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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

School so far: notes from the third day

Dear Lovies,
As some of you may know, I have started school already. I don't know why you would know this, I'm just assuming some of you do. If there are any of you, but let's not get into that right at this moment. My over all day is somewhere between mas o menos and bien, probably about 2/3 of the way to the bien side.
First, I have Chemistry. It is first period, so it starts at 7:05, and it is the first of my second "new" teachers. She's a little scattered, but she is really nice, and you can tell that she really wants us to learn. So far, Chemistry itself is mostly math, but we're only three days in. I heard it's a lot of math, but I don't think it will be ALL math. We need some science, anyways.
Second, I have Spanish 2. I do generally like Spanish because it comes somewhat naturally--as naturally as a foreign language can come-- and it has no homework. I like my teacher a lot. He has a lot of cheesey jokes and he's really nice. Plus, he has a couch and 2 sets of chairs and high tables from Johnny Rockets. How cool is that?
Third, I have English. With the same teacher I had last year, for the same period. Last year, her class was kind of a mess, and I had some trouble getting work done because she was easy, but I heard that she's a lot harder on her sophomores. At least with the work, anyways. We're about to start "book club" as she calls it, where we break up into groups and read a book from a list or whatever. My friends and I picked The Virgin Suicides, which is written from the point of view from 5 boys trying to figure out the suicides of these 5 sisters they went on a date with. I'm really looking forward to it.
Fourth, I have symphonic band, which I loooove, even though I'm really bad at clarinet. I know I'm bad, and I'm sure almost everyone in band would prefer it if I didn't play, but I just love the feeling of playing, especially when I play it right. I just get caught up in the music and it's such a wonderful feeling. Not to mention, that my close circle of friends are all in symphonic band! Talk about awesome. I do want to switch to bass clarinet by my Junior year though. I like low tones better.
Fifth, I have AP Euro, which I'm not liking too much. Not only is it filled with all the honors kids who hardly look at me, let alone talk to me, and are probably still wondering how the hell I got into the honors system, let alone managed to last a whole three years. But it's not just the people. The teacher has just come from middle school, has nothing set up, and just gives us these long power points lectures, during which we are supposed to copy down as much information from said slides while he talks at us, assuming that we're listening while writing. Worst of all, he makes us do Cornell Notes, and seeing as I haven't done those since the eighth grade not only makes it really obvious that he came from a middle school, but I had actually forgotten how to do it. It sucks.
Sixth period, and my last period until I am allowed to turn in a form to (sadly) add P.E. to my schedule since I dropped marching band, I have algebra 2. My teacher seems to have a handle on everything. She's been teaching for a while, so that's not surprising, but it's nice to have a teacher who knows what they're doing. She's really nice and friendly, but you know that if you mess with her then you'll be in for something not so fun.
So far, school's been pretty decent. My sister has started her freshmen year, made a friend, and hangs out at the same spot as I do. I don't mind though, long as she's not a brat to my friends.

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