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Tomorrow is the day before the day before the first day of class. Wah.
Tomorrow is the day before the day before the first day of class. Wah.
;_;
Even though class is only a few hours and its the first day so not much happens and I know all the profs, still.
Pretty much.
Except I don’t know any of my teachers except my choir teacher (and she’s mostly Extremely Scary).
My theology class at 9am tomorrow got cancelled, Professor has vertigo. Yay!
I did an exam and handed in my coursework. Now I need to revise for the other exam, and do my other coursework.
Ugh, not excited for the beginning of the next semester… tomorrow. To make things worst, I just got a haircut, so I’m going through that phase of awkwardly not being sure of myself.
Also, I can’t stand the thought of going to college for four years.
I only got shivved three times today, a personal best.
Also, I can’t stand the thought of going to college for four years.
By which you’d mean you’d like to stay longer, right?
I have to do a practice essay tomorrow for AP Lit. We did the multiple choice last week. I’d rather just do more of that. Blech.
By which you’d mean you’d like to stay longer, right?
No, he’s a lazy bum and doesn’t want to go at all.
Knowing that I’ll have to go to college soon makes me appreciate high school I don’t want to go to college, but I don’t really want a job either, so I guess college beats the alternative.
Nooooo, college is much better than high school. In the same way high school is better than middle school.
I’m actually looking forward to university. The marking systems probably aren’t as stupid as those set by the current exam board (srsly, down a grade because the class’ self-set coursework questions were too similar? changing the amount of help teachers are allowed to give halfway through term? losing 3 marks for too much own knowledge?).
In the same way high school is better than middle school.
Middle school was okay. It was easy, and I never had homework.
I should probably start reviewing for AP Tests. :(
I’m actually looking forward to university.
You will be surrounded by people who go to university because it’s expected of them, not because they have a desperate urge to learn or truly think it will lead to a better job. University has become an extension of school. /killjoy.
8D
Actually, I had an awesome discussion on the train with this socialist ex-Cambridgite, about how meaningless university and having a degree has become now.
Then a Republican Amerikaner got involved, it became about the welfare state and I had to get off at the next stop.
Where are you applying, Moldorm?
I only got shivved three times today, a personal best.
o.O Please tell me our definitions of ‘shiv’ are wildly different.
Most often applies to prison warfare.
Sansafro works in a school. An American school.
An American school.
Hey! They aren’t all like that. Though he is in Texas, and a lot of places there kind of scary. It all depends on where you are.
And by the way, shiv means the same thing here, Taku.
Where are you applying, Moldorm?
Exeter or Reading, depending on whether or not Exeter likes me.
Dang! I don’t know anyone who went to those.
Once you are free of the familial home, a London meet-up will have to happen.
And by the way, shiv means the same thing here, Taku.
O_o Oh. Ok. I was just making fun, I didn’t realise that that was what Sansafro probably meant.
^^I’d imagine it was sarcasm. I just mean the word itself means the same thing.
Yeah, I meant it in the way you were thinking, although it was a joke. Most of the serious gangster types were already expelled a few years before I started, so the odds of actually getting stabbed with a makeshift weapon is pretty low. My school is just really low income, and poverty tends to bring out the worst aspects in a given culture. In the case of a town that’s 98% Hispanic, that means lots of pointless face-saving violence.
Most of it is just hand-to-hand though, so that’s a silver lining.
^^Way to look at the bright side, sansafro.
Eh, my good will is used up now, since they just called me about ten minutes ago to work tomorrow, when I was laboring under the assumption today that I’d have tomorrow off. GRRRRRR I HAET SCHOOL
Is it with the bad kids again?
No, it’s English/Social Studies. I was already scheduled to sub for that teacher on Wednesday, but I guess she got sick and decided to take an impromptu day off so I’ll have it two days in a row. They weren’t bad when I had them the first time, but I’m wary of improvised lesson plans.
I don’t want to go to school tomorrow. Start of a new term and all that crap, but still…
Finals start tomorrow. Time spent studying Spanish? None. Gaaah, why must you be so much fun to lurk, II?
Not exactly a school-related complaint, but sorta. I just scheduled an interview for an internship on February 9th. The internships (there are several possible ones) are May-August, there seems to be a likelihood of long hours, they’re paid (but probably not very well) and none of them are exactly in my field of interest. But I need a summer job, so… only thing is, it may prevent me from going on the annual family camping trip (I’ve gone every single year since I was a fetus).
Interview. For internship. And I have the LSAT in June. Gaaaaah! Panicpanicpanic
Four exams left to go. Spanish.. minimal studying necessary (very minimal). Anatomy&Physiology.. study time necessary. World Civilization.. minimal study time necessary. Psychology.. six page paper to write. Grrrr…
Tired… just…tired.
Multiple rants incoming:
I got back my practice multiple choice in English. There were 55 questions. I missed 11. I am mad. This other kid in another class missed less than me, and he is annoying, and I want to beat him. School is the only thing I am competitive in. I must win. Missing more than 10 questions is unacceptable.
I had to write a poetry analysis essay today. I was excited until I saw it was over Shakespeare (not that I harbor hatred toward Shakespeare or anything). I would’ve been okay if it had been a poem instead of a speech from a play. Plus, I’m tired of Shakespeare for the time being. I criticized it and called the speaking character “over-dramatic and whiny.” I mean, he compared his problems to Lucifer being thrown out of Heaven. It also annoyed me because, yet again, pride led to his downfall. Shakespeare’s message: Don’t have pride; you will die.
I overdid my family tree. Everyone’s was like a page they did that morning on notebook paper. Mine was so long it wouldn’t fit on poster board, and I had to use butcher paper.
Tomorrow I have to write the prose essay. I don’t want to. Then I the next day is the free response type thing. I don’t want to. Blech essays. Ick stupid practice over boring stuff.
What was the Shakespeare quote from?
Umm… I think it was from Henry XIII. It was a speech by Cardinal Wholsy (or a name similar to that).
EDIT:
I would just prefer the poetry section be over a single poem. I’m fine with excerpts for the prose part, but I would like to read the whole thing for poetry, instead of not knowing the context of what’s going on.
Eh, I was going to rant about losing my days off this week in order to fill in for a coach who left at the semester break and left no instructions behind, but it’s not really worth the effort it would take to type it out. Just gotta suck it up and slog through the last two days this week, I guess.
Poor, sansa. =’(
All of my adoring fans may have noticed my absence lately from this site… I offer no explanation other than it’s exam time, and I’m stressed.
Waahhh! ;_;
So today for AP English, I got to write THREE literary analysis essays. My first was on reality and illusion in Oedipus the King by Sophocles, and how the vision/blindness motif is used to show Sophocles’ views on them. (it was terrible and made no sense, because I hadn’t the faintest clue what to put down. I sort of did, I just didn’t know how to pull it all together…) My second was an analysis of style, point of view, and tone in Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, and how they relate to theme. My final one was on two unknown passages (they turned out to be from different parts of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which I’ve never read in entirety) and comparing the change in syntax and diction, and how it reflects the maturation of the main character.
GAHHHHHHH. I almost died.
On the plus side, everything else seemed really easy after that…
That sucks, Swenson. Is it AP Lit or Lang? How long is your English class that you can write three essays at once? Or was that the final?
I need the weekend badly so my faith in humanity doesn’t continue to deteriorate. Just found out one of the few students I actually thought was alright tore some ligaments in her knee after apparently getting in a fight with a sixth-grader.
Also, I’m pretty sure that the boys in my last PE class only have a grand total of one working braincell between them, and they all share it.
ONE exam left! 6 pages of writing about Sz! I should get going on it! :D
Also, I’m pretty sure that the boys in my last PE class only have a grand total of one working braincell between them, and they all share it.
LOL, like the three hags in Greek Mythology who share an eyeball.
Exactly.
Studying for the AP chemistry exam sucks. I have been complaining about it in other threads, but I thought it really belonged here.
I can help you if there’s something you don’t understand.
Classes I’m taking this year:
AP Human Geography: Wonderful course. It’s a study of culture, population, migration, how people move, how they interact with the landscape, how they create their own landscape through cities and the like…very interesting, and you learn a few things that help you with your fantasy world building as well.
US History AP: We have 2 years of US History, junior and senior year (already took World Cultures and European History AP). I’m taking the first year. Ridiculously boring, the teacher assigns tons of work but only checks about 5% of it…I miss European History so much.
Chemistry AP: Hate science, but it’s my best course. Hate chemistry especially, and naturally, it’s my best science (placed 5th in the New Jersey Science League last year). I hate it when you’re best at the things you don’t like but struggle with what you actually enjoy. Grown more accepting of it, though. The teacher is insane. He shoots me with his nerf gun on a daily basis for falling asleep.
Physics H: I swear, most boring teacher ever. Can’t stay awake. Physics involves things crashing. How can you mess up a course like that?
AP Calc: Math just puts me to sleep. I’ve tried to stay awake, but it just doesn’t work. X_X
AP Language and Composition: Meh.
Chinese 3: I love my Chinese teacher. On Friday, she said, “Oh, someone from Chinese 1 told me these things in America called yo-mama jokes. Some are really mean, but some are really funny too!”
So today, I took the SATs. I swear, the test is less one of knowledge and more one of enduring the sheer amount of time you’re trapped in there; I can’t stand it. Not to mention that it’s in the morning. If you read my comments on my schedule above, you probably figured out that I’m not exactly active in the morning (or for anything pertaining to academics).
On the bright side, there was this one passage that talked about the kind of pretentious writers mentioned in The Reader’s Manifesto. One question took a quote from that passage and asked me what the tone was. I marked arrogant, even though that might not have been what the test taker had in mind. xD
AP class takers! Wooo! High fives
I survived those horrid things, but they got me college credit, so totally worth it :D
@ Red Sky: I bow to the master. That is a hell of a lot of AP courses you’re taking there. AP Human Geography sounds extremely interesting, but my school doesn’t offer it (phooey) and I wouldn’t have space anyway. I wanted to take AP European History because it’s always fascinated me, but again, I didn’t have space. I guess I could always take a course in college or something.
whoop! whoop! celebrates
Wahahahahahaaaaaaaa! While every other school in my state is starting school today, my school doesn’t start until 1st of February! Hah! Take that, suckers! (Take no notice, that was aimed at my parents and other schools. My parents thought it was today until it took my best friend, her dad, a school newsletter and a calendar to prove them otherwise.)
I have a paper due tomorrow, a massive headache, and I keep getting distracted. I locked myself in our laundry room (less distractions). It’s cold in here.
Stupid Stalin paper. Stupid headache.
>.<
Sonnet analysis is sucking majorly. I know what the freakin’ sonnet means in general, but I can’t really analyze it piece by piece when about 8 of the 14 lines are saying pretty much the same thing. :(
I have an on demand on Monday, where I’ll be given a new sonnet I have never seen before, and I will be expected to write an entire essay on it in 88 minutes.
I am so screwed.
Today in Language and Composition, I might have produced the worst essay I’ve ever written.
The book? The Great Gatbsy. Okay, that’s fine, I can do that. I can analyze that book without any issues.
The question? Is it about the American dream, social structures, the Jazz age, morality? No.
That’s a problem. Well then what was it?
“There are four types of people in the world: the pursued, pursuing, busy, and tired.” Examine how Fitzgerald develops this quote as a theme in The Great Gatsby through rhetorical devices.
Uh oh.
That’s easy! Daisy is pursued by Gatsby, Gatsby pursues Daisy, Nick is tired (of all the superficiality) and Jackass (I forget the husband’s name) is busy- getting busy with his mistress. Ta da!
Whichever will make you happy. I mean, why do something that’s not very interesting, boring or you don’t like?
Unless you like both of them.
Odd people in French class are odd. And um… odd.
Time for me to whip out my fake boyfriend alibi! Or something!
@Adam: If you fail law school, you can always go back… right? I mean, you can keep on studying and try again (surely there must be more than one law school) or you could always take university course… right?
I have a rather delicate question (or maybe I’m just being a prude):
I think it’s fine if you mention it explicitly. My English class does this all the time in our course, and if the author put the reference there, you can’t really analyse the work in depth without mentioning it.
1) Mention sex, that’s the best thing about analysing literature, with a totally straight face you can discuss any aspects of sexual intercourse or the genitalia.
2) Adam, take BA, you don’t know you’ll get low marks.
@Snow White Queen
In my Shakespeare sonnet analysis for school, is it ok if I mention sex explicitly or do I have to find a way of expressing it more ‘prettily’ without saying ‘sex’? (Yes, it turns up in the actual sonnet, but Shakespeare didn’t say ‘sex’ right out either.)
Actually, with literary analysis, the primary school of thought is that everything revolves around sex. And Jesus. If you can find (or make up) “symbolism” for either, you’re well on your way to an A+.
Retarded, I know, but that’s Freud’s influence on the world.
Well, honestly, my thoughts come from my experiences. I did a Dual Honours History and Philosophy BA, and came out with… a degree. Something which hundreds of thousands of people in the country have. Nothing solid or useful for guiding me into the workplace.
I’m so confused. That Great Gatsby essay I mentioned, the one I thought was my worst essay ever, got a 7 out of 9 on the AP Rubric scale according to my teacher, and she grades rather strictly.
This is a picture of my literature book. It is a brick.
All you missed is that is says, “Godzilla” up there.
WW, you are amazing.
If you throw in a bit somewhere about Daisy being Fizgerald’s personification of the American Dream in a regular analysis, you automatically get an A. Well, at least I did with my teacher.
I need an idea for a paper describing some sort of process, and it can’t be written like a set of instructions. [So no second person].
It’s due Monday and I have no idea what I’m doing.
Any ideas, guys?
I was supposed to have Friday off, but they called me at around 9:30 in the morning(I was still asleep) to come sub at 11:30, for 8th grade math. I’m only getting paid for half a day even though it was technically more than half a day, and 8th graders are the worst. Miserable.
@Dia: What kind of process? That sounds like a really vague prompt.
It is a vague prompt. It can be any sort of process. The example essays ranged from “How to Escape a Bad Date” to embalming.
Um…well, you write, don’t you? So how about how to do something pertaining to writing? Like ‘How to write a realistic character’, ‘How to finish a rough draft’, or something like that?
I ended up doing a paper about how to write an essay, since I really don’t think I can offer advice on writing that hasn’t been more eloquently stated by a better writer. It was vaguely amusing, and hopefully contains a strong enough in-explicitly stated purpose that my teacher will like it.
For those who wish to read it and help correct it, [even though I really haven’t edited it yet]: http://etherpad.com/MPiC3j87UO
That’s so meta.
I’m hoping that my teacher will be awed by the self-referencing.
I missed math class last Friday and the Friday before that because of snow, and so now I’m extremely behind on some things. And having a hard time getting up the motivation to study enough. Oh dear.
Come on Spanny, you can do it!
throws hearts at you for no discernable reason
<3 <3 <3
I started school last week. Grr.
Hey, can anybody tell me the levels of American high-school?
Freshman year = 14/15 years old
Sophomore year = 15/16 years old
Junior year = 16/17 years old
Senior year = 17/18 years old
Oh, okay. Thanks, Dia. So I’m in my senior year in terms of highschool, but in terms of age I’m in junior year. Ha!
In Australia, High School starts at 12/13.
aaaaah!
Just rocked a decent document based question on civil peace in 1914 Germany for AP European History.
Maybe in some states high school starts at 12/13, but here high schools starts 13/14. 14 for me.
Oh God. Scholarship exam this FREAKING SATURDAY. freaks out I have humanities, maths, science and english/writing that covers my grade (7), year 8, year 9 and… [drumroll] year 10!!! Seriously, is it necessary to have an exam covering something 3 years above me!?
Help. tears leaking out
Damn my history teacher. He purposefully made this quiz harder for us— in fact, he made it so that the majority of us would get C+‘s, and then he could average out the grades and give us all the same grade to teach us about communism. Fine, whatever, but because the quiz was made harder, I got full credit off for a SPELLING error. So I got an 88 in the end.
I AM FAILING THAT CLASS!
Not really, I’m getting a B+.
BUT IT’S THE SAME THING!
And so now I am very upset with my history teacher.
</end rant>
I am posting this at work, zomg. I’m subbing for the kids they kicked out of regular classes today, which sucks because it was supposed to be a day off for me. Plus, they called me at the time I normally walk out of the house in the morning, and I live 20 minutes away, so I had to motor in order to arrive on time.
@ RVL: That really sucks. I hate it when teachers are unfair like that. (And I hate getting anything lower than a 90, so I know how you feel there too.)
Thanks. I’m jealous of your early-planning. Don’t try to live like me, it’s terrible. I honestly have English papers that I finish during the hour before class starts. >.<
Thanks for the sympathy, SWQ. :]
Can I lump kung fu classes into ‘school’? We don’t really have a “Fitness SUCKS” thread.
ow ow OW. Teaching chigurk (leg-sensitivity) to new students. That stuff hurts like HELL.hobbles
And TARN DRILL (lots of kicking and footwork) immediately afterwards! drags self along ground with hands
I can see Nostalgia critic at the library! YAY!
.... I am considering hunting you down.
I’ve been getting the impression lately that not just one, but several female students want to, er… be kept after class by me, so to speak. Not really sure how I should feel about that.
I have to translate another 30 lines of Old English poetry for class. Ugh…
I received a note with my name saying: “I <3 you….friend”.
It was a torn up, crumpled old note that came from a boy in my class who said it came from someone else…
I wasn’t too sure what to think about. Not that I’d like to go down that road.
Aaannyywaaayy… I got a MASSIVE bruise on my hip ‘cause I was in a fight… at school… ow.
Did you win?
What, the fight?
The guy I was fighting was a wimp. Apparently, if you run your finger down his spine, he’ll writhe about in pain. How lame.
I need a real, proper fight or my skills will waste away.
If you’re talking about the note, I had my suspicious hunches. Of course, it could be nothing but… the same guy who gave me the note also asked to be in my table group…
Of course, I like him but not that way. He’s a cool dude. Very likable. And when I asked him why he wanted to be in my group, he said it’s ‘cause I’m smart. But I can see lies…
EDIT: I got my bruise from being slammed into a metal table. Not nice.
I can’t concentrate. I have so much work and I can’t focus the entire evening and then I’m just too tired to do anything.
The guy I was fighting was a wimp. Apparently, if you run your finger down his spine, he’ll writhe about in pain. How lame.
Maybe he was really ticklish, but trying to hide it with a manly grimace?
Ah, schoolyard romance. If only a grotty, handwritten, crumpled note would work these days.
DO NOT SAY SCHOOLYARD ROMANCE OR I’LL HACK INTO YOUR COMPUTER AND DESTROY IT FROM WITHIN.
Us adolscents are touchy about romance or gf/bf thing. Well, kids around my school are.
If that guy is manly, I’ll eat my hat.
“Schoolyard Bromance”
:P
Speaking of schoolyard romances, my mother finds it necessary to give me the boys-like-girls-and-you-should-be-careful talk since as of last fall I’m going to school instead of being homeschooled. Apparently she’s afraid I’ll sleep around at the first semblance of familial independence. Need it be said that I was cracking up the entire time?
