on the detriment of a school year left in the wake of too many snow days
February 17, 2010
This semester, the students of my high school have been blessed with more snow than usual, so much, in fact, that our county has received almost ten snow days.
We only have ten, actually, until the school year begins to move into the summer.
Why is this not a good thing?
Well, the school decided to prolong the school year earlier so that our summer consists of June and July only. :(
(I really tried not to use emoticons in my blog posts, but I just didn’t succeed this time. Sorry.)
Anyway, my schooling is indeed suffering because of the inconsistency. On top of that, I am taking two AP classes this semester, and my studies aren’t helped at all by my desire to write a novel. It just isn’t conducive to studying American History and rhetoric. (The rhetoric is actually helping a lot because my teacher has a doctorate and is really cool.) I just can’t think about the Labor Unions of the late 1800s. It’s just not interesting. I was forced to take extensive notes on the Knights of Labor today. Their only significance was as one of the very first labor unions.
Why am I talking about this? As Hassan would say,* it’s NOT INTERESTING.
So, I do not, at this point, care if what I am about to type (say? type.) is interesting, but I find myself saying the following when I like something: ”Made of awesome.” When I dislike something, I will say “Made of suck.” I’ve been doing this for almost all of 2010. I think it’s the influence of the vlogbrothers and the nerdfighters. This may also include the fiveawesomegirls, who I happen to think are MADE OF AWESOME. So, for further reference, I will probably start using these phrases within my blog posts. :)
I was also considering beginning my own YouTube project, partly because of my love of the Internet and partly because I have gotten some friends who have expressed interest in joining my quest. These friends are indeed made of awesome and live in my general area. Their names: Blair, Peyton, Megan, and Hope. I hope (harty har har har) that we’ll see more of them in the future. You know, if it ever happens at all.
In other news, I cannot say how adorable John Green’s new baby Henry is. I have no children of my own (obviously), and I cannot say that my own siblings were at all cute because I have lived for several years with the people those babies have become, but I must say: he happens to be one of the cutest babies ever.**
Now, I am very, very tired. The only thing I have left to say is that I am quite enjoying the Winter Olympics in Vancouver this year and I am happy to report that I witness Shaun White’s amazing domination of the gold medal in snowboarding. Now we just need Evan Lysacek because, and you may or may not see these words in this exact order ever again, he is HOTTIE. I do not care if Evan Lysacek is gay, because really, I just like to look at him. :)
Best Wishes!
~Ava.
*From John Green’s book, An Abundance of Katherines.
**I don’t know if I’ll be able to hold true to this opinion forever, considering that I am only sixteen and a half and may (probably not, but whatever) have children in the future. I’m not really excited about it, considering the horrible things women go through to obtain babies.
