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This year... ugh. I am so glad this year is almost over. At the same time, I wish it were still like 2nd quarter or something. Mostly the former, though. Part of me wants to go back to August 3rd and choose no, but I know that will never happen. The year started off good, great even. I did everything in the first quarter fine. I was on probation for a couple weeks, but I was fine other than that. I went to the retreat over fall break. In second quarter, though, things began to get bad. I am of course talking about the yearbook. deadlines came, and then passed. I never finished my spread. Right before winter break, I got everything taken away–my vest, my chair tag, my cubby, my yellows. Third quarter then came. I never finished my spread. Matthew did. Next, I turned my focus to Orientation. At the same time, I went into the concert band. So, when we had after-school Orientation practices, I couldn't come on any Tuesdays. I had appointments on every single consecutive Wednesday except the first one. this brought my grade in Leadership down to a C. Then, I was busy after school for the rest of the quarter. That was tutoring for me. We also had Orientation practices during lunch and advisory. I missed my precious time with my friends. I also had to choreograph the boy's dance. It didn't go particularly well. I had no idea what to do. How do you even choreograph a dance? What counts as a dance move? I still don't know. About halfway through the choreography, I just started to do random things for the dance. Really simple and really silly. Days melted to weeks. I got everything but my cubby back in that time. Pretty soon, it was 4th quarter. In 2 weeks, it was Orientation. That went well, for the most part. I just kind of did nothing until like a day before the Graduation slideshow was done. Makes sense that I'd get an F for that assignment. Now, with Graduation right around the corner, (a really really short corner) I'm really hoping for a miracle. And yet, I feel confident that I won't mess anything up–after school at least. I'm not sure about in the morning. I really went on a downward spiral in the middle of second quarter. I've been on probation in all 4 quarters, tutoring in 2. It hasn't really been the best year for me. But literally everything outside Leadership is better. I really love band, and I'm keeping up with my core classes. Leadership brought all this to me. Thanks a lot. And that's the year for me.

A highlight of the year was definitely First quarter. I was pretty happy the whole quarter. Nothing bad happened at all. I felt right at home, stress free. Another highlight was the Retreat. I didn't talk about it in the previous paragraph much because I wanted to talk about it here. I really liked the Retreat. I enjoyed the activities, swimming was fun, I took a decent chunk out of Jurassic Park. The cooking thing was the best part. Retreat was the best part of this year. No doubt about it. Except maybe one of my concerts for band. It was probably one of those concerts. Now, for the lowlights. A lowlight of the year was Yearbook. I didn't take enough pictures. I procrastinated. I did everything possible wrong. I was stupid. So stupid. Another lowlight was lunch/advisory Orientation practices. I didn't get to see my friends outside of class for like 2 months. Friends, that's something I forgot I had. I FORGOT I HAD FRIENDS! Yet another lowlight was the Graduation Slideshow. I messed up even more than yearbook because I procrastinate for more time. Also, I didn't really know I was supposed to do Yearbook for like a week or 2. I had no excuse for the slideshow. And that's the year for me, in a different way.

This year, I learned that life is like a beautiful meadow. A beautiful meadow that is also a minefield. You prance around the field until you accidentally step on one. Or, you're so careful not to step on one that you can't do anything once a mine inevitably is detonated at your foot. I've had my fair share of mines blow up in my face. It looks like I hit a cluster of them here. That's because I just kept prancing around after I was blown up by a mine, not thinking there would be another one right where I stepped. If you take a second to determine how that mine detonated, you could learn how to avoid and mitigate the damage these mines could cost you. The successful people know how to skillfully dance around the mines; they se the changes in the soil. I'll do anything to do that. And that's the year for me, in yet another way.

What would I do if I time traveled back to August 7th, the day school started? First of all, I'd spend my free time making friends with Mr. Ing and the 8th graders. I'd finish my AR as soon as possible and keep my grades up, in all quarters. My desired outcome for 1st quarter would be to not be on probation or tutoring at all, therefore going to the Retreat. In 2nd quarter, I'd start working on the yearbook as soon as conveniently possible (as soon as previous deadline done or day 1 if 1st deadline.) I'd start working on the boy's choreography as soon as I got the start of it. For 3rd quarter, I'd spend my free time working on Orientation choreography. I'd schedule the after school practices to Wednesdays and Fridays. This would avoid the entire grade dropping scenario. I'd focus on teaching the boys and learning the other dances for the Orientation practices. For 4th quarter, I'd not procrastinate for my tour outfit. I wouldn't change much for Orientation itself, except maybe remembering stuff better. As soon as I could work on the Graduation slideshow, I would. I'd do it until it got to 40 minutes. I'd do it all my myself if I had to. Throughout all the quarters, I'd spend more time with everyone in Leadership. I might even have stayed for 8th grade. Right now, I'm in the "not fitting in" group of people in Leadership. I might actually belong in Leadership if I could redo this year. I'm fine with my current path. I'm really loving band right now; I couldn't have this year without it. But being an 8th grader would be a nice experience I'd never forget. I hope all of my classmates go far in life. I expect to see one of you guys on the news one day. Don't let me down. This has been my year. goodbye to all of you. 

(BTW I have a YouTube channel I'm going to start uploading stuff this summer here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEuyRbTPavnuhfsjSbUv-IQ

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This quarter... ugh. I am so glad the year is

 almost over. I'm just losing my mind by now. Life for me has been on a downward spiral since 2nd quarter. This quarter started with me wanting to get out of Leadership. I didn't want to be in Leadership anymore. how deluded I was in the summer. Anyways, Next was Orientation. Day one was good. Day two was also good. Day three, however, not the case. We messed up on a lot of stuff. The parent Orientation was better, but still not great. I also had a few concerts for band. Those were all fun! Probably the best part about my quarter. After Orientation, the cracks started to show. We, the 7th graders, were officially given the task of doing the Graduation Slideshow. I, being the incredibly responsible person I am, didn't take any pictures. I also kind of didn't work on the slideshow at all. Now I find myself getting a big fat F for all the slideshow and programs stuff. A few days ago was Awards Night. That was good until after the awards ceremony itself. We just kind did nothing, I guess. As we get closer and closer to Graduation, I'm getting exponentially more stressed. I have a campout this weekend. That should get rid of some of it. I'm really glad that I'm not doing anything in some of my classes. I'm sure not going to miss these parts of the year. It's going to feel so great to have fun again.

A highlight of the quarter was the first part of Orientation. It felt like exactly what we were supposed to do, like we did everything right. That was probably the last time I had 

fun. I feel like I haven't had real fun 

since. Another highlight of the quarter would be everything between Orientation and mid-quarter. That was the last time I've been truly happy before I turned to what I call, "Graduation is in a few weeks mode." It didn't really affect how much work I did on the slideshow, though. My final highlight is the band concerts I had. Those were all great. I can't wait for band next year. Now, for the low lights. One lowlight for this quarter is the second half of Orientation. I still don't understand how it got so much worse literally overnight. That was really confusing to me ever since it happened. Another low light for me was not working on the Graduation Slideshow. I feel bad for making everyone else do the work. Sorry other 7th graders if you're reading this.

This quarter, I learned that you don't need to be happy to get stuff done. Nearly everything I've done before 4th quarter was either good because I liked it, or bad because I didn't. Everything is different now. I can do things I don't want to now, at least better than before. For example, I didn't like Orientation that much. I still did it, though. Now, I know what you're thinking, "But you said Orientation was the last time you had fun!" I didn't like all of Orientation. I didn't even like most of it. I only liked some parts. That's also helped with my classwork, like my English project. Now, time for a nice, relaxing weekend.

This Week was a Week of Weak Week

As conflicting points of good and bad meet, it created a grey area in the conscious mind. In the subconscious mind, however, the larger, more defining moments stand out, leading to lots of small good things and a bi bad thing being bad, and vice versa. But when there are both very good an very bad things, the grey area is maintained in both the conscious and unconscious mind. The same thing happens with only little events, although with varying degrees of success. A grey area, however, is very boring, so I'm going to overemphasize the good things. I got off probation (Yay!) I got a really interesting book about Abe Lincoln. It only took me a week to read. Overemphasizing stuff is both misleading and hard, so I'm gonna stop now. On the day of Thurs, I had my last band concert of the year. It was fun I can't wait until next year. That brings us to Fridy. Definitely the most eventful day, It started with that whole Banquet shebang. The 8th grade class officers kind of messed up. Not that I could do any better. Then I presented my project for English. I said "um" a lot, not because I was nervous, but because I plain old forgot what to say. I just now realized that I forgot stuff. Now I'm most likely going to get a B in English this quarter. Yay. Then, there was this whole talk in science about how 13 people in my period are failing. I was surprised. That is a lot of people failing. The ironic part is that the rest of the people are like straight A students. And that was the week.

So the highlights of this week were kind of already listed. The low lights were too. But, for necessity's sake, the biggest highlight of this week for me was the concert. I mean, a concert should always be a highlight of your week. It's a concert! Another highlight was getting off probation. Although, it's also a lowlight for me procrastinating on my AR. Speaking of lowlights, a lowlight of my week was the whole banquet shebang because I half expected to mess up on something and get yelled at throughout the day. On the plus side, I was extra sure not to mess anything up!

 This week, I learned not to procrastinate. First, the elephant in the room. 8th grade class waited to the day of Banquet before doing all of that stuff. There's also reasons that are not elephants in rooms. Like in English, I didn't prepare a speech for my presentation. Or procrastinationing on AR so I couldn't work for a whole week. It seems pretty obvious in hindsight, but hindsight doesn't account for stress and time constraints and tiredness and pain. Hindsight only looks at what actually happens.

In a World too Often Governed by Corruption and Arrogance, it can be Difficult to Stay True to One's Philosophical and Literary Principles

That quote got annoying after a while in season two of A Series of Unfortunate Events, didn't it? There's probably a paradox based after it. That has nothing to do with anything I'm about to say. Or type. Or convey to you. If I did that, I would not stay true to my philosophical and literary principles due to the arrogance of presuming that everything I say has a deeper hidden meaning.Nothing is pure black and white, because everything becomes a thick, omnipotent layer of gray, like a fog, if you think into it at all. If you're clever, you brain becomes a prism, turning the gray into a multitude of colours that muddle things up even more. My brain used to be a pile of sand, at the start of the year. Gradually, conflicting emotions and events smelted it into a pane of glass. I expected to be hit by a wave of enlightenment, but all I got was a gray fog. So I worked to shape my brain into a brilliant prism. I made myself see colour. Now, the colours are blinding me, in a way. I don't know what to do, so I do nothing, And the colours get darker and duller, my brain melts down, until I'm back seeing a gray barrier. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure I was only seeing in primary colours. There is no orange or purple perspective. I could barely see green. As soon as probation kicked in, I just saw dim colours, like a depressing war movie about World War I or something. Stupid books. Stupid high reading level. Stupid me. I'm too stubborn. I can't just read a boring book for points. A Series of Unfortunate Events is too ow a reading level for me. Oh well. Life will go on, impacted in no way shape or form by my mistake. Also I was sick on Friday. And I had a doctor's appointment. So that's why I was not there.

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A highlight of this week was the part before probation. I was feeling good about myself. I guess my mind was governed by corruption and arrogance, and I didn't stay true to my literary and philosophical principles.A low light was kind of the rest of the week. Except Friday. Friday was OK. But the rest of the week was not.

I learned that most weeks follow a pattern for the different days. Monday and Tuesday always are super long for me. Wednesday is kind of fast. Thursday and Friday, thought, are like lightspeed. Done before they started. I also learned that in a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance, it can be difficult to stay true to one's philosophical and literary principles. If you're observant and have too much time on your hands, you could go deep into the depths of my psyche and learn every minute detail from this blog, and the other ones. someone should make a video game out of that.

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This week was OK. Mondy was pretty standard. We got new pieces in band on Tuesdy. I only remember doing TV on Wednesdy, which kinda sucked. Alize claimed to have looped the intro, but it didn't loop. On Thursdy, we messed up again on TV. Emma and Matthew never turned on the mics, and we had to start over. Then there was the graduation meeting. We kinda just sat there. The presentation sad May 17 was the third deadline, but it's the 18th. The rest of the day was normal. Fridy was normal except for those allegedly famous people coming here. I say allegedly because I've never heard of them.They danced at the assembly. Maybe it's just the kind of music and dance, maybe it's just me, but all of it sounded and looked really stupid and conceded. Like somebody woke up and thought, hey, I should write a song that I sing in a monotone voice half the time and rap the other half and add a whole bunch of base into it so it sounds like a really low-pitched fart for half the time.At advisory it was kind of boring.That's kind of just my opinion.

Jelly Beans. The most interesting
Thing I took a picture of.

A highlight of the week was going to the assembly. I got to miss math, so being bored and slightly uncomfortable for like an hour was better.Another highlight was science on Thursday. We watched a movie. A lowlight of the week was realizing that the assembly was just going to be watching a bunch of kids dancing in a style I don't like to music I don't like. It's like expecting an orchestra and getting a punk rock concert.

I learned this week that you need to be in a place where you can truly be yourself in order to truly be happy. Mr. Ing gave like a huge talk about that in homeroom one day. I forget which day. I also learned that you really can't get true art when all the masses ever want is trash. On Friday, I expected to be moved at the start of the assembly. I expected to enjoy watching kids do things I thought were interesting. What do I get? Nice, shiny, gold-covered fecal material.  A big shiny pretty turd. Under all that polish, it is still a TURD. Nobody cares because they just see the gold finish.

The final Orientation blogg | Yes it's over I am so happy

Orientation. It's over and I'm so glad it is. I've disliked the Orientation for basically as long as I've known about it. I thought it was pretty dumb when I was in sixth grade. When I was chosen to be a choreographer, I had no idea what to do. Then I needed to do choreography. I still had no idea what to do. I still, to this day, do not understand dancing. The boy's choreography, which I was in charge of, is just a series of hand and foot movements to me. The actual Orientation was actually quite OK at first. The first day was good, the second day was mostly good. But Thursday was terrible. I messed up for the bell schedule. Wait, did I? I don't remember. That was the only time I specifically did something wrong that day. So that was Orientation.

A highlight of Orientation was Tuesday because nothing big went wrong. It was the day with the least negative consequences. Another highlight of Orientation was when it ended. This was a highlight for me because I don't have to do anything really big like this until graduation. A low light of Orientation was Thursday because lots of things went wrong. Another low light was being a choreographer because it was not fun.

I learned that you have to do things you don't want to.I learned this from Orientation. I didn't like it when I was in 6th grade. I didn't like being a choreographer. I didn't like "dancing" or whatever it is. I I didn't like Orientation as a whole. I still had to do it though because it's for a grade.

I think that what went wrong was that we got overconfident. I don't really know if I made a mistake or not. I can't remember. Overconfidence is just a likely possibility. We don't really know the inner workings of our brains. We don't know why we make decisions on the fly. We don't think in split-second decisions. It's wired into our subconscious brains, a place where humans have no control over, no matter how hard we try.

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So today was kind of almost worse than yesterday. It started pretty good. I knew a few people from Iroquois. Tours were good. Fashion show was good. But I forgot that I needed to be at the computer after the Fashion Show. I wasn't at the computer when Emily was speaking. I don't even know what happened with that part. After that, the day was fine. Everything went fine. It was largely the same as yesterday.

So a highlight of Orientation today was how everything went more smoothly, besides that point I talked about. The fashion show and tours were better than yesterday. Another highlight would be seeing people I know. There were 3 people from my Boy Scout troop, and one I knew from church. A low light was that part where I forgot to be the slide person for Emily. I'm surprised that nobody said anything about it. Maybe I'm in an alternate universe where I'm not the slide person for Emily. 

I learned that you can't forget anything. If you forget to do something, you risk the effectiveness of whatever you're doing. I learned this from forgetting to change slides for Emily. There is a possibility that no one changed the slides for Emily. If I hadn't forgotten, than that would never happen.

Orientatationi on le day of Tues

My tour "costume," the cloud
monster

So today was Orientation. I'd say that Orientation went pretty well. It was pretty enjoyable for me, as a whole. at first, I was greeting the sixth graders with everyone else. I got to See my sixth grade teacher, because Holomua was there today. I was kind of nervous when it started. I sneezed while Beau was talking. I could hear it reverberating through the room, and I was scared because I thought everyone heard it. My tour outfit was really dumb. I was Cloud Guy, the talking cloud from that Troll movie thing. The tours went well. The fashion show was... good. Ahled lost his uniform. We had to improvise a bit for that. I forgot I had to go up to the front one time.The combined dance went smoothly. So did the rest of Orientation. Apparently Chanel lost her uniform too. Other than that, nobody lost or forgot anything. I was expecting something to go wrong.

A highlight of Orientation was how nothing major really went wrong. Mr. Ing didn't raise his voice, everybody (for the most part) had all their props and clothes, and whatever problems did arise were mostly solved. A low light of Orientation was when we were cleaning up because I lost my ID and I need to get a new one tomorrow. That's 5 dollars down the drain. For me, Orientation wasn't really good or bad, just somewhere in between.

I learned that you have to come up with a solution on the fly if something goes wrong. If you lose your shirt, just wear your pullover over a different shirt or wear your yellows. If you forget to say something on a tour, say it on another stop where that place you missed is present. It's always best to have a backup plan if something goes wrong, or be able to think of one when problems arise. Maybe look for another opportunity. Maybe share with other people. There's always a solution to every problem.

I could improve by speaking more loudly and clearly on the tour. I could also get changed faster for Bell Schedule. I could organize my stuff better. I could do a lot of things. But it's a lot of little, hardly noticeable things. I could easily correct those tomorrow. As a whole, I feel like we could tighten up the dances more. Sometimes we took a while to get up to the front of the stage. I feel like we could be faster with the tours and changing after the tours (I'm talking about you, Ahled) Everything overall could be better and most likely will be better tomorrow and Thursday.

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I hated this quarter. It started off bad, right where second quarter left off, now, it's ending even worse. At least I had an acceptable grade at the end of second quarter. At least I still got to talk to my friends during second quarter. Worst of all, this has affected me in band. The one class where I wasn't just another machine programmed to do a certain thing and where all other behavior was basically illegal. The one class where everyone was a human being with a distinct personality. The one class where I actually empathized with my teacher, my friend even. The class responsible for probably the best day ever for me. The class where I felt at home. It's all ruined. The past 3 class periods for band have been terrible. Last week, Mr. Kawasaki said that we are arrogant and forgetting how to play. On Monday, we had a substitute, Mr. Steve, and nobody listened to anything. Today, (Wednesday) we got a big lecture and wrote an apology  to Mr. Steve. Not really the best. And that's why band is ruined. 1st half of the quarter was amazing because I in advanced band and it special to me. Also I had best Day ever when we had concert because it was incredibly fun. But when progress reports came in I had bad grade which was start of bad time. I was sadness when it happened but I am OK now because I have good grades overall but still band ruined sadness maybe it will to get to better? Also I missed some stuff because I didn't know what to do and I panicked and I wasn't in my right mind and I don't do well under pressure so I just make a split second decision and it's usually wrong so I end up in trouble and I don't know it because I'm not focused when I'm under pressure and I don't know what I did and I don't remember the first half of lunch yesterday (Wednesday) maybe it because I was freak out and confuse and stress. One minute I walk into Social Studies next minute I in A101 and people waiting to answering people. I was answering people that time. I was feeling sad I made wrong decision and next minute I'm doing slides and my head hurt. 3rd quarter not my favorite i not rely like it.

 How about what the highlights of and the low lights of the of the the the quarter. A highlight would be discovering the Burger King Foot Lettuce meme. Another highlight of the quarter would be getting into advanced band. That was amazin' and I realized that I am filled with determination for band. Another highlight of 3rd water is the BEST DAY EVERY when I had concert. Low light was grades. I no like grades for 3rd quarter. Caused for sadness. Another low light would be band being ruined. Another low light would be this week. I've hated every single day of this week except Tuesday. Another low light of the week would be missing most of spirit week because I was sick with the Flu. By the last two days, I didn't miss much. Certainly not a jolly good time. I hated those two days, mostly Friday. That cheer off! I WISH THAT THING NEVER EXISTED! As you can see, more low lights than highlights. I kind of don't really feel fine. Thanks for asking.

I learned that in Leadership, you have to know everything and let everyone know everything. The know everything part, you have to pay attention to everything, since everything is important. If you don't pay attention, like with the bell schedule thing, then everything goes awry. Or, like me, you just don't understand social cues and really anything like that. For the letting everyone else know everything part, it's kind of the same thing. If you're paying attention to everything, but nobody says anything, then you know nothing. For example, I never told anyone about band and not being able to go to Orientation practice after school. If I had told anyone about it, that wouldn't have ended up a complete and utter fiasco. Too bad it ended up a total and utter fiasco. There's not really much more to say. That's what I learned. It's pretty simple.

Woo Spirit Week! I hated it.

I am not looking forward to next quarter. Seeing how busy 3rd quarter has been, I don't want to know about 4th quarter. I'll bet more things like yesterday with the walkout will happen in 4th quarter. That's the last thing I ever want to happen. I wish this week never happened. It's easily the worst week of the year, in the worst quarter of the year, in the worst year of my life. 4th quarter is going to top my list soon enough. I bet the last week of 4th quarter will top the list of weeks I hate. If I hated this quarter purely because of Leadership stuff, which I pretty much did, then 4th quarter is going to be a hassle. And a complete and utter nail in the coffin of the mess that is this school year.

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This week was fun. I had the SBA for english. It was nice and relaxing the whole week. Now I get to do the boring, contrived, stressful, 60% of my grade essay. In 2 class periods. Yay for me. Thursday was probably the best weekday for me since the Monday I had the concert. I finally got to have lunch with my friends again. I got my slides done. That's a good thing. We're gonna have a debate for science on Thursday, which is really exciting. It will be about whether it should be legal to clone humans or not. I'm excited for that. In band one day, Mr. Kawasaki said that period 4, as a whole isn't improving in band. That we're forgetting how to be in a band. That we're forgetting how to be good people. The worst part is, I believe him. I'm not putting enough effort into band. I need to try harder and be better, no matter what. I just can't shake off the feeling that it's because of leadership that this all happened. And if I feel that way when fourth quarter starts, I may want to leave leadership altogether. I'm trying to do two things at once and ending up subpar at both of them. A logical option would be to drop one thing and focus on the other thing. Band to me is simply more important than leadership. Who knows, I have two weeks do decide. Chanel , if you're reading this, don't talk to me about this. You'll just make me want to leave more.

I have no idea what this is
 but it was from this week and its all I have.

A highlight of the week would be Thursday because I got to spend recess and lunch with my friends. I've been spending like no time with them since orientation during lunch started. A lowlight of the week would be that band period I talked about. I just remembered that it was on Thursday. How ironic that the best and the worst parts of my week were on the same day. Now I'm thinking about whether my life is a juggling act. Because I'm a horrible juggler.

This week, I learned that Leadership may be having a negative affect on me in aspects of my life I prefer to keep the same. Leadership may have made me worse off in band. I simply can't have that.Band is my #1 priority. Above all else, band means the most to me. You could take ANYTHING else from me and I'd still be pretty much fine. But the moment something or someone does anything to me and band, I am out. I will do anything in my power to get away from and/ or stop that thing or person. I hope you'd understand. I'm sure everyone has something like that. For some it might be leadership. For me, it's band.

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This week was amazing. I liked it a lot. It was the best week ever. There is no week better than this week. It was so amazing. I had a concert on Monday. It was the best Monday ever. The other 4 days not so much. Just Monday. I loved Monday. It was the best Monday ever. I can't wait for my next concert. That is on a Saturday. I bet it will be the best Saturday ever. For Orientation I need to teach everyone else the dance. I was a bit annoyed at Ahled and Lucy because I knew what Mr. Ing was talking about and they I guess didn't or something. Lucy keeps complaining that she can't control the girls, and Ahled just didn't seem to be paying attention until Mr. Ing raised his voice. I'm planning to meet after school on Wednesday with the boys to teach them the rest of he dance. I couldn't do it on Friday because I had an appointment at 3 so I needed to leave at 2:30. I also need to work on learning all the choreography because I'm really bad at Alize's. First I need to understand that kind of music, because the original classical music piece is like 1000 times better. And some of the choreography makes no sense. Like why in the world would anyone in their right minds make a gun with their hand and wave it around in the air. Is that supposed to be cool? That song and its respective choreography is the kind of stuff that makes me question humanity. I never saw the boys' video, but I imagine that the problems would be people not knowing what to do and spacing issues. I can fix that easily. If you say the choreography is silly and stupid, that's the point. These are sixth graders. Sixth graders like silly, stupid things. Some still do. I would rather see A few people doing a really silly dance and having fun doing it that See this super-serious group of really good dances. Man, I'm dragging on a lot. Did I mention Monday was the best est ever in the history of the world? The concert was amazing.

Glad Math problems are done.

A highlight of the week was Monday because there was a concert. It was the best day ever. Before it, all the people in the band were arguing about whether water is wet. It was hilarious! The actual concert was the best part. Everyone was congratulating us on our performance. I was surprised. A lowlight of the week was everything else but Monday. I mean, what does an ordinary week compare to the best day of my life? I'm serious about that. Monday might have been the best day of my life. It was so great. I loved it.

I learned that we always should be improving. For the Orientation stuff, we didn't improve and go foreword in our dances. We wasted almost a whole week. I also learned that nothing is entirely one person's fault. It's partly Ahled's fault since he didn't change his dance. It's partly my fault for not teaching the rest of the choreography to the boys. It's partly Lucy's fault for not fixing up the girls' dance and not being able to control the girls. It's partly the rest of the girls' fault for not listening to Lucy. It's partly Alize's fault for not noticing that some peoples' backs would be facing part of the audience. It's partly the boys' fault for trying to copy me and not telling me that they needed to learn the rest of the dance so I could teach it to them. So I am going to fix all the problems I can fix, and be a better person.

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This week was really busy. I didn't like the Orientation Dance stuff during lunches. But what can I do about it? Probation kicked in. I need to make up a lot of stuff. I don't really have all the time in the world to do that, with band and like a million appointments, I bet I won't even get a chance to make up anything before Mr. Ing says we can't make up anything from the first half of the quarter. But that won't happen. I used up all my bad luck on having appointments on pretty much all of my afters school orientation practises. My mom just needs to tell me stuff in advance. I am .4 points short of getting my AR to 50%. We had an assembly thing where I learned that people don't give a crap about privacy anymore, and it's legal to see the history of all interactions on an electronic device by civilians, and scholarship people do that all the way back to when the recipients got their devices. I personally think that's unconstitutional and kinda like they have an automatic search warrant for anyone applying for a scholarship. Who even cares if someone was an immature jerk when they were 10 years old, and they hated on everyone? I'm angry about this and it doesn't even apply to me because my college tuition is already paid for by my family's own money. So that was unsettling when I went to that assembly. Oh yeah, it was Valentine's Garbage Day on Wednesday.  It was also this Catholic thing where they couldn't eat meat or chocolate. A bunch of people were giving away chocolate that day. Whoever created garbage day is a true idiot.

It's Beau's beautiful photography.

A highlight of the week would be when Beau took like 50 million pictures on Alize's phone of the Orientation dances. That's a highlight because it's funny and not that much else happened that was positive. A lowlight would be that assembly on Friday. That stuff is messed up. I was genuinely put off by that. It sounded like those scholarship people could see a complete history of everything anyone did on any app or document of an electronic device seemingly without the owner of the device's consent. Another lowlight is that probation kicked in and I don't really have a lot of time after school to make up for leadership stuff. Also, I barely have any time with my friends because I'm on probation and we have Orientation practice during lunch.
I learned that I have learned nothing. Mr. Ing said that there was a lack of progress in this class, that we never changed. I looked back on it, and I saw that I never learned. And I'll be left behind if I don't get my act together. What if I'm left behind by my boss when I'm an adult because I didn't get my act together there? what if I couldn't keep up with the industry and everyone in it? I know that if I can fix my grade and become a better person out of my comfort zone now, I'll be able to learn and get better in my career actually doing what I'll love.

Spiritness Week of All the Spirit Nobody Wanted (I changed my name to nobody for the duration that you are reading this blog)

Last week was spirit week. Last week I was absent Monday through Wednesday. Basically, I missed most of the biggest event we had. The one thing that I wasn't looking forward to, the cheer off, was on Friday. I still had to do it. We had to be at school at 6:30. Who in the world would wake up and get to school at 6:30? I wake up at 6:30, and it takes me half an hour to get ready! I guess there were these point things and it was a competition. So everyone put money in jars for points and bout chain link things. We had a nice dress out week, but I missed a lot of it. We needed to give everyone who was dressing out wristbands, which also gave them points. I was there on Hawaiian day, which is tourist day for me, and team colour day. We just wore our team shirts. Avoid being competitive at all costs because I get worked up.Not much happened on Thursday. On Friday, we had the cheer off. Every team did a cheer. I hated all of them, including ours. The only people who used a song I like turned the nuanced lyrics to a brainless cheer nobody liked. Yay! Spirit Week!

BOOOO 0/10 cheer!

A highlight of the week was Thursday. Why is Thursday a highlight? Nothing explicitly bad happened with the spirit week stuff. Nothing explicitly good happened. Judging by the way everyone else talked and acted over the past week or so, I'm going to assume that it Thursday was pretty much as normal as spirit week gets. A lowlight would be the cheer off. Trying to be "cool" when I hate the people that are "cool?" Not fun. Using some of my least favorite types of music? Not fun. The whole competition thing? Not fun. Making us have "attitude" when I don't know what "attitude is? Not fun. Being forced to take part in it? I REALLY HATE THIS THING ALREADY! The world would be a better place if the cheer off didn't exist. The other teams' cheers weren't much better. I did like the first part of ours. That was fun.

Look at how bored everyone is of the cheer off.

I learned that sometimes you have to do stuff that you absolutely despise. For example, the cheer off. I hated that SO MUCH! Yet everyone at Ilima could see me dancing during the cheer off. I did it for the like 130 kids (approximately) who liked the cheer. I wasn't about to ruin the cheer off for everyone because I personally didn't like it. How selfish is that? That's like something a 5-year-old would do.

GLO #1: Self-Directed Learner: I was self-directed when I remembered to come to school early.

GLO #2: Community Contributor: I participated in the cheer off for everyone else in my team so I didn't ruin it for everyone.

GLO #3: Critical Thinker: I was able to figure out how to put wristbands on people in the most efficient way possible.

GLO #4: Quality producer: I did my best on the cheer-off and I put on wristbands carefully and with precision.

GLO #5: Effective Communicator: I told my period in advance that I was sick on Monday through Wednesday since the doctor diagnosed me with the flu and said I was good to go back on Friday.

Hey look that's My back on the left.

GLO #6: Effective and Ethical User of Technology: I used the Leadership Facebook page to be updated on what was going on while I was sick.