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| Well, nothing like failing a test to put it all in perspective. I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I think about how last year I was hoping that I'd have to struggle and work hard in some of my classes this year. Although my AP History class isn't ridiculously hard, it requires so much studying. School started on August 30 and we've had seven chapter tests since then. I've written 2 in-class essays for every test. There's just so much to do. And my english class -- oh, don't get me started on my english class. Last year, it wasn't that the work was so hard, it was that there was so much of it. This year, it's the absolute opposite. Thinking rationally, that's a good thing because it means I'm thinking harder and learning more, but looking at it from my perspective of "This essay is due tomorrow and I haven't a clue what I'm talking about", it's major suck. But anyway, back to the failed test. It was in my english class, as you might have guessed. We got a six-page front and back handout with about 40 rhetorical devices we had to memorize. I though that we had to know all of them, and that we'd be required to match terms with definitions. It turned out that for the test we took on tuesday, we were only supposed to know the terms on the first page, but we were supposed to know them well enough to write an essay analyzing which ones and why were used in an excerpt from Frederick Douglass. I got a 4 on a 1-10 rubric. That is the single worst grade I have ever gotten. EVER. However, the highest grade in my class was a 6, and the lowest was a 3, so I didn't do so well comparatively, but still. A 4. Out of 10. I just don't GET grades like that. *is flummoxed* Another thing that flummoxed me -- my parents went to conferences this week, and my PALs teacher told my mom that I need to participate more. WTF? Most people reading this don't know me in RL, but those that do can testify that I've NEVER been told I need to participate. Usually, I get comments more along the "talks too much" lines. And PALs, as I've mentioned before, is one of my favorite classes. I always talk about my day in pokes and strokes, and I'm not shy at all about sharing my thoughts. If I were to rate myself, I'd probably be one of the top 5 participaters in the class. I just don't understand how Mr. Z could POSSIBLY think I don't participate enough. I have something to say; I say it. That's just how I work. And I have things to say fairly often. I occasionally -- occasionally -- hold myself back because I don't want to dominate the class and I want to listen to what other people have to say. And this class is all ABOUT listening! Is what I'm doing wrong? I mean, if sharing my thoughts when I have them and listening to others equals not participating, then my basic classroom etiquette has been completely off for the past 10 years. *is once again flummoxed* HEY!! Take advantage of those 1000 MB! Send me your favorite tracks/songs/whatever to my gmail! (aidenfire.blog. gmail .com, remove spaces) ! It'll make me happy! And if you've got gmail I'll do the same! And if you haven't I'll send you an invite! Good deal all around! I'm listening to: 97.9 (alternative rock), and it makes me happy because I know all of the last eight or nine songs they played well enough to sing along ~me~ at 5:52 PM Comment if you...
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