Monday, November 30, 2009

I finished my exams!!! Finals were really rough and all my tests were hard, so I am hoping that I don't passed all of them. Also, on Sunday I made my family a Thanksgiving meal. I was procrastinating studying, so I spent the entire day in the kitchen. I made mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, green beans, stuffing, a turkey breast, and cranberries (well I bought the cranberries). It actually didn't take a lot of cooking, nevertheless I spent the day in the kitchen hiding from my studies. The meal turned out really well, we set the table and ate as a family, we never eat together, so it was good. My family especially liked the cranberries and the pumpkin pie. They asked how I made them; those were the two things that I bought. I told them the cranberries came from a can made by oceanspray and to make the tart, well, I bought the crust, bought the pumpkin puree and pretty much just added sugars and spices and put it in the oven. So now I know that I am excellent at buying pre-made food.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

lately not much has happened. but next week start my tests!! everyone is completely stressing out. here tests count for most of your grade. which sucks. our year is divided into trimesters, three times a year we have our finals which count for 60% of your grade in most classes, and every class except sport has a final (that totals to 8 subjects to study – four chapters of Economy; three chapters of Philosophy; a LOT of Spanish Language; three chapters of math; four chapters of English; two chapters of French; the Old Regime, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Restoration, the Unification of Italy and Germany for History; and one chapter of science of the modern world). the other 40% of the grade is divided between controls (little tests) and homework, class participation barely enters into the grade. this is so different from catlin. for example, i have not had to write a single essay this entire year, teachers judge you solely on tests, which i really don't like. this means that in order to do well in the pass the class, and the grade, you need to do well in these exams. so basically i spend all my time studying. (it is somewhat common for you not to pass a grade, there is a 19 year old sophomore.)

however, tomorrow i am going with some girls in my class to the opening of twilight's second movie: new moon!!! it will be very fun, we even have twilight shirts. on the back of the shirts it says "soy twilighter" (i am a twilighter) hahahha i will upload photos.