Alternative School

Today in school, a girl (taking Anthropology) began arguing with the teacher about scheduling. Her main argument was that, as a student in an alternative school, schedules should accommodate the students' needs (HER needs), because if they didn't have a problem with schedules, they would be attending regular high school. She thought that the schedules were too demanding, and there was too much work for her to do in such a short period of time.

I go to an alternative school in Toronto. There are two classes, which start at 9 am, and end at 1:15, with a 15 minute break in between classes. I take Law and Family Studies, but other kids in the class take Anthropology, Challenge and Change in Society, and World Issues.

Alternative school is different than regular high school in several ways, the most noticeable being that:

• It ends at 1:15, not 3:10 like most high schools.
• It operates in quads, not semesters. A quad is a semester divided in half, which means you are doing the same courses you could do in high school, BUT IN HALF THE TIME. (Semesters in high school are 5 months each, a quad is 2.5 months.)

The teacher tried to explain this very basic concept to the girl, but she just turned around, sat down at her table with her friends, and began telling the class very loudly about how the teacher is "SUCH AN ASSHOLE!".

After her angry tirade, she took out nail polish from her purse, and PROCEEDED TO DO HER NAILS, while discussing with her friends which clubs they should go to on the weekend, the hot guy who is in the class across the hall (the pothead), and the sale at Yorkdale Mall.

?
I'm surrounded by idiots.

Quatro Paredes - Marisa Monte

Procuro explicar o meu sentimento

E só consigo encontrar
Palavras que não existem no dicionário
Você podia entender meu vocabulário
Decifrar meus sinais, seria bom

Wow.

An actual post on my life, instead of random musings, bits and pieces of MSN conversations and SONGS.

The next book I'm going to read (recommended by my awesome friend Noni) is Kiterunner by Khaled Hosseini.

God. I feel so much better now that I have something to read.
Now I need something new to listen to. Suggestions?

Seriously there is nothing to do. First and foremost, I need a job. I don't even have school anymore, and while I'm happy I graduated, I miss it terribly. It was my little sister's first day of high school today. I remember those Grade 9 jitters!

I'm just going to have to wait until my alternative school calls. Can you believe I WANT homework? I want to stay up until 2 am not doing anything, then writing a four-page essay in three hours, then feeling smug when I get a 90% on it. HAH!

Today I talked to some old friends, and looking at their Facebook pictures made me feel really lonely. I hate that I'm living so far away from you guys, but I'll be back soon =)

Maybe it's because I spent so much time with HIM (urgh) that I neglected you guys, and for that I'm truly sorry. But since I am not a repeat offender (so-to-speak), hopefully you will forgive me. (?)

Also, when I move I'll be further away from him, and maybe happier? We'll see.

For now I'm taking Noni's advice (yes, including the cliche) and I will WAIT. As for the questions Noni asked me, I'm going to give myself a more in-depth analysis based on them, so that I can truly differentiate between the two.

Oh and build myself up. I have some things I want to do:

1. Go back to music school.
2. Get a job.
   
3. Save, save, SAVE! Open an RRSP and all that jazz.
4. Read some books.
5. Learn a new language. (Really.)

Because in doing these things, I will accomplish two more important things:

1. I will occupy my time, thus making less time available for me to think about him.
2. Doing these things (and doing them well) will make me feel better about myself (flattery doesn't work - only annoys me).

I Go Humble - Bjork

I go humble

You're so curiously pure
Only before you I'm humble

I go humble
You amaze me
Only before you I'm humble

I should be arrested
For my emotional stunts
Only before you I'm humble

I'm queen of provocation
I wake people up
Only before you I'm humble

I go humble
I adore you
Only before you I'm humble

I should be arrested
For my emotional stunts
Only before you I'm humble