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summercomfort) wrote2002-06-07 09:18 pm
summercomfort) wrote2002-06-07 09:18 pm
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Okay, I'm done being deep now, so I can start talking about my very tangible life.
1) Yesterday: Didn't go to the SciOly dinner and missed the Senior Awards because fell asleep and slept till morning. It was supposed to be a little snooze before Sr. Awards
---> Awards: they always make me feel awkward. I mean, when I get an award, I'm really proud and stuff. But then, it's really a personal and private thing for me, and having awards ceremonies just sort of ruins it. I mean, I blush when people see my award, so the whole going up there and being in bright light is really weird. But then, I'm a hypocrite because I really like cheering for friends when they get awards (I'm usually quietly flailing and beaming). There's also the fact that the classes that are hard, that I actually have to work hard for, I don't excell enough to get an award. Instead I get awards for Econ or English or something I don't feel particular kinship to. Or like CompSci, where there are so many other people in our class who are better.....
The only one I went to was SSt, because I was hungry and they had food.
2) Grades: This year I really had to fight for my grades. Squeaked by with a 91 in most of my classes. I'm really proud of my Women Writers grade, though. It was a hard class (well, not as hard as AP Eng), mostly because Ms. Klein is pretty critical of our essays (re: my essay average: 87), and participation counts a great deal (esp. in a 15 person class), but I managed to get a 96 on my final research essay, (::is proud::) mostly from frantic editing after the rough draft came back (from her) with "Too Many Generalizations," and "You're just summarizing from one source" written all over. (Topic: Women portrayed in American printed media in the 19th century and how it affects the middle-class white women who reads it.) Me? History dork?
3) Econ is a joke. And to think that Ms. Paugh told me I shouldn't take it as a Junior! Could have used the extra prep.
4) Yearbook signing: Kind of surprising to realize how many people I don't know, how many people I've lost touch with over the high school years, and how many new people I know.
5) CompSci: program took 3 days to plan, 2 days to write and 3.5 to debug. debugging time is killer.
6) Sketchbook: Finally most of the way through my sketchbook. First doodle was from ... 11/14. This means: busy year
7) Chem: Lab practicum done! Yay! ::prays::
8) World Classics: It's funny that the easier classes are hard to get good grades in, too, because there's so little graded work, that being absent one day really brings the grade down. o.O!! Especially when we can't make up 5-10 point quizzes, and essays are only worth 25 points.
9) Did well on Bernarda Alba Final. ::dances:: That was a cool play, btw. Go Lorca!
10) I'm so shallow
11) Still worried about Chicago kicking me out.
12) "Colored Girls" was awesome. Music was sporadic and sucked, but actors + cool blocking made everything else work and the music bearable. ::feels proud to have followed through with something *once* in her life::
Addendum:
13) CompSci: Final project started out with great plans. Today had to sacrifice encapsulation. Very painful. Had to comment out "private:" in a class. ::winces:: I am forever traumatized in my mind. Have sinned against CompSci gods.
1) Yesterday: Didn't go to the SciOly dinner and missed the Senior Awards because fell asleep and slept till morning. It was supposed to be a little snooze before Sr. Awards
---> Awards: they always make me feel awkward. I mean, when I get an award, I'm really proud and stuff. But then, it's really a personal and private thing for me, and having awards ceremonies just sort of ruins it. I mean, I blush when people see my award, so the whole going up there and being in bright light is really weird. But then, I'm a hypocrite because I really like cheering for friends when they get awards (I'm usually quietly flailing and beaming). There's also the fact that the classes that are hard, that I actually have to work hard for, I don't excell enough to get an award. Instead I get awards for Econ or English or something I don't feel particular kinship to. Or like CompSci, where there are so many other people in our class who are better.....
The only one I went to was SSt, because I was hungry and they had food.
2) Grades: This year I really had to fight for my grades. Squeaked by with a 91 in most of my classes. I'm really proud of my Women Writers grade, though. It was a hard class (well, not as hard as AP Eng), mostly because Ms. Klein is pretty critical of our essays (re: my essay average: 87), and participation counts a great deal (esp. in a 15 person class), but I managed to get a 96 on my final research essay, (::is proud::) mostly from frantic editing after the rough draft came back (from her) with "Too Many Generalizations," and "You're just summarizing from one source" written all over. (Topic: Women portrayed in American printed media in the 19th century and how it affects the middle-class white women who reads it.) Me? History dork?
3) Econ is a joke. And to think that Ms. Paugh told me I shouldn't take it as a Junior! Could have used the extra prep.
4) Yearbook signing: Kind of surprising to realize how many people I don't know, how many people I've lost touch with over the high school years, and how many new people I know.
5) CompSci: program took 3 days to plan, 2 days to write and 3.5 to debug. debugging time is killer.
6) Sketchbook: Finally most of the way through my sketchbook. First doodle was from ... 11/14. This means: busy year
7) Chem: Lab practicum done! Yay! ::prays::
8) World Classics: It's funny that the easier classes are hard to get good grades in, too, because there's so little graded work, that being absent one day really brings the grade down. o.O!! Especially when we can't make up 5-10 point quizzes, and essays are only worth 25 points.
9) Did well on Bernarda Alba Final. ::dances:: That was a cool play, btw. Go Lorca!
10) I'm so shallow
11) Still worried about Chicago kicking me out.
12) "Colored Girls" was awesome. Music was sporadic and sucked, but actors + cool blocking made everything else work and the music bearable. ::feels proud to have followed through with something *once* in her life::
Addendum:
13) CompSci: Final project started out with great plans. Today had to sacrifice encapsulation. Very painful. Had to comment out "private:" in a class. ::winces:: I am forever traumatized in my mind. Have sinned against CompSci gods.