Saturday, September 4, 2010

School! School! Public high school!

So, two weeks ago i started going to Forks, i mean, North Marion High School. And despite what i've heard from most people who've never been there about it being a bad place, i'm not seeing that at all. It's pretty much great--It's not a very big school, so there aren't quite as many academic options and whatnot as at some, but it's still good as far as learning goes. And then the people--I'd expected it to be full of stoners and delinquents and rednecks, but it's really not. There are some stoners and kids who've been in trouble, but they're all pretty nice. I've only seen one person who wasn't--this sort of stuck-up girl... and that was just for a couple of minutes at lunch. I'm actually making a lot more friends than i expected, and i haven't had to try to be outgoing at all. And i'm pretty sure several guys like me as a girl... even though that won't work, it's nice.
I ride the bus, which isn't bad. The people at my bus stop are fun, and one's my next door neighbor who hangs out with my family a lot. On Monday we had a substitute driver, and he arrived at the stops fifteen minutes early... I was one of the less than half who made it on, but then only by getting driven to another stop after the bus passed by my house. :P
My first period class is Intensive Math, just because i need another math credit or something, and also haven't taken the FCAT yet (it's mostly for people who failed that and have to retake). It's as insanely easy as you'd expect, but i don't mind it, and the teacher sees me as kind of a superstar, i think. Haha.
Then i have Math for College Readiness... This one is for people who failed the algebra segment of the CPT, which i did, so i do need to be in it. It isn't hard, though, and i'm friends with the girl who sits next to me in it.
Then is Guided Work Learning, where basically students assist in school offices or classes for the period. I work in the Book Depository, which is a little boring, but still, not bad, and my partner's another friend.
I have A lunch, which is at the beginning of fourth period, and not bad since now i have a friend to eat with and my family's been approved for reduced lunch, so i can stop bringing it like a loser.
After lunch i have Psychology, which is a really cool class. What we learn is interesting to me, and the teacher is one of those cool teachers... Fourth period is ten minutes longer for us than any other period, so my class ends up watching Youtube videos projected on the smartboard at the end, which is fun. They're usually hilarious. :P
Music Appreciation is next. I like it... For a little while it was my least favorite class, because we were learning drum techniques, which i suck at, badly. I'm not coordinated at all, and i'm sensitive to looking like an idiot. :P But now we're actually learning things about different kinds of music, which is cool.
For sixth period i'm in the Plato lab, which is where students make up credits from failed classes (usually) online, and i'm doing English III, which i just didn't end up taking last year. I enjoy it; i actually learn well on the computer, plus there's a pretest for each unit of the class by which you can be exempted from sections you already know or have learned... I finished my first semester's work of it in 3 hours of total elapsed working time. And again, i like what i am learning.
And finally is English class, possibly my favorite. I'm not good at organizing my thoughts and writing, but we haven't had to do that a lot yet; we're reading Beowulf. And i like reading almost any story. I'm a nerd like that. And i kind of like being a nerd. So i'm liking the class, and i sit next to some awesome people that i like a lot. It's fun.
All of this may be a lot more than anyone cares to know about what i think about public school, but i still wanted to say it all, so that's too bad. This is what it's like from the perspective of someone who was homeschooled up until her senior year: quite good.

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