Still the awkard first week of school.

Third day of school! I'll be happy when I get in a routine and stop thinking of days as numbers.

Today was kind of awkward. I can't quite pinpoint it, but it was. Screw that, I just don't want to whine about my day.

In math, the joys of being in IB is that people want to sit in the front for one reason or another. I volunteered to be moved to the back. The desks are in pairs, and the two empty desks were right behind each other. There were already guys sitting in the paired seats, so I settled where I would sit with a quick round of enie-minie-moe. I think I made the right decision in moving, because in minutes I was actually talking to people other than those I already knew(which I seem to never do in the first few weeks... or months...of school). The conversation was about operating systems, warfare, and if 'nerd' was an insult or a statement. Strangely enough, it was a perfectly normal conversation. I have hopes that the people I'm sitting around aren't quite as lost in math as I am.

In French, we had a list of questions to answer, and the teacher went down the rows. I got the one asking me where I lived, and after refusing to say my actually address, I made one up. Apparently, I live at 100 Sesame Street.

Friday tomorrow, then church camp thingy over the weekend. Hopefully it's warm enough to go swimming.
Bye!
-J-

High school edition 2.2

OK, RANT! Here we go:

I guess the second day is when things start to go downhill. What did I set myself up for, being in full IB? I don't know. Most of my classes haven't really started up yet, just the teachers rambling on and on and occasionally I zone in. But from what I've picked up, I will have an insanely busy year or... three? Most of the classes this year are basically preparing us for next year when real IB starts (question: do they ever stop preparing you for things, or is life a series of things preparing you for other things?). My Chem teacher decided to be nice and bring up the 150 page syllabus for the IB exam in grade 12, and explain all sorts of things we need to know by then. Dude, are you trying to give people mental breakdowns on the second day of school? I tend to like to take things in steps, so I would appreciate if he just showed us what we're learning this semester in grade 10, instead of the knowledge we need to collect through three years of full IB!

So, my day starts out with History. History this year is studying ancient civilizations, which is a nice change from the crap about Canada they've attempted to teach since 1st grade. My teacher seems extremely calm and pretty cool, so I think that I'm going to have History to start the morning with. Moriah's in this class.

Next is Math. It seems like half the class are foreign kids who are really good at math, making me feel like an idiot. I don't really have any friends in this class, but people I'm friendly enough with to make it bearable and not completely awkward. I take comfort in knowing people in my class. Math has never been insanely hard for me, even though I thought it was, but it was then overtaken by various science courses. The teacher is kind of nondescript, but nice enough. I think this could be a boring class.

French class definitely seems like one I'm going to have trouble with. I had trouble filling out the information sheet yesterday, so I feel like that's predicting my imminent doom. Annoyingly enough, there are also a lot of kids who actually know what they're doing. Fools. I really have no idea what the teacher is going to turn out like, but she seems ok enough. Katie sits in front of me, thank goodness for alphabetical seating plans.

LUNCH BREAK

Right after lunch(on days that aren't flip days, where the last two periods are switched) I have Chem. I have a feeling that Ms. Hartman's crappy teaching is going to show through here. I think that I'll have to put in a bit extra work to figure out what's going on. The teacher has a lisp, which drives me up the wall, but I'll probably stop noticing it after a few weeks. He also has a tendency to repeat himself over and over again, which hopefully stops after a while. I sit at the front of a row, which makes me feel uncomfortable(I hate when people are sitting behind me, especially if I don't know them. Some weird paranoia of mine). It's at an edge, which makes it bearable. Katie and Allan are in this class, and I really don't know a whole lot of people other than that.

Last is English. I think that this is probably going to be one of the better classes. Moriah, Allan, and Katie are in it. It actually seems to have people in it who are willing to discuss things relevant to the class, and actually care about it. The teacher seems quite awesome, and not terrifying. We have to chose between Huckleberry Finn or Pride and Prejudice  by Friday for our independent novel. I have no idea which one to pick. Any suggestions?
Love,
-J-

"I would rather you don't know my name." *creepy smile*

First day of school was pretty good :). I think it's going to be a good year, with Katie in three of my classes, Moriah in two of my classes, and Allan in two of my classes. Allan's in my homeroom, too. I didn't realize how many people I got to know last year until I got about five hugs, a couple high fives, and a bunch of hi's when I walked down the hall. It's good to be back to school, I think, even though I think that Pre-IB French was a BAD IDEA. I had a lot of trouble understanding the information sheet, and I don't even get marked on it. My History teacher seems exceptionally calm, and told us that if we didn't do our homework, to be honest about it. He said that if we told him that we killed eight people last night and didn't have time to do homework, he would be okay with it, as long as we were honest. I have no idea how he said this with a completely straight face in an even tone.

I'll try to write tomorrow. I would go into more detail, but I should probably go to bed now.
-J-

School, glug muef plah.

Tomorrow is the first day of school, and I wasn't nervous about it until about 6pm today. Grrrr. Well, I'll write tomorrow about it!
-J-