7 posts tagged “school”
Why am I awake at 12:30am and not going to bed any time soon? [it may not seem late but I usually get to bed around 10] Well, I'll tell you...
So I'm in charge of making the Senior slideshow that plays at the Senior breakfast the week of graduation. Tomorrow we have a senior assembly to talk about graduation and stuff like that and we are going to give a little slide show "preview" to get more people to send in pictures for it. So, since I had a half day at school today [got out at 10:06am] I came home, slept, got up, went to work, came home, slept some more. At 10pm I was wide awake so I decided to work on the senior slideshow and I started messing around with this amazing DVD maker program that I am now in love with! haha. i put all the pictures I had together and put our senior song [My Wish - Rascal Flatts] on in the background and when I was finished I watched it to make sure it worked and everythign looked good and I seriously almost started crying. Seeing all the pictures of these kids I've basically grown up with and everything just got to me. It's so bizarre that it's almost over- gone forever. I don't know what to do.
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but I will tell you that I am now going to make a DVD or two for friends with pictures of us on it =D Eee! I love it!
So today at school were had finals for our 2nd and 5th block classes. . . well . . . I don't have a 5th block class. So I went to my 2nd block class at 7:30. I wrote a quite fabulous [if I do say so myself] timed essay for the second portion of my English 102 final, exited the class at approximately 9:07 and then. . . I went home. :D Oh it was beautiful. At first I wasn't sure what to do with myself and was trying to think of reasons to stay because I felt as if I should. Then my better judgment kicked in and I headed for the parking lot. I came home, made a Christmas card, and fell into bed around 9:30am. I woke up and got out of bed around 12:20. Made some lunch, got ready for work and here I am. Oh today is a beautiful day...
Oh the agony... I just finished submitting my last college application. Which probably isn't such a good thing for me to be turning it this late, even though the cut-off is February 2nd, most people submitted theirs in October//November. Oh well. The hardest part is waiting for a response. I really, really, so very badly want to go to BYU UT but I don't think I have much of a chance since I have bad ACT scores and an ok GPA. I'm not exactly at the top of the list, ya know? Anyway, and if I don't get in then I'm not sure what I'll do. I could still be accepted to BYU ID or NAU and if I don't want to go to either of those then I can just live at home and go to PVCC... but I really want to go to BYU UT. *sigh*
Oh the pain of a lack of patience...
But - on a happier note... Today in english was particularly enjoyable.
1 - My teacher briefed us on the final for tomorrow
2 - We filled out course evaluation sheets that she has to send to Rio Salado
3 - We had a group discussion about pros and cons of the semester/class and gave her tips on what she could do differently in the future to improve the class//curriculum.
4 - Our teacher gave us a letter she had written us. It was really neat and considering my relationship with her, it very well could have put me in tears had I not restricted that from happening. In her letter she talked about her list of 100 things to accomplish in her life and how it is always changing as she marks things off because she has finished them and because she continues to add to it. Then she gave each of us a small notepad and challenged us to do the same.
5 - Picnic/Lunch. Haha, just like in 3rd grade she gave us all sack lunches with a sandwich, chips and a capri sun. :) and we got homemade cookies!
6 - We started to watch the movie that won "Best Picture" from her first hour Creative Writing class. [They're big project in the class is a 30 page screenplay and movie]
Then the bell rang so we are finishing the movie tomorrow after our final.
:) I love her so much and I'm gonna miss her for sure. She's been so influential for me.
Good news...
In order to get an A in my American Government class, I need to get at least a 36% on my final exam. And better yet... I automatically get a 50% just for showing up and taking the test.
In order to get an A in my Economics class, I need to get at least a 66% on my final exam. Not as nice of a deal as Government but I'm pretty sure I can manage a 66%, haha.
English 102... not sure but I have a 95% in there now and I have three more grades going in before the final. Two vocab tests and my speech. So we'll see where that leaves me. I still don't think I'll have much too worry about.
1. Grab the book closest to you (check)
2. Open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence (check)
3. Post the text of the next couple sentences
At night the three
of us sit under the light pole at the top of the lane reading, Mikey, Malachy, and I. The Molloy's are like us with their father drinking the dole money or the wages and leaving no money for candles or paraffin oil for the lamp. Mikey reads books and the rest of us read comic books. His father, Peter, brings books from the Carnegie Library so that he'll have something to do when he's not drinking pints or when he's looking after the family anytime Mrs. Molloy is in the lunatic asylum.
4. Name the book and the author
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.
basically thee most depressing book ever. It is a memoir about McCourt's child hood. How he grew up poor and practically starving in Ireland. He loses 3 siblings in less than a year and every thing else that is terrible and you couldn't imagine dealing with happens too. If you like a sad story, you'll love this. I don't like it but I am reading it for my English 102 class. Thank goodness I only have about 80 pages left.
ok, well I gave my speech yesterday. Or at least I think I did...
First off my visual aid didn't work. I had a power point, but it only had one slide with a graph/pie chart on it. buttt... my teacher's computer couldn't find the file on the usb key so that I could put it up on the smart board. So I had to draw it and put it under the smart cam. Really professional I know. Anyway so my visual aid didn't really work and I was so nervous I thought I was going to break my ankle in my heels. And after starting this is all I remember: Shaking so bad I didn't know it was possible to shake//tremble like that. I swear my legs at my shins/calves were bending in half even though my bones happen to be straight. Then I remember one or two times where I messed up and the rest of it is fuzzy and gray. I really don't remember anything else. Oh one more thing, after I finished I gave my teacher my final draft and my note cards and I walked out. Oy vay. I'm just glad it's over with and I [hopefully] never have to do that again. Everyone else said I did fine and they couldn't tell I was nervous but that is hard for me to believe considering I can't remember ever shaking that bad, ever in my entire life.
I took my last test, aside from the final, in American Government today. I didn't study at all last night and I probably did not so good, but it really doesn't matter because I have 116% in that class. So even if I failed that test I'll still have an A+. Haha, oh how I love extra credit. And for his final exam if you show up and take the test you automatically get a 50% minimum on it, but if you don't show up, he fails you for the course, so even if you aren't gonna study you might as well come in and fill in a few bubbles on the answer sheet for half credit. Also, he's going to give us a list of topics that are going to be covered on the test and then we can make a study guide - which we can use on the test. :) I like that.
Went to the dentist today. Had to get a cavity filled. It really wasn't bad at all especially since my dentist is a family friend and he specializes in children's dentistry so I get laughing gas and they are more careful and more worried about whether you are comfortable or not. Virtually no pain whatsoever. Downside: I have a cavity. lol
BUT... I forgot that today was payday so that was definitely a pleasant surprise.
more good news: only 8 days till winter break and only 156 days till no more high school ever again!! :D Eee! [In case you couldn't tell, I'm muy excited about that!]
Forgive me if I st-studder from all of the clutter in my head...
General update.
School. Blegh. Really not the highlight of my life but hey, what can ya do? My big assignment in english 102 right now is our persuasive speeches. yuck. We have to give a 5 minute speech in front of the class on a controversial issue. Mine really isn't that exciting I just kind of picked it by default. I'm speaking on minimum wage and I am trying to get my audience to agree with me that there should be a law that requires the state minimum wage to be adjusted every 5 years according to the cost-of-living changes. It's so nerve wracking! One of my worst fears: public speaking. no joke. I can get up in front of a group and tell them what's going on, or direct them or whatever like in Student Government but actual speaking//speeches that count for something [ie: a grade, whether or not I win something like getting to go to State Convention for StuGo, etc.] is quite different. I turn into a puddle on the floor, well I wish I did. I get really nervous, my hands shake, I tap or move my leg. Sometimes I get near tears. It's ridiculous but I can't help it. I told my teacher I'd rather jump out of a plane than give my speech... she didn't believe me. [and I even have a slight fear of heights!] And this is worth the same as an essay, like 150-200 points. Eek! not so good. and there's all these stipulations like we lose points if we: go over the time limit, go under the time minimum, have annoying nervous habits like biting your lip or playing with your hair, and a million other things. Anyway, we start presenting next Tuesday. I think I am going to go on Wednesday that way I can see a few people go but still get it over and done with instead of dragging out the agony and going the last day. Moving on... Government. Well I have a 98% in the class and I have 10% of extra credit that he'll be putting in at the end of the quarter so basically even if I do bad on our last test before the quarter ends, there's no way I can't get an A. Plus, he is giving up to 30 points extra credit if we bring in canned food for the food drive. [1 pt per item up to 30 items] Economics. Easy. I have a 95% I think and we hardly do anything in class. English 102. I have an 88% and I really want to get it up but I am waiting for her to put more grades in so I can see how much more I need to bring it up for an A this quarter. StuGo. 91%. why is it my lowest? shouldn't it be my easiest? well we don't have a lot of grades in and I got a 50% on a written thing we had to turn in because I forgot and turned it in one day late. But I'm not worried about it dropping at all, so I'm good.
Social. Good. Nothing really exciting I guess. No boys. Not complaining though. Friday I'm going to my sister's//Pinnacle's Choir concert. Should be fun. It's their big show and a lot of my friends are in the choir. Saturday I'm doing some Christmas shopping in Mesa with the best friend [Dallin]. Then we are meeting up with a bunch of my Phoenix friends at the temple to walk around and see the lights. Oh and Sunday I'm going to Joey's farewell. He'll be going to Boise! It's weird to think he's going on a mission! and I am gonna be writing a lot of letters now that all my friends are starting to leave.
Family. Well Bob is still having it rough. His arthritis hasn't gotten any better and it probably won't until they finish weening him off of his current medication and get his liver biopsy done so that they can put him on different medication. Everyone else is good. Oh and our washer[clothes] broke today. My mom found it with clothes in it and water in it, and it wouldn't do anything. Haha. Okay so it's not really that funny because we had to go buy a new one today buttt I got a little chuckle out of it. And I got to take my dad's car to work since the 'rents needed my truck to pick up the new washer.
Okay well I should probably go use some of my free time here at work to revise my speech since we have to have it on note cards tomorrow so we can start practicing. gah! This is going to be the death of me...
