Flex Fridays and ERFs

I think that Flex Fridays and Early Release Fridays are one of the best new ideas to hit this school. Not only do they help those who are struggling with their grades to help improve them, they reward those who make good grades. Even though I'm in honors classes, I know what it's like to struggle with grades. I've gone to Enrichments for certain classes and they've helped me to understand the content and improve my grades.

We just had an Early Release Friday and that was really nice as well. Having one ERF every month along with each Friday being a Flex Friday gives the students something to look forward to at the end of every week. Even though we're switching to a Trimester schedule next year, I definitely think Flex Fridays should stay.

With a Little Help From My Friends

One of the most important factors in your teenage years is who your friends are, I've found that to be true. Often times we are around our friends more than our family and those friends we're around influence who we are, because we look up to them. Hangout with good influences and you're bound to make good decisions. Hangout with bad influences, and the decisions are almost the opposite.

No matter whether they are good or bad, your friends help make you happy for the time being. New friends will come and go and some old friends will come to stay. The friends that come to stay prove to influence your life in ways that you could never have imagined. I appreciate all the friends I've made over the years and they've helped changed who I am. Whether for better or for worse, I can't be the judge of that.

Assemblies

Sitting in study hall waiting for the pep rally, I realize how much little things like assemblies can brighten your school day. I didn't even know we had a pep rally today until one of my friends told me when I got to school. Automatically, I was in a better mood. The classes are shorter, the teachers that are boring talk less, and everyone is just more energized than they are on your regular day. Even if it's only thirty minutes or so long, I'll take that anyday.

The assemblies usually end up going pretty good and everyone has fun, although sometimes it can be kind of hard to hear what's going on. You pick who you sit by and you rush right out so you're not stuck in the 700s hallway for ten minutes. Still, you gotta love those assemblies.

Baby You Can Drive My Car

One of the most exciting things to happen to a teenager is getting their first car. I'm about to get my first car in less than a week and even though I don't have my license yet, I'm already excited. In just a few short months, I won't have to sit around dissapointed that all my friends have their license and can drive already. I will be one of the majority you could say.

The freedom that comes along with having a car is even more exciting. No longer will I have to hear those endless complaints from my parents from having to give me rides everywhere. Oh, and did I mention never having to ride the bus again is pretty awesome too. I could leave 30 minutes later in the morning and get home 30 minutes earlier, and then drive myself to work and everywhere else.

Freedom here I come.

Everybody's Working for the Weekend

The older I get, the more I start to realize how busy life gets. School, homework, more homework, thirty hours of work a week, church, a girlfriend, friends, and sleeping take up just about every second of my life. I'm not complaining about life being busy, I would actually rather life be busy than totally boring. Life seems to move by faster when you are busy. When life moves by too fast however, that's when the problem comes. You don't take the time to look around at everything around you, and it passes by in the blink of an eye and you're left wondering "Where did everything go?"

Some things come to stay however, and you really learn to appreciate the people and things in your life as time goes on. Those are the people and things that make the biggest impact in your life.

They Like Halloween

Alexis likes halloween
Hunter likes halloween
Brian likes halloween
Tyler likes halloween
Korin likes halloween
Haley likes halloween
Abigail likes halloween
Justin likes halloween
Jacob likes halloween
Connor likes halloween
Matt likes halloween
Alissa likes halloween
Dustin likes halloween
Nathan likes halloween
Emily likes halloween
Gray likes halloween

Everyone in English class likes halloween
But I don't like halloween