Senior '09....woo

Like I mentioned below I'm going to be a senior in high school and I'm just so thrilled! Please note the sarcasm. Well ok, maybe I am being just a little whinney about it...when am I not whining? But my schedule is not what I wanted it to be, and I've always had all my classes picked out well in advanced, and now less than a week away my schedule changes. So originally I was signed up for AP Government (first semester), AP Macroeconomics (second semester), AP Psychology, Spanish III, AP Chemistry II, AP English IV, Pre-Calculus, and Community Problem Solving. Well when I went up to the school to get my schedule I realized that I didn't have a 5th period and CmPS wasn't on there. So I took my schedule to the counselors and they said they would take care of everything. Yesterday my mom received an e-mail from my counselor saying that AP Chem and Problem Solving is the same period. I was like what the heck!?!?!?! CmPS was supposed to be 7th period not 4th when Chem was.


I'm sure you probably don't know what Community Problem Solving is, so I'm going to take a bit of a detour to tell you. It's a class of Gifted and Talented students and they select a problem in their Community to solve and they compete at the state and international level. Last year we did project P.A.T.H. (Proving Attainable Transportation towards Healing) where we basically set up a transportation system for the indigent mental health patients of our County. We had to make several presentations to the Commissioner's Court, Constables, City Councils, School Board, and other organizations in our community. We had to create funding plans, purchase a vehicle and receive official approval. In addition to this we also held our school's annual blood drive, worked a booth in our city's Fall Festival, Created a scarecrow for our city's annual competition, hosted several fundraisers, and did some outreach work relating to our project. For the competition part of our class we are required to make a scrapbook documentation of everything we do, a six page paper explaining our project, and an addendum (a combination of the scrapbook and paper). Once at the competition we must create a moving display as well as have an interview and presentation. It was a lot of work but I really enjoyed this class and we all became really good friends.


Well back to this year, my counselor did an guesstimate of my grades between AP Chem and CmPS and as far as GPA goes there isn't a huge difference but as far as colleges are concerned, they are more interested if I took Chem and not Problem Solving. So there went my Problem Solving, but I was still sort of a class. Well there was no way I was going to be taking an off period, a) it doesn't appeal to me, I'd just feel like a slacker b) it would hurt my GPA c) what would be the point, I'd have to pick up my sister from the middle school and by waiting in line I'd just waste my free period. So that was not an option. They had some Agricultural classes (so not for me!), a homemaking class (psh no!), AP Physics (I hated Pre-AP Physics last year), Engineering (way too hard!), and Photojournalism (hey maybe!). So I asked a little about that class and basically you just learn skills that both my parents know, so I could just learn from them and plus it's $50 dollars a semester, no thank you! Well I could always be an office or teacher aid, right? WRONG! Our stupid school decided to get rid of Senior aids this year and they created this new program called Peer Coaching. Let me just tell you that at least 3/4 of the students who signed up to be an aid (probably even more) took it because it was a blow-off class. Now they are all stuck tutoring a special needs kid when more then likely they need tutoring themselves.


And that's what was left for me to take, Peer Coaching. I took PAL last year (Peer Assisting Leadership) and we went to the elementary and middle schools to act as mentors to students there. We'd help with their personal and academic problems. So it's not like I don't have the experience, I just want something different. Plus we have to basically do all the work our kid has to do so that we can help them, like take their notes and stuff. Sorry, but I have my own classes I have to do work for, I can't do someone else's too!


In addition to all my academic classes I will be in National Honor Society and STAND (Students Take Action Not Drugs). As well as four nights of dace classes (Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Modern, Praise Dance, Senior Company, and assisting younger girl). Also, if things work out I will be working weekends at the local Salvation Army camp in the kitchens where my friend, the camp director's daughter works. I know it's going to be a busy load, but hey it is my Senior year why not go for it! Although I do wish I had a Timeturner like Hermione Granger....

So to break up my boring rant I put up a picture that was taken last year in Senior Company. The Junior Company did a jazz dance to knock on wood and the danced in these neon wigs. So some of the Senior members decided to try them on for some fun! I know we're crazy haha. That's me in the pink one of course!! xD