Busy week. I spent Sunday night finishing my English oral report preparation. I should have procrastinated because I still haven't had the chance to present yet. It's taking sooo looong. I want it over with. So far, all the oral reports have had interesting discussion topics but mine is on immigration laws... would you want to discuss that? Didn't think so. Pity me. Also, this blog entry will be way shorter than the previous one.

I had a math test on Monday. What a great way to start the week. *dies pitiful death* The following day I had a Western Civ. test and all week, the biology load has been huge. We have packets (SO MANY) and word lists and timelines and illustrations due next week along with a test. *melts into puddle of self-pity* As for essays and projects, in English, we have to write an imitation of an essay by somebody-Rosenblatt on an impossible topic... I think I'll just BS my way through. In bio, we have to write an essay on a video we saw about Rosalind Franklin. I think she's great and all, but I don't want to write an ESSAY in BIO. Oh mon dieu! In math, we are doing transit projects again... it's too cold outside!!! Nooo!

In French, (it always goes back to that, doesn't it?) we were given this play to read, understand, and be tested on. It's called "La Cage au Nuage" which basically translates to "The Cloud's Cage." IT IS THE STUPIDEST PLAY EVER. Seven pages, front and back, of pointless s*** about a stupid cloud who talks to birds and planes. I realize that it's at my reading level in French but by the middle of the play, you just want to smack the stupid little cloud (even our French teach said so) until it dissolves into rainwater. Our French student teacher (who assigned the play) gave us a quiz on it. The quiz was just as stupid as the play... I guess I didn't need my six pages of notes.  *attacks notebook with box cutter*

I swear, that student teacher either has something against me and my friends, or he's just stupidly idealistic. The four of us sit in a cluster in the front corner of the room so that makes us an easy target to be picked on. He tries to separate us during group projects any opportunity he gets because he wants to "even up the playing field." Um, FYI? Separating the smart kids is not going to help the less-gifted-with-French students do better. We'll end up doing most of the work anyway and nothing good will result. You know, he went as far as to forbid several people in our class from answering questions today to "give the others a chance." He pointed to the four of us and two other people (all girls) and said we couldn't answer even though I hadn't even said anything. Punished for being... what? smart? Whatever. The actual classes are interesting abut his mannerisms are just too much.

On to our lovely orchestra. *hacking cough* We had the SUPER SPRING STRING EXTRAVAGANZA last night. It's a concert combining the orchestras of the elementary schools, middle school, and high school. It was a DISASTER, even after the two-hour dress rehearsal we had ...not that the audience knew. Only a portion of the people seriously know how to play and the losers like me just fake it. Our conductor made long rambling speeches and lame jokes that made me want to bang my stand, break my bow, and tell her to shut up. I could've done better things that night.

Other miscellaneous stuff: the MORP ("prom" backwards) Spring Dance is tomorrow.  I don't feel like going though. Next week I have to go to CC rehearsal early to work on solo parts because the solo tryouts are coming up. Wish me luck. I'm running for Treasurer in my school's Student Council for my grade. Vote for me!