Throwed

So missing school Friday definetly threw me off. I forgot what homework was due and whatnot despite having a planner, but I ended up having all of my bases covered.

In history I made the highest grade in my class for our recent multiple choice test... Before you start congratulating me, know that I made a 78. Yeah. I have both the valedictorian and salutatorian in my class. The entire six weeks we only covered 2 out of the 4 chapters we were being tested over. We also spent two days on the art of the gilded age, which we were not being tested over.

Needless to say, our teacher was given the 3rd degree, but I felt pretty bad for her.

I stayed quiet the entire time that she was being interrogated by the other kids in my class. I couldn't defend her because no one in the class made above a 78, but I wasn't about to make her cry like my peers. When you have kids studying for an entire weekend for a MULTIPLE CHOICE test, you'd think that you'd get some A's and B's, but no...

This isn't the first time that this has happened either. If she would actually teach us a lesson, then maybe our grades wouldn't suffer so badly.

Oh well. At least I made the highest grade in my class....

Snow day

First off I would like to send a little thanks towards the Artic winds. Without it there would be no snow day for me.

I hate so say it, but I'm sort of glad that all my plans for this weekend are cancelled. It sort of gives me a chance to work on some art that I've needed to work on...

Anyways, here's another picture of my backyard... not exactly COVERED, but there's enough snow to freak out the entirety of East Texas. (btw, did anyone else know that the character Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory was from East Texas?)

Since I took this picture this morning at 6am more snow has fallen. My dog has been thouroughly freaked out, and he spends most of his time pining away by the fireplace, not wanting to go outside. For dinner my family had snow ice cream with apple pies... Personally, I like snow ice cream way better than store bought ice cream which is often at times too sweet for me.

And now, a video of my baby brother making a snow angel!

Don't cut this

I don't remember if I blogged about this last year, but my school is trying to cut AcaDec again. We had to fight hard to keep it last year, and I don't know. It could go either way at this point. We've already come up with a list of about 25 students who are interested in joining, and quite frankly I'd rather they cut the Debate program instead because:

1. There is no debate program anymore. Out of the 2500 or so kids who would be eligible to compete or be in the debate class only ONE actually does stuff (me), and I'm not even in the actual class. No lie, there is no team, we don't do any competitions, we've pretty much dropped off the map in the debate world. In fact, most people I used to debate with don't affiliate me with my school, and see me pretty much as a maverick.
2. The money for the debate program is going to waste. It should go to AcaDec, which actually has a class, and people willing to compete. Also, Academic Decathlon is a nationally recognized event that if you win, allows you to meet the president! :)

But yeah, if I felt that the debate program could be saved, then I would fight for it. I've been in denial for a long time, thinking that MAYBE just maybe this year would be the year that we'd have a decent debate program and a good coach, but I'm done holding my breath. I want to focus on something that is more concrete and more likely move me up in this world.

In other news, they tabulated partial results and I ended up placing 2nd overall in my region in Language & Literature for AcaDec... I should get my medals next week...

My other team members placed in the top 5 for other categories, leaving me again to be somewhat baffled that my school would want to get rid of a program that is still functioning, and that we're still placing in.

Ah well, maybe my school needs more money to throw at our crappy football team. UGH.

Since I'm the queen of plan B, if all else fails I'll just take out AP Art History class, or even pick up an extra yearbook period since I'm an editor and whatnot.