9th grade

I think everyone thinks that 9th grade was a big year for them no matter where they went to school. 9th grade is the first year grades actually count which may not seem that bad, but this means that literally every grade counts. I have already learned a huge lesson when it comes to test taking this year in Mr. Rice's biology class. On the very first test of the year, the easiest test in his class, in got an 83. I didn't get this because i didn't study but because the skipped a COMPLETE PAGE!!! And the top it off, the page I accidentally skipped was the easiest page on the whole test. This grade did hurt my average badly but I found a way to pull it up to an A. Which isn't bad. Another lesson I learned about tests is I can no longer not study for a test the day of the test. A good example of this is my first two world cultures tests. Also the two easiest tests of the entire course I score an 86 & 84 in that order. After this happened I told myself to try studying in advance for a chance to see what happens. And what do you know I get a 92 followed by a 93 on my next two tests. So far 9th grade has drastically changed my approach to assessments. I used to be even more lazy then I am currently am, yes I know it is hard to believe, and never used to study for anything or did any homework. So far 9th grade, for the most part, has changed me for the better.

Thanksgiving

This thanksgiving was.....interesting. Let's start with what happened in the beginning of the week. On tuesday November 22, 2011 I had my second surgery. I had to miss school that day but luckily I didn't miss much. The only weird thing about that surgery was, unlike most people, I remembered everything even after they gave me the first dose of “feel good” medicine. They had to give me 2 doses which was very surprising considering how small I was. Anyway, this surgery basically allowed me to do nothing which sucked and what sucked even more was that thanksgiving was coming up. Wednesday came and went pretty fast but when Thursday came around the madness at my house started. The thing is every year our family throws a huge party at our house and usually have around a 28 pound turkey. But this year there was no turkey because the everyone didn't want a turkey. So, it was planned to not have a turkey until the day of thanksgiving. So you could imagine how pissed my mom was when she heard we wanted a turkey. She was so pissed that she wouldn't even help. My dad went and got a turkey. This luckily this wasn't a problem because we had just enough time to cook it. My parents and everyone else had a very adventurous day but sadly I had a very boring day.
This is why this was a very interesting thanksgiving.