school.

well yesterday was the dreaded first day of school. what?? i thought i was just in school? summer went by so fast! by it was super fun! i'm just glad to get my junior year over with and then i'll be a SENIOR!! yay! and i also love not being a sophomore anymore. i feel so much older than all the new little squashmores at mvt!

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so my first hour is student council, nothing new. it felt so normal to be there, since the last couple weeks of summer i was there practically every day for hours. i knew my teacher and her expectations and everyone in my class, so that was super nice.

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then i go to second hour, right down the hall. spanish 4. why am i taking it? i. don't. know. but i've heard it's a super fun class with lots of fiestas! now, that i can deal with! i met my teacher the day before the first day of school because i was helping teachers get their rooms together for student council. right when i told her i was one of her students, she started going all off in spanish! i didn't understand it at all! i just mumbled out "no comprendo... es el verano". (translation: i don't understand... it's still summer!) haha so i'm hoping my spanish memory kicks in... soon!

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third hour is on the other side of campus, but i don't care!

i love it so much! it's algebra 2. now, i would normally hate math. but, i have two of my best friends emmy wright and cami shreeve in there. and i found out that one of my favorite sophomores is in there too, and i sit right by him! we don't really have a seating chart, so i'm thinking i'll be pretty chatty in that class! but so far, it's easy and i've heard great things about the teacher. i'm excited to see how this goes!

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fourth hour is anatomy. i really love the teacher! she's down-to-earth, and completely understanding. she said she was warned about me (haley?)... i don't know what that means! i'm already studying for that class's vocabulary test on monday! also, today we had a preassesment test, just to see if we knew the basics. well guess what. i didn't know the basics at all! great. when i got to the part that said "name all the systems in the body and their functions" i was like "yes, i know one!" and then: my mind went blank. of course! and what is the only system i can remember? the reproductive system. it's function? how else to say it then "to make babies"? so my paper was pretty blank when i finally turned it in. and right after class, i remembered the rest of the sysytems. nice.

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fifth hour is seminary! i love it already! i saw some of my favorite squashmore friends in my hour and i was really hoping they'd be in my class, but of course not! but i love my teacher so far. tia had him her senior year and loved him too. i'm really excited!

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sixth hour. ap junior english. the first thing my teacher says to our class is "i am certain this is the single hardest class at mountain view". what did i get myself into? she then proceeded to tell us that our ap test at the end of the year consisted of writing three different essays with a 60 question multiple choice part. in 4 hours. three essays with an additional test in 4 hours? seriously?! and then she said the national passing rate is 50%. but her classes' passing rate was 92%, a little more promising. i won't get into details about the rest of her hour-long lecture, but it was pretty scary. today i was scared out of my mind when she said we were having a graded discussion about our last night's homework, and "you need to say something intelligent in order to receive your points in the discussion". as she says that not everybody will get called on, i repeat please don't call on me. please don't call on me. please don't call on me. "and cassidy will begin our discussion!" thanks. somehow, a comment somewhat intelligent came out of my mouth, and my teacher really like it! score! i'm starting to like her. a little.

this year is going to be so much fun! stressful and busy, i know, but a blast!