PROM!!

Prom last year ^^^^^


Let me begin by saying that senior prom is supposed to be the greatest thing about senior year, period. Although I went last year, I hope it doesn't even compare to what this year will be like. Although our senior president is an idiot and already screwed up the actual prom, I hope that it's worth the price. This year we were given three options of having a very simple prom with literally no decorations, a moderate prom, or an all out prom, each varying in price. Personally, I voted for the cheapest one because I really could care less what the actual prom looked like, although it would have been nice to have an amazing all-out prom. All together, the expenses of prom completely cross the line. Of course there's the dress, shoes, manicure, pedicure, make up, hair, limo, hotel, liquor, and the list goes on! I sympathize for my poor parents who have to pay all this just to make sure I have an unforgettable senior prom! I'm just hoping it meets my expectations or even exceeds them!

HOMEWORK

Ever since I began elementary school, I've always had homework. I used to absolutely depise it and find it to be a complete waste of time and another excuse for teachers to assign busy-work. But the older I got, the more I learned and understood the importance and reason for it. It helps you grasp the lesson because you're learning to do it by yourself and teaches you to do it without the teacher there to help. You're forced to have to think more because you're on your own. It also helps you learn to take better notes while in class so you know what to do when you're at home. But there are exceptions to the whole homework being cool thing. I absolutely can't stand research assignments and things of that sort. In my opinion, it's all clearly busy-work, as if the teacher just didn't know what to assign, but knew they had to assign something worth a lot of points. I don't think homework should count for a lot of points because you're not able to ask questions when you're at home, and I love to ask questions so I completely understand. Most kids, though, will never understand that homework does help you in some ways.

FCAT WEEK

Thank Jesus and all hail Mary for FCAT week! Hearing the words "it's not required to be here..." from my teacher's lips reminds me of the words of an angel. It was so incredibly nice to have three days to myself to do whatever I want and not have to start my day at 2:41. Especially since all of my friends are home from college for their Spring Break, I got to hang out with them and not have to worry about going to bed early for school the following morning. My body was in desperate need of the sleep it received over this week, I'm so rejuevenated! I feel so awful for the teachers who made it mandatory that their students be there, that's actually the meanest thing in the world.

Starting on Tuesday, after my annoying doctor's appointment, I spent time with my long lost mother who loves to come and go out of my life (totally different story), and my best friends Lauren, Jordan, and Aly. Wednesday was the exact same thing and so was Thursday! Last night we all went downtown to Riverfront with our friends from FSU and UCF and had an amazing time although I chose not to drink and to be designated driver because I care deeeeeeply about my friends and their personal safety (safety first!).

Now it's Friday and I know I should be in school but for some reason I couldn't possibly find a way to concentrate even if I tried! Especially knowing that tonight is Friday night and then it's the weekend. Just seemed like a pointless thing to me. I actually can't wait for Spring Break. Is it April yet!?

TEACHERS

A teacher completely effects the class you take and unfortunately in high school, you don't really have much say in the teacher you get unless you've got it in with the guidance counselors. A lot of kids just automatically trash talk all teachers because of their job that they hold in the place we all hate being at the most. But I don't think that way about teachers, I do think that their intention is to help you learn. Except for the ones that I know everyone has had who just despises children and you don't understand why they are a teacher.

I've had several teachers that I know I will never forget because of the impact they had one me. I'll only remember the positive ones. Because I've for sure had my differences with some teachers who just don't understand me, and the ones who do absolutely love me. It's not that I don't like school, because I think knowledge is incredibly powerful and I wish I could learn everything, it's just that I believe there's more to life than sitting in a classroom for eight hours a day. I've actually gone out and experienced and seen many things that seventeen year old girls usually haven't seen or done.

I absolutely can't stand when teachers think that they know what's best for you. I can't deal with someone who tells me what to do, I always have to figure it out on my own to understand. My parents know this and that's why we have an amazing relationship. When a teacher makes a rude remark or try to criticize the things you do and say, I don't believe that's their place to say. They know you for an hour and a half for a short eighteen weeks. Sorry, but I'm way more of an intricate person than who you believe me to be after eighteen weeks. I just can't stand to be judged.