Just A Heads Up

My mom gets paid the 15th of every month, so we probably won't go school supply shopping until the middle of August. I don't think I'll do any other preparations, so I don't think there will be any plays until then, just an FYI. If there are, though, I'll be sure to do a post! 

-Eliza

Some More Prep

I know, I know, more of me talking about how ove been preparing. Well, if you've got a problem, then tell me what else I should blog about, because I can't know what else to babble on about if you don't tell me! 

Last night I went to Walmart with my dad, and I looked at the school supplies. If I haven't said this already, I'm a huge school supply nerd, just for future reference. Anyways, I was very impressed with how they had everything set up and organized. My mom (who has to get school stuff for two other kids, and her 2nd grade classroom as well) buys the regular, 50 cent folders, and the 90 cent notebooks, but I'll buy some of the fancier stuff with my own money. That way, I have the basics, but also some fun supplies. I have a bunch of Ticonderoga pencils (which are the best brand, and nobody will convince me otherwise), and my mom ordered about 72 for her classroom, so I'm good on those. However, there's these mechanical pencils I really like:but they're like $4 a pencil, so obviously I'll be buying those with my own money. I have a really thick canvas backpack that will work well for all the textbooks and extra stuff I'll have in my backpack, but the zipper is broken, so hopefully my dad can fix that. My mom got me some school shirts (my school district has a dress code), but there are a couple more colors I need, plus some more over shirts. 

That's all for today,

-Eliza

Summer School

Summer school has been over for almost a month, and I'm just now posting about it. Crazy, huh? I've been really lazy about it, but in my defense, I've been really busy too. Anyways, here's a short run-down of my day, and then I'll give a deeper explanation. 

Left at 7:45

Arrived at school 

Waiting in line to figure out which room to go to

Got logged in, after getting account set up

Worked

Break time usually around 9:30

Worked

Class over at 11:50

My mom took me to summer school some days, my dad took me twice (he goes to work at about 7:15, so when he took me, I was there incredibly early), but usually, I rode the bus. Once I figured out my account info and what class I was supposed to be in, which all happened the first day, I went up to my room, logged in, and took notes. First, I answered study questions, read an overview of the topic, then an extended overview, and finally, wrote down vocabulary words. There were pre tests available, but my teacher told us not to take those. After I finished the vocab, I took a mastery test of the chapter, and moved on: only if I got 80% or higher. 

Break time was usually around 9:30 or 9:45, and that was when we could go down and get a pouch of lukewarm kool-aid and a granola bar. I didn't like the granola bars they provided, so I brought my own from home, as well as a package of scooby doo fruit snacks. We could also be on our phones, so I texted my friends and browsed Pinterest. The break was only about ten minutes long, so the conversations weren't very long. After those ten minutes, I worked for another two hours, and then it was time to go home! 

My bus ride was about 20 minutes long, and I passed the time by listening to music and texting my friends. Once I got home, I changed out of my school clothes (we have a dress code where I go to school, and we had to wear dress-code appropriate clothes to school) and ate lunch. 

That's a pretty detailed run-down of a normal day of summer school; as you can see, it wasn't the most exciting part of my summer. Comment with any questions or comments (I cringe at using the same word too many times in one sentence but I couldn't think of a synonym) you have, and I'll do my best to answer them! 

-Eliza