3'rd Week of School

Three weeks down!
I can't really complain...well, yes I can.
School is boring.
I give up.
I just want summer to come back. Can I sleep until then?
I don't have any new friends. My mom says I should try and talk to more people, but honestly I've tried.
High school isn't what it looks like on tv.
One thing that's different from middle school, is that there isn't as much drama! With the biggest freshman class in the history of the school (and it's not a very big school) that means it's very hard to keep up with everyone. Especially like me, who doesn't know more than 5 people, if that! But in all seriousness, there is no drama.
Except at lunch.
The other day me & Lizzette were sitting with my friends Alyssa, Cecile, and Murphy, when one of Lizzette's friends sat next to her. They began to talk, and he (I don't know his name) asked her if she liked sitting with the 4 of us. She said, "No, I don't like them." So he says, "Then why do you sit with them?" and she replied, "Because I like Aislinn, I just don't like the rest of them."
 Now, I know she didn't care for one girl, but she never once told me she didn't like sitting with the others! And I don't know why! She still doesn't know that I know.
But there's one problem.
Being the third week of school, and high school for God's sakes, I don't want to get caught up in this. I am NOT getting involved in drama. (I say this but then watch me get pulled in.)
I became friends with Lizzette first. Before I met Alyssa, Lizzette was my only friend. So, I feel like if I picked to sit with Lizzette, her being my first friend and all, that I would then lose 3 new friends! But, if I sat with the 3 girls, then Lizzette might not be my friend anymore.
The other day (right after this happened, the following day) Lizzette and I sat with some of her friends, who didn't include me. Who didn't talk to me. Who ignored me.
Is that what she felt like?
She saw me looking for the 3 of my other friends, and even said "You can go sit with them if you want!" But I didn't see them, nor did I wanna be rude.
So, unlike two days ago, for the past 2 days I have been eating with my 3 other friends. When I see Lizzette, she looks lonely. I don't know if it's because she ate alone, or if she was waiting for me. If either of those were the case, she'd know where to find me.
But I like hanging out with Alyssa, Cec, and Murphy! So, why do I even need to pick who to eat with! Why do I care so much about hurting others when I should be worried about myself!?
Oh well. I'm learning, right?
On another note, I have had college prep for the last few days. Like, the other day I had to get up in front of my School Success class and say a goal of mine I want to complete.
I chose to say my goal of "What I plan on doing before High School ends" I decided to change it, so instead of before High School ends, it became when High School is over. It was hilarious.
"Aislinn. Come present your goal." Said my teacher. I stood up and picked up my paper with my goal and reasons why and stepped up in front of the class. Unlike most times publicly speaking, I wasn't nervous. I confidently walked up to the front of the class, maybe it's because I know what I wanted and I think it's a pretty cool goal. "I'm going to be doing goal number 2." I said, as I began to read, "When I graduate high school I want to have enough money and good enough grades to be able to afford to live in the UK, preferrably the London area." I looked up and one girl who sits at my table spoke up, "AH! The UK! I wanna go there so bad, take me with you!" I smiled and my teacher said, "No. She just said she will have enough money for her. Not you." The smile dropped off the girls face as soon as he spoke. (omg hahahaha) Then one boy, in the back of the class, spoke up. "So, how do you plan on getting all this money?" I said, "By working?" "So, you'd work anywhere, like McDonalds?" And this is where I got wicked confident and sassy, saying, "McDonalds won't get me to Cambridge, now will it?" And he shut up. Along with the rest of the class. Who was silent earlier, but now was focused on me. "Cambridge? What?" Said the boy, and people looked at each other. No one knows what that college is. "Yes, that's where I'm going to college." I said, and looked at the teacher to see if he thought that was a good goal or not. He propped back in his chair and said 'wow'. "Cambridge.That's good. So you plan on living there?" I nodded with a big smile, because this is something I really want. "Why? Why don't you want to live in America?" This caught me off guard, but it wasn't like I'd never thought of that before. So I answered honestly. "I, uh, I just wanna..I just wanna leave. I don't want to live here." And, even though no one was speaking, people began to pay more attention to me. I'm sure some people were even thinking Doesn't want to live in America?! She's crazy! But I'm not. I want this, and know that I want to go there. Then, randomely, the teacher began to fake cry and said, "Do we not fit your standards?!" And I said, "No." and walked to my seat. "Land of the free! Home of the brave! Do you wanna give all that up?" He yelled, not rudely, but more like a way to silence the class but to get my attention again. Just like before, I honestly said, "Yes." And I meant it.

So that was my week!
Bless,
Aislinn
xx

2 Weeks Down..

How many weeks left?

 So, once again I am here to update you on my second week of school!
It's a lot different.
Let's start with math.
 So I sit next to this girl, and apparently she's really popular, so she completely blew me off all day until the next time I went into math class, where she randomly asks me; "Are you a sophmore?" I shake my head and say no. She laughs and says, "Oh, sorry I thought you were. Sorry for not talking to you all the other day." I said it was fine (but we're taking freshman math soo) and she's spoken to me since.
 Lunch is better this week, as well. I have lunch every other day with Alyssa, but have it every day with Lizzette and my two new friends Murphy and Cec. (Omg I don't know how to spell her name!)
 Freshman sem. and Chinese are fine. Chinese is cool, I'm currently learning numbers. 1-10. I know the symbols & pronounciation. Freshman sem is fine, not much going on. It's basically a free class.
 Biology is alright, another class where we just take notes.
 In ancient civ we're learning about pre-history. Which is really cool. The teacher's pretty funny, too.
 As for drawing & theater, it's getting better. Can't really say drawing is fun when you're one of 6 freshman who know each other. Same goes for the rest of the class. Everyone knows each other.
 Theater is alright, I usually talk to a girl named Sam, and sit with her everyday.
 Last but not least, english.
 English is probably my favorite subject, because the teacher is so cool. He doesn't really care what you do, as long as you get your work done. And the people in my class are really funny.
That's about it!
Aislinn
x

First Week

 I never know how to start these things...

 A week ago today I started high school. The days flew by, and for that I'm thankful. Do you know how deprived of the internet I've been during those 8 school hours? I admit, I contemplated even writing this post, just because I didn't know how long it would take me!
 My classes are alright. Drama is definitely better. Same goes for drawing and painting.
Something I've found difficult if school shopping. I just recently got all my school supplies lists', because my teachers give them out on different days. PLUS the fact that Wal-Mart didn't have a lot of the notebooks I needed. That was a first.
 All in all, high school isn't what they tell you. They don't prepare you for any of it. It's like one big puzzle, and you have to fill in the missing peices with your experience.
 My favorite classes are English 1 and Ancient Civilizations. By far. The teachers are great and the classes are very fun.
 My mom seems to think it's great I will be reading To Kill A Mockingbird this year. I physically cannot read that book. I've tried. I don't find it to be all that good, to be honest. I read half. And I'm not joking when I say I cannot, cannot, physically read that book. I honestly don't know why it's that big of a deal, either.
Alright, don't hate me because this must have been the worst post. Ever.
I apologize.
But, I can tell you that I've made some friends? And by some I mean 2. And one of them I don't have class with, Alyssa. As it turns out, we don't have lunch together, either. I found that out as I walked into class 40 minutes late because I went to the wrong lunch. I won't even lie, I had a good lunch. But the teacher yelled at me for a bit, then moved onto the next half of the class who was also late. The next day he apologized for not explaining that clearly enough.
 Other than that, school is school. I honestly don't look forward to going, even though I've been told these are going to be some of the best years of my life. I don't think so. Not when you've moved halfway across country to a brand new school and know absolutely nobody, whereas everyone else is in their own cliques. Yeah. Fun.

Bless
Aislinn
xx

Day One of Highschool!

"These are going to be the best four years of your life. These four years can either make or break you. Get you into the college you want, or keep you from getting into the college you want."

No pressure or anything.

So, if you couldn't tell, I started my first day of highschool!
It was hectic.
I told my mom that everyone would know everyone.
She said they wouldn't, that there would be a lot of new kids.
Everyone knew each other.
I walked in and everyone was saying, "Hi!" or "I missed you!" meanwhile I stood awkwardly in the midst of it all and was like, 'Excuse the awkward girl...'
I did talk to one girl though, she was a freshman as well.
(Only freshman and new students came to school today.)
Her name is Lizzette.
So I sat with her during the pep-ralley type thing in the gym today.
After that we went to go to our assigned groups. I was group 4, whereas my new friend is group 1.
So I said goodbye, but thankfully we have one class together, School Success.
In my new group, which consisted of 10 students and 2 "Link Leaders" (Junior and Senior)
I talked to one girl, who was new as well, and her name is Alyssa.
She's from Pennsylvania.
(That's all I'm telling you about her because frankly that's just awkward if I tell you everything about her..)
BUT I know that she likes One Direction as well.
Which is great, because none of my friends really cared at my old school.
But it's nice that someone else can relate.
Unfortunately I don't have class with her, but I do have lunch everyday with her!
After lunch, my group went on a school tour.
Most of my classes are upstairs, but one class is main-level, art.
There is 6 freshman in art.
3 girls. 3 boys.
What stinks is that the 2 girls already knew each other. And they're like best friends. Figures.
All three boys know each other.
The teacher seems really nice, though!
I hope that it's not clique-y, but I can already tell you what classes will be.
Most of them.
All in all, my schedule is fine.
Can't complain.
I can about drama.
Remember how tight drama was in middle school, and how once my friends left I was that awkward bystander? It's just like that here. Execpt worse.
All the kids in drama class know each other.
How?
They all had class together in middle school. They're all friends.
Not again.
I don't want to be another student just floating around class.
I want to make some friends, but it is very clique-y.
In case you're wondering, this is my schedule:

• Ancient Civilations
• Biology
• Algebra 1
• Drawing & Painting
• School Success
• Theater
• English 1

This year, I was told that each class is either an 'A' day, or 'B' day. So, for some days I will only take 3 classes, and the other days I will take 4. Thankfully, my lunch time stays the same on both A & B days. 11:05.

That's all!
179 more days, yeah?
Sigh.
Counting down!
God bless,
Aislinn
xx

Oh! And I share a locker. Yeah, I know. Share? A locker? With another freshman, only freshman share. And thankfully girls get paired with girls and guys with guys. My partners name is Audrey. She's new as well!
One more thing, this is great. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday I go to school a regular time; 7:55. But on Wednesday (every Wednesday) I get to sleep in and go to school at 8:55! Awesome, right? That's the time where I can go early if I like, and finsih any work or hang around I guess..