Abby Goes to Calhoun

I was able to sleep in, which was miraculous. I got to school about five minutes early for clutser. After another disorganized meeting, I went to English. We turned in our ‘stream of consciousness’ writing assignment, explaining our sections. I did indeed write about page 80 and81, the section I put in the blog. I feel like I finally made sense of part of it. What an accomplishment! During class we discussed Vardaman and his reaction to Addie’s death.

I then went to 3rd grade LA. Today was another work and free day. The kids worked on their baby stories and worksheets, then read or played games. Some of the kids ended up reading their baby story’s to me. It was nice to get some one on one time with them.

I then went to a double period of 20th American Cities. The discussion focused again on education of 2nd generation immigrants. A girl in the class, Christina, actually is a 2nd generation immigrant (kind of). She had a lot to say on the topic! We looked at the DREAM act in detail and then some criticisms of the act. The class has some vocal and smart students. I love listening to the discussions. My friend Samuel sometimes looks like isn’t paying attention, but then he’ll chime in with an intellectual bomb that will send the class astir. I do love this class, but 1.5 hours of it is way too long.

After lunch downstairs, I again went to 3rd grade LA. This class was Lisa’s cluster- the group with several of my favorites and the infamous Crosby. They had the same assignment as the last group. I worked a lot with Cameron today. He’s possibly one of the smartest kids in the class, and the least annoying. Sometimes he gets too into whatever Crosby and Devin, the class troublemakers, are doing, but he’s still incredibly smart. His baby story was my favorite.

I then had a last period free, so I went outside to enjoy the beautiful day with Rainer and Samuel.

After getting my bag, I went to Starbucks for some caffeine, then to Sam’s apartment with some other pals. After video games and guitar became too much for me, I went to Ben’s house and had dinner with his fantastic family. They were hilarious and incredibly nice. It made me miss my family! Ben has a little brother, Joe, who was a little rowdy during dinner. He sang top 40 hits the whole time. He’s only ten. It did add a little humor to the situation.

After a long day, I returned downtown and watched Mad Men in bed. Tomorrow we don’t have school, so I get to sleep in again! I can’t wait.