Day from...

Today I have to say has been one of the most stressful days ever. I feel like someones injected me with cocaine. I can't sit still, and my mind wont stop flying around all the things going on in my life and in school. This morning consisited of poor communication between my boyfriend and I, so we wasted a good 20 minutes of our "chill time" just driving around looking for each other! When we finally did find each other, it was more of a yelling match than a love scene. We had wasted all of our time that we were supposed to be spending hanging out before school looking for one another, and so both of us hott headed as ever, took out our frustrations on each other. However, we did both calm down and apologized. Agreeing that the whole morning was both of our faults. So in our fight and make-up frenzie, neither of us cared to look up at the clock until the 2 minute bell rang to go to class! We were still standing outside! A quick hug and a kiss then it was a mad dash to try to get to class on time. Lucky me, I had to run from one end of the school to the other, passing my teacher on the way (how fabulous). So now my morning had officially had a great start, NOT! Then once getting in class all the stress really set in. I had 3 assingments due that morning, plus a test that we didn't have time last class to take. So I frantically began to do my work. My usual caligraphy looking like chicken scratch, but I got the one assingment done. In my rush to get my work done, I was being as careful as I probably should have, and then the worst happened! My laptop came carrening out of the case, and smashed to the floor, shattering the screen, and all hopes of me having a good day! I finished the test in that class in record time, it took me litterally about 2 minutes, the teacher gave me a skeptical look, but I got a 100% on the test. It came time to sign exemptions and I still didn't have all my work done. I had a 98 in the class, so I just didn't even bother to finish the rest of the work, I couldve failed that test and still got an exemption no problems. So finishing up anything else I needed to do, I grabbed my laptop and took off for the help desk. I found no help there though, I had to go see the V.P. Mr.Burroughs, which was a quick visit, a check for 25$ and now I'm sitting in anatomy! I've calmed down a little bit, but after the morning I've had im just ready to go home!

The Real ALC Experience

I'll start from the very begining, how I manage to find myself sitting in a too small room with about 7 other kids. ALC, or the Alternative Learning Center; a room, correction, box thats called a center? Why it's called a center and is the size that it is I'll never know. My adventures starting with this place started before school itself had. Due to other circumstances, a parent drove me to school this morning, before even pulling all the way into the side drop off, I got out and walked across the street. Upon arriving to my destination I lit up a ciggarette, a daily addiction for me. After my smoke I put out the butt and was on my way to class. However, that trip didn't last long; our Vice Principle quickly found me and there went my morning. So now almost seven hours later; of sitting in a cubicle and absolutly no talking, I have discovered that, its extremely boring! I try to space out all my work, but oh no, even that doesn't help to cure the boredom. I've sat in a little cubicle, and got a small flash of social freedom when we all went to get lunch; but still no relief from the boredom. Occasionally you'll hear the teacher talking to herself, or obnoxiously chatting with her mother on the phone, while complaining she has to much work to do. How ironic is that? Most of the kids in here do what I am, doodling, staring off into space, some sleeping if they can do it sitting straight up. So, ALC is not an enjoyable place, not because its such a harsh punishment, but seroiusly, could it get any more boring?!

Welcome to the New Society

Here recently a new rule has been passed that you can't carry backpacks after Christmas. This decision came from a concern that the mess backpacks are too expensive, and harder to find. I can understand why this decision came about, but guess what, the backpacks are still there. Walmart has mesh bags, which I got mine from walmart, for 3$. 3$, by the way, is almost what it costs for a student to buy lunch at school. So they ban the bookbags that are too expensive, but yet, can charge you the cost of a bookbag for your lunch. Welcome to the new society. This new rule I believe is a ignorant waste of time. The school systems as a whole have "bigger fish to fry", and really shouldn't change something towards the end of the year, if anything, wait until a new year, and then make all the new rules, and even add some. It's not as much that I care about not carrying my books, but I do believe that not carrying backpacks, is going to cause more problems than just carrying out bookbags.