Ilima Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Magic Note [Insert Star Wars theme here]

So I don't really like magic notes. It's an interesting factoid that I choose to overlook. So what if I don't condone something we're doing! It interferes with priority number one. If I focus on why I don't like this, I'll gain resentment towards magic notes. I will stop writing in an act of defiance. Defiance that will do nothing to help me. Defiance is not what I need to do well in school. I shall look into my Psyche to find this cause when it will not affect my performance at this school. For now, I will keep it in the back of my mind until that later date. You may notice a difference in the mood of this blog post. I am smarter now. I will not let predominantly negative emotions get the best of me when I am not in a safe environment so I can learn how to control it. That's why. Now, this week was exceedingly... long. In reflection of that, this blog will be exceedingly long, as long doesn't necessarily mean boring. I shall go through this by period. First, science. In science, we are preparing for the culmination of our science projects, intended to be finished in first quarter. Chanel has been a great science partner in this. I haven't really been doing all that much, but that is a matter of human nature. I was reluctant to progress outside of class for the fear I might do something wrong and get in trouble. In math, I was exceedingly bored over the subject matter, as it was irrelevant and we learned nothing of much merit. Apparently the average student can't come to the conclusion that the standard mathematical operations for negative integers doesn't also apply to all rational numbers. At least that's what I gathered from the choices made by the Department of Education and the people over at Houghton Mifflim Harcourt. In Leadership, in which I am including homeroom and advisory, all the matters that make this week long took place. I had a hard time with the previously mentioned magic notes. It seemed that, the more I knew someone, the harder it was to write their magic note. Does this mean I don't put enough thought into most of the magic notes? Do I have to get to know everyone better? That is the question on my mind, as well as others'. That took up the majority of my thought process in the second half of the week. In band, we learned how to play our instruments. I discovered that Horacio, my French Horn, was in fact broken. It is currently in the process of being fixed. In English, we are simply preparing for yet another writing piece that takes up the majority of our grade. I quite like this kind of grading. It's a lot better than having the grades evenly spread out. If you miss a medium assignment, your grade goes down if the grades are equally distributed. You don't miss 60% of your grade unless you're stupid or absent. If you're stupid, you deserve the F. If you're absent, you can make up for it. Better than a slight error drop your grade. In torture Social Studies, we still face the "Chimpanzee Bug" that is mysteriously making those who come in contact with infected persons infected. However, those with a brain seem to be immune. More investigation is being done, by those with brains, of course.

Trying to convince Chanel to call our science project "Vesty McVestface"

Some of the highlights of this long week include band. Horacio, however broken he may seem, is still very much spirited and will be fine. I had fun playing him. That sounds wrong until you realize that Horacio is a French Horn. English is going smoothly and I am starting to have a vision of what I am doing for this quarter's 60% of the grade assignment. The science project that has been sucking up all of our time is no longer sucking up all of our time as of Monday. Of course, every week has its bad parts. Like torture Social Studies. We are currently facing an epidemic of greater worry than the Opioid crisis: the "Chimpanzee Bug" epidemic, swimming through Ewa Beach and injuring the IQs of many. No reported brain deaths yet. The magic notes were unnecessarily hard to write, but I feel like that will deescalate as time passes. Everything deescalates as time passes. Math, as usual, is, in my own words, "STOOPIT FOR NO REASON AT ALL." There is not a reason to have this school system. It makes me sad how stunted my learning has become. Wow. That got deep. And that's why you don't go down rabbit holes.

Basically, I learned that I'm going to have to work harder to do my magic notes. I'm going to have to get to know everyone so I can have an easy time writing my magic notes. I also confirmed my suspicion that we are going to be doing the same kind of thing we did in the first quarter for all the classes that were boring during first quarter. Honestly a disappointment. I expected more from intermediate school. I guess I learned that expectations always lead to disappointment, unless they're low, unspecific expectations. A valuable asset for later in life.

My favorite magic note for this week was Allanah's. I chose hers because it had the best message. It was funny and felt like one of the most heartfelt. It's nice to have someone who knows how I really feel.. Sometimes I do feel lonely in Leadership. The thing is, everyone's personality is so different from mine, so I have trouble making friends with them. I especially feel confident because she said, "I was you last year." It means I can fit in fine here and gives me confidence. Sorry Matthew. Your magic note was a close second. :P