Moved.

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Yeah.

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The Way I See It: Stuff. And notes.

So, I'm writing notes for history. And I end up with:

 

  • Turn to horses! Better attachment = no choking to death.

 

Well, jeepers, that's depressing. But, taking notes like that help me to remember the giant passage in the book talking about how horse harnesses developed in these different areas. How useful. I didn't know that the breast shaped harness was prefered in south europe, with appeal around 500 C.E! Wow!

 

And yet, meh. School is turning to mush before my eyes. It seems like learning has taking a turn to 'preparing us for the future,' and away from the neat "how stuff happens. "Possibly why I am doing well in science (a how course), and not well in history (a why and how course), darn my intrests.) I mean, I take all normal freshman classes (plus french), and every single class I have is currently doing stuff that is, well, either review, or simply repetivite.

 

And history is the exception to that rule.

 

Atleast this week. Who knows what will happen tommrow?

 

I try to keep a positive attitude towards, well, everything I can. I'd say I work hard enough for someone who wants to to to school, and have a life. I keep this positive attitude by setting goals for stuff I know I can do. This helps me get through the day. Don't make yourself do something you don't want to do (unless it is homework, or a test), move away from it, or simply ignore it. Find stuff you like, stick with that. I tried to experement in some other subjects over my two years at this school. I found stuff that I don't like. I don't take them. All better. So, please, if you truely don't want to do something, please just don't do it (unless you actually have to do it, i.e most of the courses at school.)

 

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The Way I See It: The 6:30.

title wise:  I sort of wanted to sneak this in, and wanted to follow a theme, and anyway, what can't you think about after school ends?

Exam review week is coming to a close, and exams are starting up very soon. Am I worried? Not as much as most people, but worried enough. My experience with exams comes from... the isee I had to take before going to school, and the "really hard, but not exam" tests of my time before high school.

That's not so good. Am I under/over preparing? I don't think so. (Though, I am disregarding to study for one subject, take a guess.)

So, that's my exam worries, but onto more pressing matters. Like, uh, ... darn. My life otherwise has really gone down the tube. Swimming 's kay, but not really making me excited for it.

I got a french press, and can make coffee at home, and loose tea, and I returned to my love of Honest Tea (whose offices are near where I used to live!). My desk is a mess, and I got a new laptop.

Oh, and I guess, my backack has grown 2 more pounds heavier this week. I hate that.

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The Way I See It: Cak? No, Party!

Ah, inside jokes.

What fun.

Anyhow, onto the matter at hand. It's 8:23 at night, I'm tired, and I just came from a partay.

How was it? More fun than you can shake a stick at.
I had many:

  • Rolls
  • Salads
  • Pizza
  • Cak(e)
  • Water
  • Jokes.
Are partays fun? No, not really. Well, when they are planned to death, they are bad.
Was this partay fun? Yes, yes really.

I sat at the "loner" table. Everyone there knows what I mean.
Y'know, that table in the middle where no one actually sits, because they are afraid of being in the middle? Sit there! Be different!

That's what ended up happing to me. And it was awsome. We were the closest to the food, we had the most fun, and I ate more than a normal amount of icing.

More than 10 people asked me for a shout out. I'll have a list out on the first floor, sign it, add a quote, be a winner. I'll cycle around floors untill thursday (except for the third floor)
Then, I'll read it friday afternoon.

Cak all the way!


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The Way I See It: Thanks for the giving.

Thanksgiving break is getting me back into positive moods, and restoring my amount of lost sleep from school.

I'm totally happy.

Now, I was going to talk about thanksgiving, and how nice mine was... but, er, didn't almost everyone have the same thing happen to them?

Instead, I'll talk about myself, in a non selfish way, without too many specific details.

I was born, and raised near D.C. I lived in a smaller town, (and if you live there, it's where Falls and River meet) and enjoyed many different things. I never really leave a town, because I knew how to get almost anywhere from anywhere. Still do. 

I never moved for 13 years of my life. That's a lie. I moved up the street once, but that hardly ever counts for anything. Then, we finally made a slightly big move to Pennadalphia (I did make that up, thanks!) I've been here for a year now.

Now, alas, 90% of the people that will read this will probably be from this area, so, back to D.C. (you allready know what it is like to live here.)

In my old town, there were 5 giant shopping centers. Okay, four, but I still think one should count. That left us with multitudes of choices for meeting places. It was nice in that respect, because you could always go somewhere totally different.

School? Much smaller, less teachers. I volunteered a ton, I like to think. I moved 8th grade year, which was the last year that out class would have been together. (My going away party was shared with the falsely accused person who left because you just can't please everyone. I'm sort of not allowed to talk about it. And my best friend, who isn't that person.)

Now? I'm pretty happy still. Life is going pretty smoothly.

Thanks.

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Monday.

Went down town.


Took a weekend break from writing.

Next week: The Way I See It: Thanks! (and giving)

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The Way I See It: Schedules

(if you go to my school, this is quite boring. skip to near the end.)

I wake up. It's 6:25AM. I get dressed, go downstairs, eat, watch some news, then get on the bus.


I hate the bus, but that's not on topic. I end up doing homework on the bus, because I stay focused there. It's a 40min journey. That's exactly the same length as a studyhall, and I treat it as such. We get to school at 7:55, with 10 min for me to jog from the athletic building to the main building, and jump over people in the hallway. People lay down in the hallway, so, I've tripped a few times.

I make it to homeroom, and hear the announcements. 

Then it's time for class. Class is a normal affair. There are some classes I like, and some I dislike, but that's expected.

Inbetween classes, I have 5 min. I jog to almost all of my classes, though not as fast as in the morning, and don't end up talking along the way usually.

Oh, I didn't mention I never use my locker. That's saved me just enough time to get to a class in an emergency amount of time.

I have yet another class, and this cycle takes a break for Activity/Chapel. Chapel is nice, but activity is nicer. Activity to me is like a forgotten studyhall. If I feel overwheled, activity pops out at me and shines its smile in my face.

Then, more class shuffling, followed by lunch.

Now, lunch at our school is... fairly good! Food is fresh, and there's a fair amount of variety. It's quite nice. There is no competition, so, I guess it has to be good, otherwise I end up with dry bread and meat.

Lunch suprises me always. I can usually pull off doing one smaller scale assingment, by eating a smaller lunch, and running back to the library. (usually this ends up being latin, latin 1 isn't that hard the second time around.)

Two more periods, then it's the end of the day. Sort of. I still have sport pratices, which are somewhat fun to me. Personally, I prefer being home earlier, but, hey.

Then I finally get home.

So, is school amazing, or fun? N... nah. It's normal to me. I'm not doing so well in two subjects, but I'm okay with it. (If you happen to be one of my teachers, erm... I'm doing work?) 

Does school seem useful to me? Yes. I need to learn this stuff. That's what I do. I'd prefer learning it at my own pace, but I guess that dosen't always work very well.

Am I in school? No, it was a half day.

Rhetorical question? Rhetorical answer.

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How to make coffee.

How to make coffee.
How to make coffee.
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The Way I See It: Coffee

Coffee. What a simple drink turned upscale.


In-fact, you can't even go into my local downtown without discovering, not one, not two, not three, not four, but FIVE different shops specializing in coffee, (and one WaWa, counted too.)

Each Sunday, I get one single coffee drink. I'm simple. (I'm also 14.)

Cafe au Lait. French for Coffee with milk. Half coffee, half milk. Simple.

At the starbucks: Not on the menu, but you can ask for it. It's pretty good, but a little bit flat flavored.
2 Local Cafes: Excellent, but not too cheap. Excellent flavor, though.
Saxbys (new): All round good, not too expensive, but still flavorful.
WaWa: On a level of it's own. Excellent flavor, and the cheapest around. Have to make it your self, but who cares! It's still good.

And right there is where wawa gets it right. Every where else will sell you a fancy coffee drink, maybe some neat music, but not in its simplest sense. 

Wawa has coffee out, hot, ready to be poured into the cups right under it. They have milk, still cold, ready to be poured in. Combine the two, pay 1.29$ for the whole 20oz. That's it.

No waiting. No watching. No extra money. Not a lot of extra labor. Not even a super fancy espresso machine. (they do have a self service-ish one, I don't like it because it's pre-powered drinks, and another one that has only warm flavored milk with pre-prepared espresso. I avoid those.)

And still, a awesome coffee drink. 

In much less time than waiting for some counter person to get the hot coffee from the machine, then steam some milk (I don't care, I just ask for the simple drink, which normally isn't steamed milk.), then pour the two together. IT doesn't need to be complicated.


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The Way I See It: Study Hall.

(Starting up blogging again, but only in my free-er time. Topics will vary.)


So, being in Study Hall is generally a drag. People get notes to go to the library, and other places, and the rest of the crowd just stays. 

Then, no one even gets anything done. People end up talking continually, and generally annoy the proctor.

The proctor is annoyed to begin with, because they were sent out to watch over a bunch of freshman doing work.
The students are happy, but still annoyed that they have to be in a study hall. For the people that need to get work done, they should go to quieter places like the library. For people that are all set, they could go outside, and... uh... exercise?

Would this create a nightmare in organization? No, not at all. The Library is ready to handle the studying people, (all of the other classes can do this), and people outside are already not watched.

Now, there's the problem of people not doing so well academically. Should they be in a study-hall? No, but they should be somewhere quiet. 

And a study-hall? Not quiet. No matter what happens.

(And what is with over 70 kids crammed into one half of the cafeteria? That can't possibly work.)

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