Currently Reading Hard Contact (Star Wars: Republic Commando) By Karen Traviss see related

Amelia is updating; there is happiness in the world again.

So we got progress reports a few weeks back, and for the first time ever I have 2 Bs.  That makes me sad because I've always thought Spanish and English were my best subjects! At the least I'm sure I've pulled the Spanish grade since I aced my last 2 tests HA! English however, is proving to be an anathema.

Typically, I do marvelous in English, but my lovely teacher (don't care for her too much) gave me a B on an A quality essay, simply because I used a little & instead of writing out "and". If it weren't for that, I would've gotten an A. And I didn't find out that that bothered her before we took our next test, so she's bound to take off points from that one as well. The only thing that might haved saved me was a 98 on the To Kill a Mockingbird test, which I got, and a 100 on the Julius Caesar quiz (on which I got a 107). Well those were As, so we just couldn't have that. The TEST counts as a DAILY GRADE. The QUIZ is also a DAILY GRADE. I don't think that teacher could bear to give out an A. It makes me combination angry and sad and frustrated. Sadly, the only option, then, is to suck up majorly and overachieve when possible. This means I will need to read 4 more 400 page books by October 10th so I can get a good grade on my reading log at least. Ugh.

I also dislike how I'm in the Spanish class that my Spanish teacher doesn't like AGAIN. That doesn't mean that she's mean or unfair to us. It means the other class gets to do more fun and interesting things than mine. It means I am doomed to a simple, curricular, unentertaining hour and a half solely because there are morons in my class. FRUSTRAAAAAATION....

I signed up to meet with representatives from Baylor and Vanderbilt this coming month, even though I had no idea what Vanderbilt was. Then I looked it up and realized that it's pretty much the Rice of Nashville. Now there's instinct.

So now I won't be at peace until I've cleaned my room, done my work, and finished my book. Adios for now.