thing I had the first time, so no big deal. What did I get you ask? 100%

Today is my teachers birthday. I took her a card into class with me yesterday along with a small present. The card read, "Happy Birthday to the most bestest English teacher ever!" I know, its horrible grammar. That was the point. Here is the gift I gave her. She is the Comma Queen, so she says.

For those of you who are not sure what this is, its a Burger King Crown with a little modification.

English was fun too! We were able to have donuts on break! There were so good! We also got to watch Happy Feet for the last half of class. I had not seen it before. I want to see the rest of it now!

Remember my little candy buddy from the stair well? He was not there yesterday afternoon after class. :( Oh well, it was neat seeing him there this week!

A few sights of school

So I took my camera with me to school. Just figured it would be a handy thing to have with me. I found something interesting on my way down the stairs yesterday.


So...what is it you ask? Don't you see? Its a caterpillar or worm made out of Dots and a marshmallow! I am amazed the ants haven't gotten to it yet. It was there still today. Its kinda cute. He just sits there and watches people go up and down the stairs. Who put it there? Why did they put it there? How long has it been sitting there? Who knows!

My English teacher wrote this during class today to kind of entertain herself while waiting on us to finish the worksheets she had handed out.


With her as a teacher it really is!

A Long weekend

Sorry guys for leaving you hanging all weekend. Knowing that I had a long weekend coming up my brain wanted to leave every notion of school behind.....At least for a few days. I am ready to get into the swing of things again. It will be nice to hang out with my friends today!

Anyways, Thursday I was so pleased with myself. I started and finished one section in Geometry in an hour and a half! I was just tickled pink! Now I will start getting into the nitty gritty stuff of Geometry. That is going to be interesting to say the least!

Friday was my English sub's last day. :( I was able to get all my homework done in her class, or almost all of it anyway. We then kinda talked for the rest of class because she didn't have any other material to cover. I am going to miss her! My regular teacher starts back today. Time for more transitioning again. To figure out exactly how she expects tests to be done and the like. There is a good possibility that I have a test today in English. Eek!

Speaking of tests....I have to know Amendments to the Constitution #11-27 for tomorrow in government. I guess thats a "Welcome to the life of school, we will pile many tests on you all in the same week!" I know..exaggeration but that is sometimes the way it feels!

Off to class I go!

Hump Day

Hump Day is always the hardest. Especially when it rains. I'm not just talking about a constant rain. It POURED today. Good thing I brought my umbrella.

I am beginning to REALLY like my English sub. She is fun too, just in her own subtle way. I will miss her when she is gone. She challenges you to go as far as you can and get as much done in the time allotted. Unlike many of the teachers that just give you the answers she wants you to think. Why couldn't my other teachers have been more like this?

My day was going great today. I had finished up all my homework before I left the class room, and my team had won the game in Government. Just by one point, but thats all it takes to win. All my notes had been copied during my free time in English. All I had left was Geometry. Geometry went great too. I was sailing through the lessons. Comprehending quickly and getting the answers right. I only needed to do one thing before I hit my goal.

Then I hit a snag. I had a quiz I had to do. It was 5 minutes before my ride was to show up. I thought I could take it home. I couldn't...I had to do it then. I really couldn't say that I didn't have time because she just scrounged around for several minutes trying to find it. So I did it anyways. I made my ride wait about ten minutes for me. They didn't seem to mind, but I hate doing that to them. They don't have to take me to class, it is a favor really.

Goodnight all!

Second Monday

Today was the first day of my second week at school. It was a little harder getting out of bed this morning then I remember it being last week. Wonder why?

My homework today consists of:

• Finishing up class work from English 1
• Writing two journals for English 1
• Copying Government notes
• Watch the Democratic Convention and write a paper for extra credit in Government.

I finished most of it. I am waiting right now for the Convention to start. I am not quite sure what part of the convention I will write about. My English teacher is at the convention. I am hoping to see my teacher on TV.

Seeing as my English teacher is gone we have a sub this week. I am so glad I was able to end up with the original teacher and not this sub for the 8 weeks. She is not mean, just very strict. Everything for her must be done in pen. Her requirements for the journals are very strict. She wants a very orderly class room. There is nothing wrong with those things but I enjoy the other teachers perspective better.

Now, the difficulty with watching the Convention, when does it start? There is plenty of other pre-convention stuff that makes it hard to find out when exactly the CONVENTION starts. Why must every big event, weather it is a political thing, a ball game, or a race does it have to have so much stuff before it actually start? Can't we just give the time the specific event starts?

Anyways, sorry, didn't want to turn this into a political rant!

Okay, guys sorry for the few days of silence. I thought I would be able to post yesterday but it was so busy I just didn't have time! I am getting ready to go to bed but I thought I would give you a few stories of the things that have gone on the past two days.

First of all I was sitting there Wednesday night and realized that there was something written on my right elbow. Keep in mind that I am right handed. So I looked at it curiously. Apparently after I had written something on my paper with my pen I leaned on it and it is now imprinted on my elbow. I tried to read it, but it was too smudged. :( would have been interesting to see what was written there.

Today in English we had something kinda funny happen. We did a work sheet for practice. After we had swapped our papers to see if the other person agreed or disagreed with our answers and swapped back, we were talking about the differences. Every difference I had put on the person's paper I had looked at were right. Everyone she had marked different on mine were wrong. There was another student that had asked her to correct his sheet. She looked up at him with this egzasperated (is that how you spell that? if not can someone leave a comment telling me HOW to spell that word?) and asked "Are you sure you want me to check your paper?" We all had to laugh or at least snicker about it. Just one of those things that make the day fun.

OH! I will say this. I did not realize how much paper work is required in putting one person through school until this past week. I also did not know one person could be bounced back and forth between two different places so much! Good grief! Want to cut the government budget? You could save a bundle on the paper and ink!

After having to finagle my way into Geometry I am finally in and learning. I am enjoying it! I hope I can finish it in the next, 7 weeks now!

Day 1

Hi guys! I just survived my first day of school!

My class load some would consider light. Three classes which consist of American Government, English, and by the end of the week, Geometry. What you have to remember is that these classes are two hours long. (We do get a ten minute break an hour into the class.) So it is slightly more than it sounds.

Government is my first class. My teacher sounds like he is going to be fun. He appears to be laid back. That can be nice but that can also cause problems. Nice because I find it is easier to learn from someone who is laid back. The problem may come in with discipline. There seems to be some rebellious or spirited students. I am not really surprised just waiting patiently to see where it goes.

Lunch is next. Thirty five minutes of freedom you could say. I am able to eat with a friend of mine, for which I am thankful. Always nice to see a friendly face in a new place.

English is one subject I have never been good at. I am really looking forward to this class though. The teacher is so down to earth. She also doesn't want us to be fact spewing machines. She wants us to be able to apply our knowledge to other areas. I learned that she is also a Democrat. (She is going to the Democrat National Convention next week.) She is not one to push you to vote for one person or the other. She just wants you to vote. To be part of the government system that runs our country. I like this class too because there is only about 10 students.

Geometry, well that will be my last class. I have to register for that class tomorrow. It is a computer class so I will be working at my own pace. Here's hoping that the computer program likes me.

What I learned:

• It takes less than five minutes to speed walk from lunch to English
• My class schedule for the next 8 weeks.
• Be on time or it will really hurt you down the road
• Schools have a lot of paperwork and protocols.
• 

First day of school

Hi, I would like to introduce myself. I am Book Worm. I am an adult who for the first time is going to school. You may be wondering how that can be. I have done school before but never GONE to school to do the work. I will be starting for the first time on August 18th 2008. I plan to tell my stories here. Feel free to comment or ask questions.

I am collecting my supplies now and buying books. Who knew text books could cost as much as a nice MP3 player? Mine were the cheap ones too! At least pencils, pens, paper and three ringed binders are still inexpensive. There is some very cool stylish supplies out there. I find my inner kid coming out. Why can't I have psychedelic pens, notebooks, and folders? Okay, maybe those weird looks from my fellow class mates is a good enough reason.

I hope you all enjoy this blog as it gets going. :)