What Grinds my Gears (The Complaint Box)

OGTs are just a matter of reading the questions.

Yeah, I got the highest thing in everything but writing - - probably because of my horrible handwriting. (Which is ironic since I'm an artist)

^ I BSed my writing tests during state testing. They put us all in the gym and sat us at long tables in alphabetical order and the girl on my left-side was right-handed, so we kept bumping elbows. We were both getting irritable so I hurried and finished as fast as I could so I could leave.

I got the Accelerated in writing instead of Advanced. Yet again, I blame my penmanship. It's not that great. I wish we could type essays.

I scored a 3 out of 4 for the writing portion.

I got advanced in US History, English II, English III and Satisfactory in Biology and Algebra II

I got Limited Knowledge in Algebra I, but I did have a horrible teacher and the consequences for not passing weren't strict at all yet when I took that test my freshman year. In fact, there really weren't any consequences. They changed that policy right after I graduated high school, so I dodged a huge bullet.

Apparently they're going to maybe get rid of the OGTs and make kids take the ACT or SAT instead. I think that's a good idea, because the OGT was way too simple.

Did I miss out on a whole part of a normal childhood here?

^ Yes, yes you did. XP j/k

Aaaaand the ACT/SAT is a million times more important anyway. The more kids take it, the better they will score.

OGTs are just a "are you smart enough to walk and chew gum at the same time? Good. We can release you onto society."

ACTs and SATs are "Can you take a test well? Good. Welcome to college."

Oh, and I was at the top of everything but writing. Ironic, isn't it?

^ Maybe the people were too dumb to grade what we were trying to say

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/tennessee-abortion-bill_n_1363410.html

Aaaand what's wrong with this one is that it's an invasion of privacy

Definitely an invasion of privacy. Statistics are one thing. Those are nameless (though, from the sounds of it, they won't be quite so nameless with this bill). Publishing the names of doctors are a whole other animal.

I guess they want someone stupid to go and shoot them if they get a hold of all of that information. It's pathetic.

It's an intimidation tactic. It's a way to make abortion "illegal" without making it illegal.

Obama is coming to Oklahoma to discuss the pipeline. He's only going to be about an hour's drive away from I live, and it's pretty exciting. However, none of the Oklahoma reps are going to greet him. They refuse to. I think that's very immature. -_-

That is very immature of those reps.

Yeah, but my friend just told me that the rep from our town offered to. The others are apparently 'out of town' that's obviously bs, but whatever.

So I almost hit a little kid with my car today. There was a group of unsupervised five year olds and then one decided to run out in front of my car.

Also, I've been given both a presentation on haunted houses and a research paper on why people think fake things (margarine, etc.) are better than the real thing (butter, etc.) for the same class. For Japanese, I have to write a speech in Japanese.

I also have to write up a lab this week.

Someone shoot me now.

^ I've had some sort of project and tests just about every week since I got back from spring break.

Stats - two more projects + Chapter 8-11 hw + final

Spanish - One more test + three more weeks of homework + final project

Science - Two more labs + 3 or 4 more chapters and homework + Final (over ten chapters)

Geography - Final and last map test

... May 3rd needs to get here now. Unfortunately I have to take summer classes because apparently I was missing four credit hours of electives for my associates degree. Fml. But at least I get to walk in the spring ceremony. I just gotta pass these two four week classes.

Destiny's Gate wrote:So I almost hit a little kid with my car today. There was a group of unsupervised five year olds and then one decided to run out in front of my car.

Also, I've been given both a presentation on haunted houses and a research paper on why people think fake things (margarine, etc.) are better than the real thing (butter, etc.) for the same class. For Japanese, I have to write a speech in Japanese.

I also have to write up a lab this week.

Someone shoot me now.

NU! I CANNOT DO SUCH A THING!!
Also I almost got hit by a car once. I was walking to my dad's car and this woman decided she's gonna go 40 miles an hour in a school parking lot to pull up to the curb. She BARELY stops, I was able to put my hand on the hood and the grill was against my calf. Then--here's the kicker--she looks at ME like I'M an idiot. Seriously I had the right away.

Noelle's December wrote:

Destiny's Gate wrote:So I almost hit a little kid with my car today. There was a group of unsupervised five year olds and then one decided to run out in front of my car.

Also, I've been given both a presentation on haunted houses and a research paper on why people think fake things (margarine, etc.) are better than the real thing (butter, etc.) for the same class. For Japanese, I have to write a speech in Japanese.

I also have to write up a lab this week.

Someone shoot me now.

NU! I CANNOT DO SUCH A THING!!
Also I almost got hit by a car once. I was walking to my dad's car and this woman decided she's gonna go 40 miles an hour in a school parking lot to pull up to the curb. She BARELY stops, I was able to put my hand on the hood and the grill was against my calf. Then--here's the kicker--she looks at ME like I'M an idiot. Seriously I had the right away.

I've almost been hit in the school parking lot, too. -_- By who I'm pretty sure was a teacher.

So I don't have the evil SAGES class today. I decided to use that time productively to read the article for class Wednesday. I go to look and guess what. Not there. >_<

I hate that. Crim assigns us this vocab list....that has enough words for the entire year. She printed it offline, and is trying to force us to get 80 weeks of stuff done in 80 days.

^ She needs to lay off a bit. School is almost over anyway.