High School...

Hello my fab af pizza people! I am probably actually the only one to ever continue this blog after leaving Mr. Sanderl's GT class.. What can I say, I miss venting to the internet even though no no will ever read this. I really miss middle school..I miss some of the teachers and the flow of it all. I miss no responsibilities at lunch or recess. Here in high school you have to think about everything you're doing. You have a future to build here.

Now, in a way I guess I'm lucky. I'm not attending a traditional high school, but a blended charter school. On Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays we go to school in person but do independent study. On Tuesdays and Thursdays we attend our block schedule live classes virtually at home. My school only has about 40 high school students, mostly freshmen like myself. Although only having to attend school physically three days a week is nice, I sort of miss the social aspect of traditional school..then again, that is why I left middle school.

I am surprised with how well I'm keeping up with my work since we have to be responsible in doing our assignments independently. It's mostly the stress that motivates me. No matter how many times I tell myself "You can do it tomorrow," or "it doesn't matter anyways," I have to get it done. It keeps me up at night if I don't. I guess that's a good thing.

So far, high school is okay. Being a freshman isn't so tough (for now at least). I miss not having to constantly explain what you want to do in a few years. People always assume I'm stupid with my career choice. Oh well, jokes on them (says me who has to retake algebra 1)... If you're going to high school, it's gonna be okay. You'll be fine. Just keep up with your work and don't be too intimidated by the upperclassmen, I've heard they smell fear.

^^ There's my school photo bc it's cute ^^

Proactive or Procrastination?

I'm honestly a bit of a procrastinator and a bit proactive. I can be one or the other depending on the time and the situation. Say if I'm going to my friend's flat to sleep over on Friday and I had gotten homework for the weekend. I'd probably just ditch the homework for a couple days so I could focus on my friend. I usually don't like stress but I'd handle it for the sake of not being rude. If though, say, I had an inexistent social life (which is pretty much true) I'd do the homework as soon as I got home because I'd have nothing better to do anyway. Like I said, I don't really enjoy stress and I get stressed very easily so I'd only skip out on my homework if it's absolutely necessary (or if I'm just feeling extremely lazy). I'd say I'm about 55% a procrastinator and 40% proactive. Wait, that doesn't add up. Oh, I'm 5% pizza. Yeah, that works.

My level of productivity relates to my amount of free time by... Well, like I said in the first paragraph, if I'm super productive I'll have a bunch of free time to do other things rather than the task that would be no longer at bay. If I put off doing the work, I would rather consider it 'stalling' than free time. In the back of your mind will be that thing that you have to do once you're done fooling around. When it comes to cleaning, I always procrastinate. I always take up all my time thinking about the chores I have to struggle to do ten minutes before my mum gets home to really enjoy the time I have "free."

I want to try to be more proactive by remembering that school (and other work stuff) comes first and outside life and fun comes after (even though I have no intention to go to university or do anything else in life that my grades would affect). I'll make sure to not 'stall' my work because in the end, I'm just going to have to do it anyway. It's pointless to put your work off unless you have something else you need to do right then and there in the moment your supposed to be completing your task.

Lessons Learned

The most interesting part of our Profile project so far has been not filming with a camera that wasn't the class'. We used Dylan's camera to film our B-roll instead of Mr. Sanderl's because another group needed it.

This was also our biggest roadblock, the little camera situation. Now some of our B-roll is low-quality and has camera movement. I think overall we're doing a good job though.

To me, the most valuable part of the filmmaking process is the editing. You can get a bad interview or bad B-roll, but with editing, *KABAM* You can turn it into something really good. If it weren't for editing, films would be pretty yawn-worthy and have plenty mistakes.

Back to School

So we’re back in school again! That means one thing… Summer is over! Aren’t I funny? No? Okay..

So far my favorite thing in school has been one of my elective classes, ukulele. Almost all my friends (and frienemies) are in the class, plus, it’s super fun; almost anything that includes music is to me. I really enjoy the class and would recommend it if you play the wonderful instrument.



My biggest challenge this year so far has been hugging a certain Michael John. I’m really big on hugging people -it feels kind of weird if I don’t hug my friends at least once a day- but for some reason he just wont let me.



I will try to be successful this year by (trying to be) turning my assignments in on time. Last year, that was a bit of a problem... But, I will try and work hard to achieve greater..I guess..

I guess that's really it. Lets try to have a great year this school year!