Day 14: Busy Weekend Ahead...

Sorry for not posting anything yesterday. I was way too busy. And this weekend I will be busy as well. Tomorrow will be the high school all-states orchestra audition. My audition time is 11:45, and as many violinists will compete against me, the auditions could take a few hours as I wait in line just to play for thirty seconds. If the auditions don't take too long, I plan to possibly go over to Allison's house and work on a Latin project with her (if not, then we will split the work and do them separately). Then I will leave for dinner and kungfu class at 5:00 and come back at around 9:30.

Usually I have a violin lesson on Sunday morning, but because the audition , there will be no lesson this weekend. However, that morning I will have to go to Red Bank to work on TSA with my group. I'm part of digital video production, and we'll be filming that day. Afterwards, my local orchestra, will begin rehearsal at 4:45 for a concert that starts later that evening.

All of this wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the homework I received for Bio, English, World History, Math, and Latin. Hopefully I can squeeze in time to finish all of this without sacrificing too much of my sleep time. I'm actually being quite productive today; usually on Friday evenings I try to do the least work possible.

Day 12: I HATE NLES (not really).

Ok, maybe not hate. But this year's Latin II NLE exam was so weird. Usually they have about 15 grammar questions, 15 culture questions, and 10 read-a-story-and-answer-questions questions. Today I looked at my question sheet and saw the word "Story" on top. I flipped the paper over, thinking maybe I was accidentally looking at the wrong side. But no, they completely changed the test format by having you answer about ten grammar questions of each sentence to a story.

They also added a map question to the culture asking where Gallia was located. THERE WERE NEVER ANY MAP QUESTIONS IN PREVIOUS TESTS WHY D; So yeah I got that one wrong. The only part that was similar to past exams was the reading and comprehension questions. But still.

Day 6: The Howling Wind

Today during Latin class the wind was blowing so hard, our class could hear it hitting against the building. Sometimes it was so severe, it almost sounded like rumbling thunder. At one point Mrs. Gross entered the classroom for a reason I'm not exactly sure of (probably for National Latin Exams) and commented on the weather with Magistra.

Five minutes before period 4 ended, my class and I were freaking out with the fact that we would have to walk to gym in the cold, bitter wind. But actually, treading through the Brookdale Campus wasn't so bad; the wind was blowing with us, not against us, and the precipitation was really light.

The wind continues to howl as I'm writing (er, typing) this post. It's supposed to snow a few inches tonight. Despite the amount of sleep I would catch up on, I really hope school isn't closed tomorrow. I like spring break.