Summer:

Summer's finally here and everyone seems to be really excited about all the things they can do now that school's out. THe only problem is that our school schedule is all messed up, so our summer is about 6 weeks long. At the last possible moment, I found out I have summer homework. I don't mind it though cuz we will be reading a book for AP US history by the name of "Founding Brothers". I've developed an interest in history over the last year, so I'm actually looking forward to reading it.

The Myth?:

Just curious, what do you guys think California is like? I heard that some of you think we go to school in bikinis and that all the girls are beach blonde. And apparently several Europeans are under the impression that American schools are like High School Musical. >.<

Highlights of 10th grade:

This year has been really interesting. A drug dog pulled weed out of my folder (I almost had a heart attack cuz I didn't know they planted it there. ). I actually passed trigonometry AND pre-calculus with A's (that shocked everyone). My Spanish class spontaneously broke into a chorus of Chop Suey (Okay, I admit that was kinda like High School Musical). I found out that my best friend might be moving away over the summer (she'll still be in SoCa, so we'll keep in touch). Special congrats to my graduating beaners who are going on to college!

Budget Cuts, pink slips, and Arnold Schwarzenegger:

Yeah, so California's had some major impacts due to the budget cuts. The funny thing us that many of these cuts are heavily affecting us students who are still unable to vote. Our schools lost $6 billion (I need to check that) and we will be feeling the pinch. I believe that bussing to and from school will no longer be available or will now have a fee attached. We will no longer have a set of books for home, which means that not only will the students have to walk, but they will have to lug around 6 heavy textbooks. We lost many of our electives, sports, and clubs.

Many teachers received pink slips then had them recently recalled. They will have jobs but the pay may not be the same and they may have to work in a different area. Hmm...so now that they have been graciously given back their jobs they can't complain about being underpaid, lack of supplies, ect. Sounds like a clever government ploy to me, but I don't have that much info on it.

I wrote a letter to the governator for a school project. While I was researching I realized how messed up the world is. Did you know that Manchuria Unit 731 is being written out of Japanese schools? For those who don't know, it's basically the Japanese version of the Holocaust. Many people in the US don't even know about it. It was only briefly mentioned in my textbook. I also researched World hunger. I found out that the motive behind the US's aid to the hungry is often based on personal goals. Promotion of the free market or something like that.

Finally, the bad news followed by the good news:

The bad news is that I've been busy with work around home and I dunno what my summer homework is going to be like, so I can't gaurentee alot of upcoming deviations.

The good news is that I'm going to have IB art for the next two years, so I'll be uploading more during the school year. I'm not sure what we will be doing in art class, so you may see a new variety of deviations coming up this next school year.