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.

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.
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