Written: August 19, 2008 at 7:12PM EST
Well, yesterday was the official start of my life as a college student. Before I get ahead of myself, I’m not going to a fancy four-year college… yet. Instead I opted to enter a community college instead. (I don’t wanna hear it, Chris. :-O) Anyways, I had been dreading the eighteenth for what was close to six months. I enjoyed the security of high school. I knew what was there and I was accustomed to the rules and restrictions associated with it.
Yesterday, my “safety blanket” was yanked away and I entered my first college classes. While to many this may not seem like much of a step, going to a community college; but for me it was. Upon entering, the atmosphere was so different from that of High School. People who actually wanted to be there and teachers who seemed to like their jobs was quite a shock for me to see. Scurrying up the 2 flights of stairs, but not before accidentally looking for my class on what was actually floor 1.5 (odd numbering, eh?). Finally I found my room and to my amazement, there weren’t any of those horrible desk-chair atrocities which my high school made us sit in for 8 hours.
My morning, which I guess isn’t technically a morning as it started at noon, consisted of College Comp 1 and American History 1. I hate to repeat myself (Ha!), but I actually liked the teachers straight away and the energy a teacher who enjoys his or her job makes an amazing difference. Even though the class consisted of reading over the syllabus, the fifty-minute class flew by. Something not even the best high school teacher was able to accomplish as these two teachers had done.
Following American History, I returned home and fell asleep on the floor for a about an hour. This was due simply to exhaustion (I stayed up most of the night before, and I feared sleeping on a bed, I wouldn’t be able to yank myself out of bed to get to my last class at 6pm.) Despite the location of the nap, I woke up and was able to get to my six o’clock class, Pre-calculus.
To tell you the truth, I still have absolutely no idea what the hell calculus is. Hopefully I’ll learn that, but until then, I guess I’ll be attempting math which I understand little about. 
Back to my day, I arrived at the class and was awestruck at its size. The class contained a shocking nine people, including myself. Sitting through a pseudo-lecture (we really didn’t learn much new stuff, but rather the teacher talked about the course, how he forgot the syllabus, and how numbers fall into certain groups…), I took about six pages of notes, but I didn’t really mind it. When we actually start doing bookwork, that may change, but for now I’m good with the class.
Following the dismissal of the class at eight o’clock, I found a warning pamphlet on my car… (I forgot to register it… oops :X) and I returned home. By the time the class was over I had a splitting headache. Perhaps it was the lack of sleep, the lack of eating anything, or a combination of the two, but the twenty-five minute ride home was horrible. I just wanted to go home and sleep. Needless to say, once I did get home, I crashed and sleep through until about five am this morning.
Today was actually quite simple, I went to work from noon until five; but I really ended up staying until about six, working with a customer. Then, I had to rush to my Intro to Education class, and made it exactly at six o’clock. Come to find out, the teacher was in Florida, so her husband gave us our syllabus and then we were free to go.
So, that about wraps up my first day(s) of college. I have a psychology class on Thursday, but aside from that, its just a matter of getting back into the routine of classes and homework. So far, I don’t think I’ll much trouble getting back into the swing of things.
Written: July 9, 2008 at 9:13PM EST
After a four month (well technically two) internet coma, I am sort-of back. I lack enthusiasm for any sort of actual work and I’ve just been really tired lately, not exactly sure why either…
Well, heres a recap of important events over the last few months
- April - turned 18
- June - Graduated from high school
- July - got another job… :S
- June 2006-November 2007; April 2008-Now - Work on Zeisu (died and restarted numerous times)
And then of course there were some not-so-important events
- I made a Kate Pierson poster
(sad I know…)
- Started experimenting with flash and Flex
Wow, my life is boring… No wonder all I want to do is sleep
Written: January 31, 2008 at 8:36PM EST
Today, I have to say is much better than yesterday was. The teachers seemed a little more settled in and everthing sorta flowed a little better. Math was alright. ACE still kinda scared me. PIG was fun, and Brit Lit was insaine. Now i’m off to make my music library, read, then go to bed 
Written: January 30, 2008 at 8:41PM EST
Today was the first day of the new semester and to put it simply, it sucked. What I thought was going to be the best semester of my entire high school career turned out to be the shittiest. First off, the classes themselves. My schedule consists of
Math III - 12 years of math concepts crammed into 20 weeks
ACE English - College Composition I
PIG and ECON - Government brainwashing
British Literature - need I say more?
First off, math three was filled to the brim. Every seat, even the broken one in the back of the room was filled up. To top that off, the class was in the smallest math room in the school and the desks were crammed together. That many idiots that close together is hazardous to ones health… or at least ones sanity.
Next was ACE English. I actually don’t really have too much to say about that. 10 absences and I forfeit college credits—kinda puts a damper on my cruise in May… Oh and the, “You guys are the cream of the crop, but don’t expect higher than a C” is always a nice way to start a class.
PIG was erm… different to say the least Insane teacher + morons = a memorable class
Brit Lit. The teacher… don’t even get me started. The kids… even worse. God I don’t think i can survive it. Now I have to do math homework then I’m going to bed. I’m mentally exhausted and I don’t know how much more of this I can take. 
Written: January 18, 2008 at 9:56PM EST
Well the school year is now officially half over. My “fun” semester (I use that term lightly) is over. Next semester shouldn’t be too bad, but I doubt my classes will be as easy.
First Semester, I took
Astronomy - Mr. Saks was kinda weird. I would almost say elf-like. A bit sarcastic, but it made the class interesting. I’m gonna miss it.
Creative Writing - Ms. Ferrari - it was quite an experience. I wrote more than I had in quite some time, and I believe I reaped the benefits of her teaching.
Health - Oh, I’m gonna miss that class. It was kindergarten, with anatomy. A lot of coloring and the teacher was awesome. I wouldn’t mind having it all year.
Child Development - Aside from being the only guy in the class, the class was actually really good. It started out shaky, but it got better. The room was always at war and there was never really a dull day. The class in itself was not too difficult, but the information could be borng at times. I met a vast array of new people from different ‘cliques’ and I have to say, that in itself is quite a suprise. A lot of my stereotypes proved to be wrong and I reaped an appreciation for peoples differences due simply to that class.
I’m really going to miss these classes and the people who were in them. I have to admit, this is the first time I’ve ever felt this way. Usually I can’t wait to get away from my classmates, but not this time.
Now, comes the new semester.
Math 3 - AKA the math from hell. Basically a sum up of every piece of math under calculus. We have half a year to learn it all, then a regents. Joy!
ACE English - A college level English course. Need I say more?
P.I.G. and Econ - The class in itself is relatively simple and I have Mrs. Brice-Hyde again, which I am very happy about. She was my first teacher in high school and will be my second to last. She is eccentric and full of life. In short, she is the only person I know who could make Greek economy interesting…
British Literature - Aside from the teacher being a semi-distant relative, I don’t know really what to expect. I’m going to assume theres going to be a lot of British stuff, Shakespeare, Rowling, etc.
Leaving school today, it was bittersweet. I guess I’m not really a fan of change, but I have no choice. I’ll just have to suck it up ’til summer.
Written: November 2, 2007 at 2:53PM EST
Wow! I made it a whole 2 months in school without getting sick… then on the second day of November, it happens. I have the ever-so-popular stomach but thats the least of the worries this year at school.
This years new illness everyone is freaking out about is MRSA. Supposedly some kid in Pennsylvania died of it, so the entire school has gone nuts, and when a staff member at one of the schools contracted it, the hysteria continued.
“Will I die if I get it?” “EEW, its the new AIDS!” and “OMG DID YOU HEAR WHO CAUGHT MRSA?!” are common walking through the halls of the high school. First of, almost all of the “…WHO CAUGHT MRSA?!” rumors are false. I doubt if someone had it, the school would ignore it. This is shown through the letters and announcements they have given out when the case with the staff member contracted it. I don’t know. It’s kinda insaine.
But its high school. What else can be expected. Luckily, according the school district physician, the disease is curable and is NOT the new AIDS, but the rumor mill will ride it until June, or until something else comes alone.
Written: October 30, 2007 at 10:33PM EST
To all those at Horseheads who had their articles published, IT IS NOT MY FAULT. I fought to keep them off and lost. Have a problem, bring it up to Mrs. Williams in room 209. As of now, its not my problem.
I QUIT!
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Written: September 6, 2007 at 9:45PM EST
So I’m a day late. Doesn’t matter really, everyone under age of 18 knows the feeling: no more sleeping in, no more late nights, no more days of doing nothing. Although that sounds rather negative, there were some good points about the restart of school. First off, I would have to say are my new classes. This semester my classes aren’t bad at all - and in fact, most appear to be rather simple (albeit its only the second day, but considering those in my classes, I don’t think it’ll be bad. My schedule is as follows:
Period 1/2 - Astronomy - Mr. Saks
Period 3/4 - Creative Writing/Journalism - Ms. Ferrari
Period 5/6 - Lunch/Activity
Period 7/8 - Health - Ms. Grap
Period 9/10 - Child Development - Mrs. Fraley
To be honest, I didn’t really choose Child Development, but my counselor believed it would be a good class to take if I plan to pursue English Education after High School. So far it doesn’t seem too bad, although I am outnumbered 22:1 (Girl/Guy ratio).
Astronomy isn’t bad either. The kids in my class are a bit on the annoying side, but I do know a vast majority of them. The same is true with Creative Writing/Journalism. Health class so far seems like Kindergarten and from the description given by the teacher, it’ll remain so. The amount of coloring and games is a bit out there - and again I know most of my class. Then Child Development ends the day. Mrs. Fraley is ALWAYS late because she has a food class further down the hall and she has to make sure the room isn’t going to burn the school down.
Basically the class is just about the best ways to raise children and how to teach/discipline them without scarring them for life. Aside from being completely outnumbered, the class isn’t bad. And once the temperature begins to drop for Autumn, it’ll be even better. 90 degree school days aren’t fun at all.
Looking back on the majority of this post, I guess I can’t say schools horrible at all. Its such a big change to actually have classes you chose instead of ones chosen for you… now I just need to get my license and I’ll be set (I HATE the bus).
Written: March 26, 2007 at 11:18PM EST
I hate running with a vengeance and when the retarded gym teachers decide to force us to run the mile after a month of nothing, it makes me so mad. Why the fuck do they do that! Sure the mile may be state-mandated but do you seriously think forcing kids to run a mile in under X amount of time will inspire them to reach their athletic potential? I think not. If anything it would turn those who are somewhat interested away from exercising in general.
Anyways, lately, I have been worrying a lot about running so I decided to do a bit of research on the topic and I came across some very interesting articles. One similarity between the vast majority of them was as follows:
Running SHOULD be fun and enjoyable
Now for some reason, being forced to run the mile to pass gym seems to contradict the above statement. It may be just me, but I think the way they’re doing it now takes any remaining fun from the activity and WILL turn the majority of kids off from the activity forever.
On a lighter note however, the next gym units should be fun, (its all things I like!)
- Volleyball
- Bowling
- Archery
- Floor Hockey
- and then weight room:shock:
Written: March 22, 2007 at 8:59PM EST
I never said I would, but I did. I settled for a premade layout =\. Usually I would “attempt” to make my own, but lately I’ve been out of idea for layouts (and frankly too lazy to do it anyways). With that in mind, I used a modified K2 template which was being used on waah.co.uk. I’ll be doing some editing and I’ll try not to make a habit of it, but I guess what they said about 11th grade was true— it’s the most stressful/hardest year of High School. Only ~3 Months left!!!
Anyways, I’m tired beyond belief and must sleep.