Day 2
Yesterday was eh. The Alphas were herded into the library (hotter than Hades, might I point out) and we were given tips on how to present our Science Fair Project by an Alpha upperclassman. She told us things like be loud, make charts and graphs, don't go crazy with the colors, et cetera. Guess how much the poster board that we have to get is. 15 dollars! Eeesh!
After the library pep talk, we shuffled into one of the many computer labs and learned about researching and sources and the like. Unfortunately, I was asked to give my name and a book title to one of the teachers presenting. I introduced myself and promptly made a complete fool of myself. Like an idiot, I said, "Twilight." And, as soon as it left my lips, I knew I was making a mistake. Really? Twilight? THAT'S THE BEST I COULD COME UP WITH? And, guess what? It wasn't even the first book that crossed my mind. First I thought of my favorite book, Picture Perfect (by Catherine Clark), then I thought of Harry Potter (by, duh, J. K. Rowling), and I landed on Twilight. Lord knows why I didn't say one of my first 2 thoughts. I don't know if any of the other freshies were laughing, but I know that some of the upperclassmen were. I'm really hoping that everyone forgets about that little ordeal, because I would like to keep that in the past. Ugh.
Then, we went into another computer lab and worked on Microsoft Excel with graphs. I left early from there, because I had the doctors appointment. It was odd, because that was the first time I've been there since my old doctor retired. Now, I have a male doctor. Fun. He sent in a student person to give us (my sister and I, because we went in at the same time) head-to-toe checks (listen to heart, check back for scoliosis, etc.). He left the room after asking us a bunch of questions and giving my sister her head-to-toe check. He had forgotten to do it for me. Oh, well. It wasn't that important. I hope. We didn't get any shots, but we do have some non-required ones that we should get in the near future.
Aaaanyway...
Day 3
Yet another failure to add to my list. Firstly, I fell asleep promptly after all 4 of my alarms went off. This put me 25 minutes behind schedule, so I had to rush. In doing so, I lost track of the time and missed the first bus I was supposed to take. So, I walked until I got to the next bus stop and waited there. I got on the train from there (no problems, thank goodness), and waited for my next bus. Which was late, mind you. So, the combination of my leaving early yesterday and getting there late this morning caused me not to know where I was supposed to go.
It took about 15 minutes of confusion for several very helpful people to get me in the right room. So, my lateness caused me to miss about 10 minutes of what the teacher had taught. Which is not good. I had not one clue what they were talking about, so I had to get more help from an upperclassman. I still didn't quite understand it by the time I left the room, but I plan to ask at some point.
On to the next computer lab. We recapped what we learned yesterday and were given the rest of the time to research for our project. The upperclassmen were coming around to see how we were doing and giving help. Both that came to me said that I probably shouldn't do Behavioral Science because 1. one of the teachers that has to approve the project doesn't like Behavioral Science and 2. I would need about 500 people to be test subjects (which I knew). I was discouraged from doing that category. And, of course, about 95% of my ideas (on both sides of 2 pieces of paper) were Behavioral Science!
This lead me to have to scramble to come up with new ideas in other categories. Did I mention that we have to tell them our project idea TOMORROW!?! Crazy, I know, but I persevered. I got on the bus, the train, and stopped to check the time that my next bus was supposed to arrive. "No arrival times available." Do you know how that feels? I walked home about 1.5 miles in 95 degree heat.
I worked on coming up with ideas for my science fair project for a while, then I walked with my twinerd partially (about 1/3 walking, 2/3 bus) to the mall to get lunch and to shop for a little bit. I bought a few things and, obviously, my feet hurt.
I had about 15 new ideas, I pitched them to my father, and he called quite a few of them "off-the-wall." Very encouraging, no? So, I tweaked some, got rid of most, and I'm down to 3! I'm leaning towards 1 in particular, but we'll see.
I didn't even mention that I believe I went with the wrong Alpha group, did I? I know, I know. Problem child.
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I hate when I go on and on and on about nothing special. It's bothersome. Either way, tomorrow is my last day of Freshmen Connections, I'm going to my grammy's house, and I will finally have time to work on whatever this school wants me to do. I'm beginning to wonder if I'll make it out of Freshman Year alive. I hope so.
Peace, love, and simplicity. ♥
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