My writing process

Most people's writing process consists of brainstorming, drafting, writing, editing and then finally publishing. Mine however looks something more like this: procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate, write, hand in. While this does sound like the worse writing style in the history of written communication it does work for me. This is because during all the procrastination i will keep running the prompt through my head, subconsciously working on either a paragraph, a page or the entire paper. Doing this helps me be able to sit down and write entire papers in one night. I have to be honest, writing like this does leave little room for improvement because I do not actually dedicate time to writing. It has also caused a number of stressful nights and afternoons coupled with an extremely tired school day the next morning. If I had to recommend one style over the other, I would recommend the one that your teachers have been beating into your head since the day you picked up your first pencil.

Listen up whippersnappers

First let me start with the upcoming 9th graders: high school can be scary, but you're going to have to get used to it. Classes might have students from other grades, you will be one sports teams with guys 3 or 4 years older than you, and have to look up (physically) to the upperclassmen. Getting past all that learn to enjoy school, you've got four years of it. To the ever so experienced freshman who now believe they own the hallways: we have all been there. Once the first year is over we think we know everything, but I'll let you in on something, we don't. Judkins and Savard will bring you down a couple notches so try to not worry when that happens. Halfway through the year you will understand that you don't know everything and you might actually be excited for junior year. Junior year will be as good or bad as you make it, I would say go with the first.

The new big man on campus

Looking at all the current seniors, the seniors from last year and even back to my freshman year, I feel like  our class is not ready to take the mantle. Having always looked up (usually literally because they were always taller than me) to the seniors, it feels wrong to know that soon I will be the one that the new freshman will be looking up to and be shy around. Sports is where it will be most noticeable. Seniors are given the privileges in sports, and always walk with a little more swagger in their step during the season because they know that they are the invincible, the BMOC. Being a senior next year is something that is not nearly as big of a dilemma as I think. We will walk in the same hallways that we did this year, have the same teachers and attend for the same hours. Three years are almost done, lets get the third over before we start thinking about the fourth shall we?

The AP exams are over!

Thank god. May 16 is ranked as possibly the worst day that I have ever experienced, but now it is finally over. Along with four other students, I had to take dual AP tests in the same day, AP Language and Comp. followed by AP Statistics. I am happy to inform you that I managed to escape studying for either of those two tests (Mrs. Innes please ignore that last part). The day started with food brought in by Mrs. Innes, a period of testing, more food, more testing and so on until I finished the second exam at 2:50 pm. At that point my mind was fried, brain function had gone down to the bare minimum required to keep me alive. The more I think about it, the more glad I am that it is finally over. School is just a few weeks away from being finished.