the burden of school

School takes up so much unecessary time in my life. Every night I have at least 2-3 hours of homework, AFTER i spend 2 1/2 hours after school to PLAY SPORTS. SDKHGDUER! In addition to normal school homework, I have the extra stress of research/term papers, tests, and exams. This semester, I needed to take an elective in order to fill my five course requirement. I would love to take Ethics but, what do you know, there's no class to take during my free block. Now, I'm being forced to take a stupid music elective. I'M NOT EVEN GOOD AT MUSIC. Everyday, I dread going to this class because I'm afraid to be put on the spot in this class of 4, where 2 out of the 4 have been doing some type of music for more than 2 years. While this stuff sucks, the worst part of school is the horrible mood it puts me in. During the winter, the largest part of the school year, I'm basically depressed. The only thing I have to look forward to in the winter is the small possibility of a snow day. The only reason I'm happy in the fall is because I'm coming off the high of summer; and in the spring I'm happy cause summer is really close. I just wish that school didn't have to suck so much. I wish that 9 months out of the year, I didn't have to hope that it would be nighttime for several more hours. Most of all, I wish there was someone that could change this.

psa's

About a month ago, we made PSAs (public service announcements) on different subjects. We split up into different groups and taped ourselves talking about different topics. My group talked about teen pregnancy, specifically in Philly. I was really surprised about the statistics after doing some research on the subject. There are a lot of teenage mothers in the city of Philadelphia alone, about 1100, if I remember correctly. After taping the PSA, i think it was a lot of fun getting to edit and add music to the video. I was the "producer" of my group, so I was supposed to make a lot of the decisions for the group, but I think it was better that our group made all the decisions together. We worked really well together and I was really happy with the final product. Overall, I thought that the activity was fun and definitely a learning experience.

prop-po-ganda

HERE, AT THE ACADEMY

not-so-super bowl

This year’s Super Bowl was surprisingly boring for me this year. I started watching it and I was like okay… I’m sure it’ll pick up. But by the half-time show, I was bored out of my mind, especially when Tom Petty came on. I don’t have anything against Tom Petty or anyone that enjoys listening to him, but personally, I just didn't like it. So, I decided to go work out… weird, cause I don’t even like working out. I wasn’t even interested in the commercials, which is usually the biggest part of the Super Bowl for me. In the first half, I didn’t see any particularly memorable commercials. Now, after going to school that Monday, I do kinda wish I’d watched the whole thing, cause a lot of people were talking about the commercials, but I was just too uninterested. One thing I am happy about with this year’s Super Bowl is the Giants’ win over the Patriots. It’s not that I don’t like the Patriots, I don’t even like or hate the Giants, but I was just tired of hearing how good the Patriots are. It’s good to see a total underdog come out on top. Plus, two of my friends are absolutely in love with Eli Manning, so I was happy for them. Basically, the Super Bowl was rather anticlimactic for me this year... pretty disappointing.

go, gramma, go!

Sometimes, when I’m in the car with my mom, I just wonder… who gave this old person in front of us a license? Okay, I realize that as you get older, some of your motor skills deteriorate, but honestly, there are some people that are just an accident waiting to happen. There should be an age, about 65 to 70, where people are just required to take a driver’s test at least every two years. Not trying to be mean, cause I love my grandma to pieces, but she just really can’t drive. I don’t even have my license and I know for a fact that I could drive better than her. For one, she’s basically afraid to drive… I spent a week at her house and we went out the house once. Second, she has no sense of direction. We went to a shopping center, I simply asked to go to the one across the street, and my grandma replied, “I don’t know how to get there!” I said, “Grandma, I can tell you… you just follow the path of the roads, and pay attention to the signs.” Alas, we didn’t go. Basically, the moral of the story is… OLD PEOPLE WHO CAN’T DRIVE, SHOULDN’T DRIVE.

supapowa

Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman… If I could have any super power, I’d want to have that power, just like that movie, JUMPER. That would be the ultimate super power of all time. I could go anywhere I want… like life dream basically.

Frightening Food

There are some foods that I would never ever eat, even if it was the only food on Earth.
1. Dog. I can’t understand what would possess someone to even try to cook a dog. How could you even contemplate eating something known as “man’s best friend?” Dogs have become one of the most integral parts of family life in the society that I live in. Just thinking about eating something as precious as a dog makes me sick. I think that people who eat dogs should be imprisoned for life. Eating dogs, in my opinion, is immoral and should be illegal.
2. Calamari. I’ve dissected a squid and I definitely have no interest in ingesting one. While the cooked version may be delicious, just knowing that I’m eating would make me want to throw up.
3. Bugs. Ants and grasshoppers and praying mantis... in my mouth? Uh, no thank you.
4. Rats. That’d be the lowest of the low. End of story.