My Blogging Experience

I would say that blogging is something that is very new to me. Without my Exploring Technology class I probably would never have blogged. I probably wouldn't have even heard about blogger. I'm not sure if I will continue blogging. I might but I might not because without internet at home it will be hard to make a blog, so I guess I will have to wait and see. I will definately say that I had fun making a blogger, using it, and linking things to it. It was definately a great experience for me.

Let's Change the Student Handbook

The rule that I would like to change in the handbook is the mandatory exams rule. I want everyone to have to take exams, but I think that there should be exceptions. Our handbook states that anyone that misses three or less days will get an independent study day the day before the exams. This is unbeneficial because on that day teachers are just reviewing for the test so its to our benefit to be there. I believe that they should allow people who have missed three or less days and are on the honor roll to be able to exempt from their elective classes and be able to drop a low grade in our mandatory classes. This will help in lowering the rate of everyone skipping all the days till just before they fail. It will also help in trying to improve on how hard people work and how their grades will improve because students will put effort into school so that they can excempt from classes.

The rule that I would add to the handbook would be that there be an elective study period if not mandatory. There would have to be a teacher in that room and computers available for the students to use. The teacher would act as a tutor to those who are struggling in their work. This would also allow students to get caught up in homework. It should be placed in the middle of the day. Students would find this hour very useful because they could get caught up on homework or get ahead so that they know what the teacher is talking about in class rather than trying to catch up on the homework. Also I think we would find that students would be more relaxed in classes and grades would improve because they have that time to themselves to learn and would have help there if they needed it.

How I feel about the seniors leaving in a week.

I am going to miss some of the seniors next week. I am good friends with a lot of them. I am glad that they are moving on to bigger and better things though. Also this means in a week I will soon be a senior and that feeling is a very scary feeling. I know that soon I will need to start looking and preparing for college. I need to start looking for scholarships. What is the scariest is knowing that in a year it will be me leaving and being done with school. I will be going on to college to persue my career and I will be out in the real world. It is definately going to be different being a senior because every moment next year that I have in school will be my last. There will be no more high school sports and activities. I will have to move on into something different and hopefully better.

Prom

I do not think prom is over-rated, some people do, but I find prom as a night where we can get all dressed up and go dancing. It's a night where you can get away from the house, parents, and siblings and just have some fun. For me, prom went very well. I had a lot of fun from the beginning at dinner all the way to when we were leaving from after prom. I think the best part was getting to go to after prom afterwards. Gabrielle, Chad, and I got to after prom early so we was able to be the only ones to try out the lazer tag first. Also we got to go do the minute to win it activity before everyone got there. I got to play 3 on 3 basketball and dodgeball, which was very cool. In the end I won some prizes first for the minute to win it and then when our names were drawn off. Also when I went to dinner before prom I got my bill payed for. It was just Catherine and I at Brownies eating, she was in her graduation dress and I was in my prom dress, we asked for a box for the rest of our pizza and the waitress came back and told us someone else picked up the bill.

What's on my mind today?

I have a lot on my mind today. I have a softball game today. I am stressed out about my english project. I have a lot of homework to do because I have to complete my english project and catch up in Exploring Tech. Also to add onto it I have prom this weekend and my older sister is graduating too, so we have to start preparing for all of it. It is going to be a very busy week and hopefully it will go by smoothly.

Facebook ..... What is all the fuss?

I do have a facebook but I don't use it very often. I may use it once a week if I am lucky. For the most part I will go months without being on it. I mostly use my facebook to stay in touch with relatives and to see what other people are up to. So many people have to be on facebook because they get addicted to it. They start making status's and soon enough they start putting everything they are doing on facebook. They wan't other's to know what they are doing and they want to feel important. I think that older teenagers and adults should be the only one's using facebook.

Three positive aspects of Facebook
 1. You can stay in touch with friends that have moved away.
 2. You can talk to your relatives that you haven't seen in a while and figure out what they are up to.
 3. You can share pictures with your friends of you and them in sports or hanging out together.

Three negative aspects of Facebook
 1. People become very addicted to facebook.
 2. People put to much information on the internet.
 3. People worry more about making status's and seeing what others are doing, then paying attention to the things they are doing at the time.

Yes people can have hundered's of friends on facebook. You can add whoever you want to your facebook. I wouldn't consider all of them your friends though. I would say they are people you may talk to once in a while or they may just be people that you know but have never talked to.

Heart Collage

This is a collage of me and some of the things in my life. It is in a heart shape because it is some of the things I care about. It has my dogs, Gabrielle, Catherine, and I in the pictures.