First Day of 8th, Last Year at OMS

Please Note: I have not had a chance to update the blog in a few weeks due to the fact that there was a bit of an issue: school.  So bear with me.

I missed the bus.  Plain and simple the worst way to start your first day.  Fortunatly, I managed to make it to school on time.  The first day always consists of listening to pep-talks (lectures) by faculty, getting your cluster, sitting for three hours in home room, and filling out piles of paperwork.  This does not make a good first impression, especially for the 6th graders.  Now, if you’re in 8th grade, you’ve made it.  You’re the biggest and baddest in theyou are school during your 8th grade year.  Then, you are abruptly dumped into highschool, to be the young ones again for the next three years.  Do we think about this though?  No, not until the last week of school at least, just in time to spoil the summer. Another boring First Day activity is taking your math assesement.  You are given and hour and a half to complete 6 problems.  Needless to say, it took me all of 6 minutes to complete them.  Then, another hour and 24 minutes to spare, with nothing to do.  Fun.  The only good thing about the 1st day is that all of the 8th graders get to have lunch together.  So now I’ve made it through my first whole week.   It’s not bad, except for the 4 HOURS OF TEDIOUS HOMEWORK A NIGHT!  But I will learn to deal with that.  And supplies?  Binders and notebooks for each subject, a folder for each binder, pencils, pens, markers, GAH! I don’t even want to talk about it.  So, I won’t.  In fact, I’m going to go busy myself by watching the Emmy’s (as there is nothing else on).  And, of course, wonder why, oh why, Ryan is wearing cowboy boots (it’s cause he’s short).