Review of Sophomore Year

How can you sum up a whole year of school in a few words. Well, this year I can manage it in only a few words: Could've been worse, but it could've been a whole lot better.

I think my Freshman year was a lot better, based on the amount of work, teachers, and relationships. Achedemically, I think my Sophomore year was better. I feel like the semester split the year into two different years, it seems like it was a year ago when I was in art, and 6th period lunch.

But oh, well, the year is almost over. And I really want to make this origami money stuff...

I Hope My Kids Will Be Different

I've seen what kids today are watching, and I can't say that I approve. The word "Pissed," isn't exactly a cuss word, but it's not like I want a six year old going around and saying it.

And sagging! Why?! It is the most ridiculous fad I've ever seen. I've already said that if my nephew even thinks about it, it'll be more embarrassing if I pants him than it will be if I just pull up his pants. Wear a belt! I mean come on, I don't really wanna see your boxers or your basketball shorts. I'm sure if some people actually looked up the way that sagging got started, some would be steered away from it. So, go look it up people!

My kids are going to be taught things like what a gun is and how to use one. That's sort of how I was brought up, and I know what a gun can do, and I never thought of even touching one unless my dad was around. These are the kind of things that parents are all shocked about. "You let your kid handle a gun!?" The answer to that is yes, but only to show them how to be safe around them. Kids are curious about things they don't know about, if they're introduced to something like that, then they know how to be safe.

I can't imagine letting my kids lay around playing video games all day. Facebooking every second of free time that they have. No. If I need to, I'll definitely kick their butts outside to get some exercise. I'll teach 'em how to throw a ball and I'll go to their games.

I just hope they'll be different. That they'll care about their grades, the lives of others, and their future. I hope, that one day, far, FAR, into the future when I have kids, they'll actually like me as much as a kid can like their mom, and I just hope their lives end up the way they wanted them to be.

dgriogrIOabhe Blog #2

Good luck pronouncing that title. But whatever it is, that's how I feel. You'd think that as school comes closer to an end, that I would feel better, but I don't.


Mother's Day is Sunday, and I don't know what to get my mom. Not to mention that the report for this class is due the Tuesday we get back, and I won't be home all weekend. Woo. But anyways. I'm utterly bored, there really isn't a lot to talk about. I really didn't want to come to school today. I wanted to stay at home and lay in my nice, warm bed all day. But obviously since I'm writing this, I'm not at home.

I just want it to be summer already.

6th 6 Weeks, Blog Post 1

Well, I think I've set too many goals for myself, because I'm so extremely stressed. I'm simultaneously trying to lose weight, keep my grades up, look for a job, and do chores, and get my license. It's a lot to handle. But, my mom just basically said to me that that's nothing.

Oh, well. I'll get through it. Always manage to get through the crap that I'm in. It's just unfortunate that it's all happening right at the end of the year.

On the other hand, there is the end of the year to look forward to. This year hasn't been the best in terms of school. Some of the teachers that I had last year, I think, were a whole lot better than the ones I have this year, but that's only a select few. On top of me not particularly liking some of the teachers, this year seems to have dragged on and on, I feel like last semester was last year! Ugh, I just want it to be over.

Slam Poem?

So, I read my poem yesterday. It actually wasn't as bad as I thought. Though, I do wish I'd read a poem I thought of later that day:

Damnation

No where near elation

Simple fixation

Only mutilation

Give into temptation

Easy sedation

Lack of concentration
No reason for celebration
Devastation
No time for relaxation
Transformation
Complete suffocation
Rewritten declaration
No more complication
Salvation

I like it a lot better than the one I did read. Point is, it's over, and I'm happy about it. Really talking in front of people was my problem with this, it was the word 'perform' that made me unhappy. Most of the time (out in the 'world of work') you most likely won't be asked to get up on a stage and perform anything.

Though, I must say that a little of my stage fright has disappeared, and I'm glad that it has. Between slam poems yesterday, and being in band for three years, I think I'm pretty good at stages now. Just don't ask me to sing anything, because I just won't do it.

Blog Post Number 4

So, just when I think I'm done for the day...oh look, I have to write a blog. Blogging doesn't make me feel good, I have nothing to say to the world, blogging is nothing but a waste of my time. I really have better things to be doing or learning than trying to come up with 200 words of poo.

When highschool is over (unless I need it for a college class) I will probably never ever blog again. Facebook is plenty enough 'blogging' for me. I update my status when I think of something funny or inspirational. Even then it's like what? A sentence maybe two?


So, I really can't wait until we don't have to blog anymore.

OGT's WOO!...not




 

So, this morning we spent two hours taking the Mathematics portion of the OGT's. For one, there is no way that the OGT is going to take me the entire two hours...except for maybe on the writing part...but that's mostly because I'll get carried away.

I don't mean to offend anyone, but these tests are extremely easy. If you can't pass (at least the math and reading parts so far) then either you're a REALLY bad test taker or you probably should go back to middle school...If by the time you're a senior and you have yet to pass the OGT's there's probably no chance for you in college due to the fact that the OGT's are lacking in preparation for the ACT, and the only job you'll be able to get without college education is probably working the drive-thru at McDonald's....So, good luck with your life.

I really don't have any worries about the OGT's they're just making the school day shorter and they're giving me plenty of reading time. So, I thank you Ohio's Government for giving me that much needed break to read. However, I am worried about the ACT's again due to the OGT's lack of preparation...so, I see much ACT practicing in the near future.