another world

After reading Yura’s blog post about lunch being a mandatory course due to the growing number of students skipping meals to do schoolwork, I’ve decided that it is something that KIS especially needs. As a student who was used to a daily one hour-long study hall, when I first came to KIS, I was surprised that there was no such thing as a study period. So why don’t we have it? It might seem like a waste of a block at school, but it’s completely worth it if you think about how late students stay up to finish projects and homework and study for tests, or how many classes barely count for students because they use it as a time to finish homework for their next class.

NOW THAT WE’RE ON THIS TOPIC … let me just rant for a little bit and SHARE WITH EVERYONE what’s on the calendar for the next two weeks (this pertains to many sophomores…)

-ASIAN STUDIES KOREAN WAR INTERVIEW
-ASIAN STUDIES 15-MINUTE FINAL PRESENTATION
-ENGLISH 10-MINUTE FINAL FILM
-SPANISH 20-SENTENCE SPEECH
-SPANISH 10-MINUTE INTERVIEW
-CHEMISTRY FINAL PART 2
-SPANISH WRITTEN FINAL
-PE FINAL !?!? (I’ve heard that this one is nearly impossible …)
-ALGEBRA 2 FINAL

Okay, I’m terribly sorry to all of the AP students and classmates taking the SAT reasoning test/subject test really soon for complaining about these upcoming assignments. Just know that I DO know how much more you have to work…

BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS:

THIS IS TOO MUCH!
We’re not machines! (especially not iMovie machines!)

A LITTLE SIDE NOTE: We DO have a life outside of school, you know. We are involved in many extracurricular activities, because THAT’S WHAT SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS PRACTICALLY PREACH (am I right?) Just last night, I did not get a WINK of sleep because I was busy preparing for an exam and working on two projects. It didn’t help that I wasn’t able to start my work until 9 pm that night because of [again,] EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. It’s not even like I was facebook-ing (yes, I use it as a verb now) and being extremely distracted – for once, I was pretty darn focused on my work and I was DETERMINED to get it done in time to get a couple hours of sleep.  Sadly, that did not happen – I watched as the sun rose this morning, feeling extremely cranky and not very accomplished.