Favorite Siblings

Today we read a story about a family where one son gets into trouble while the other son is blamed by their father for the accident. The father is portrayed as an abuser. It's quite obvious. He's feared by the family, threatens them, and shows favoritism. He's also a reverend. They tend to be stricter with their family. I think the father needs to see that he needs to love all of his children the same. I don't have any siblings, so I wouldn't know.

Ambush

 The short story today was interesting. I enjoyed reading it and answering the questions. However, I was struggling to stay awake. Despite this, I did all of my work and tried my best to answer questions. I think it's kind of sad that the man has these bad memories from war. It makes me think of my grandpa because he's a veteran. I wonder if he has ever killed anybody. Dark question, but I'm curious.

Kahoot

 We didn't do much in class. We played a kahoot and had fun. I got second place in one, so I get ten points on my lowest assignment. That would help boost my grade a bit. Especially since I failed that benchmark lmaoo. They put us on a lock down which is crazy. I was like... weird. It is the last day, but they always do extra stuff like this. I have a game tonight, so I'm doing my blog early to just get it over with. I'm not trying to worry about any work the week other than my projects for physics. 

Sub

 This was an interesting day. I got the sources done and everything. I also got some of my math work done since I don't have any missing work. Our sources are good. We have for, against, and neutral. I think people who will get our prompt will do good. I just hope other people have their sources together. My coach told us to have a navy blazer for today. I don't have one... However, my teammate should give me one. I just hope my life will be together tomorrow. 

No Bookbags

 Literally, I took my grandma's big tote bag to carry all of my stuff. I'm not carrying all of these books in my hands all day. Not to mention we don't get lockers. Pro tip: bring a big tote bag. Today in class we worked in our groups. I got to look at the prompt again, and my sources match up pretty well. We chose most sources today, and I'll have them email me the rest of their sources so I can upload them. We did good work for finding them today. I tried to gather the sources in a way that they'll really help those who are trying to answer. 

Senior Year

 My senior year should be fine. I finished most of my classes this year. I thought about just not doing any science or math and doing most electives next year, but I don't want colleges to think I'm lazy. So I picked AP Calculus because I'm going to need it in my profession. I only chose one AP class because I have to fit my pathway, band, and my second year of French on my schedule. If it all works out, my senior year I wouldn't really be doing anything. Since I have two year long classes and two semester long classes. I still picked classes that will help me in college and my career, but I don't want to exactly stress as I'm going to have other things to do. That and applying for college, getting my extra-curricular together, and working will have my busy enough. 

College

I don't even know if I just want to major in marine biology or not. We talked about colleges, and I'm trying to decided exactly what I want to focus on in college. I've been thinking about something with computers, but I wanted to major in marine sciences and minor in a foreign language or creative writing. I plan to pay for college through a scholarship, but I have to start applying for them first. I really wanted an academic scholarship. I think I could get one though. I have the GPA and record for one.

I need a job

 Today was decent. I prepped all of my game day stuff before hand, so I shouldn't have that much to do while getting ready. My day was going fine until the sponsor said our nails have to be fresh white knowing that I don't have any nails to begin with. Class was okay too. I got my first ever 100 on a pre-cal test. Kinda excited or whatever. I didn't really do anything in class since I'm not failing. Nothing is missing either. I'm just going to chill or whatever. 

Hehe

 That essay threw me for a loop. When he said it wasn't a formal essay, I kind of mind-blanked because huh? I had my mind set on a cute five paragraph because that's usually what you do. Now I'm not saying make us do one Mr. Rease (just in case you're reading this), but I had to sit and think about it. Anyways, I checked my grade for it and it was so low. However, I got more questions right on this one than I got on the last one I did. Maybe it's because there are more constructed responses. I don't know. If I got those right, then I could get at least an eighty. That would be nice.

That grade report though...

 The benchmark didn't feel that bad. I thought the questions were pretty easy. The constructed responses weren't that bad either. Now when I get those results backs and they're bad, I'm going to cry. I'm going to hope and pray that my essay is decent. It should be. It's not a hard question. Informational essays are pretty easy because you're just informing. You don't have to take a side or worry about claims. All you need is three reasons and bam. 

Synthesis Practice

 I mean, I think my paragraph was good. It wasn't the worst. I had to rewrite my first sentence a lot. I had my evidence highlighted, so that's okay. I bought new highlighters, so I was kind of excited to highlight more stuff. It keeps me awake because the colors pop out, and I get to color coordinate. I hate benchmarks though. When I used to take them, they would put them in as diagnostics so they didn't count. Teachers nowadays are different though... Lol.

Synthesis

 I broke my highlighter... I was so upset. I went out and bought a new pack though, so I can highlight more stuff. I feel like Mr. Rease thinks I just be sitting there daydreaming in class. I don't, though. I do all of my stuff. I just do it quickly. That's when I sit there and daydream. I'm going through so much with my sources, but at least I got them done. My grade is going up in the class immensely, so that's a good things too. I hope I get to highlight tomorrow. I like the colors, and I didn't buy that twelve pack for nothing. 

first period

 Today we stayed in first period the whole day. People fought, and I guess somebody made a threat to the school. So they put the whole building on lockdown. I had to call my coach to come get me from the front for practice. That wasn't the best. Mr. Spence got so annoyed with us after a while. He got on my nerves too with how uptight he was about it.

Absent

Today I was absent. I went to the doctor and the dentist. The doctor was okay. We had to wait for so long, and I really had to go to the bathroom. At the dentist, the lady was kinda shady when she was flossing my teeth. I didn't like her. I have to go back for fillings. 

Reading in a circle

Today in class read the book. We also took our chapter quiz. I wasn't there on Friday, but I still read and did the quiz. It wasn't that hard since it was only three questions. I think I did good. The game on Friday was decent. It was cold and wet the whole time. It was okay, though. Dancing made it better.