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Wow, I really haven't updated for a while. Sorry guys. I've been busy with all sorts of stuff- Schoolwork, roleplay group, drawing, schoolwork, you get the point.

School is going great. I really like the internet-based curriculum, and I'm doing well grade-wise. I recently got my report card for the first quarter. I got four As and two Bs, which I'm told is pretty good.

Predictably, though, I'm not doing so well with other students. Well, I'm not bullied or disliked or shunned or anything, I'm just kind of by myself. I think the trouble is that I'm so focused on getting my work done that I let social life fall by the wayside, whereas most other students are more interested in chatting with their friends during class. History class in particular is very painful, since it's right after lunch period. My poor history teacher just can't seem to get the class to listen to him.

Teacher: *tries several times unsuccessfully to get some rowdy students to shut up*
Girl 1: Hey, why you gotta be so strict, Mr. [Lastname]?
Teacher: I have to be, because-
Girl 2: Yeah, why you so mean?
Me: *fed up with those girls* He has to be strict because his class just can't listen to him!
A few classmates: Hey, you stay out of this! We ain't talking to you! Mind your own business!

They say that a lot. It infuriates me.

Me: It IS my business when I can't concentrate!
Girl 1: *didn't hear* What? What'd she say?!
Teacher: She said, correctly, that you guys force me to be strict to make you stop talking.
Girl 2: Hey, SHE'S talking right now!
Me: Because I have to step in and ask you to be quiet so I can do my work!
Girl 1: Pssh, you just don't have any friends to talk to.

After that I decided to leave it be. I'm not particularly wounded by what she said, but it is annoying that I seem to be perceived by a few people as an antisocial, stuck-up teacher's pet.

I'm well-liked by the teachers, though. People seem to see me as "the smart one" and treat me as such. I've been asked multiple times to help with a quiz, or with other schoolwork. One time I practically had a waiting list of people wanting me to look over their essays before they turned them in. Many times I've helped a teacher explain something to a student. I'd like to think that I'm making their jobs easier (I have a high amount of sympathy for teachers), though I am worried that I come off as stuck-up and condescending. It's hard not to be, sometimes.

Girl sitting next to me in literature class: Miss [Lastname], I don't understand this question on the test.
Me: *has already done that test, stops reading a book and listens with mild interest*
Teacher: Which one is it?
Girl: It says to... To re-do this sentence in a different narr..ative point-of-view.
Me: What don't you understand about it?
Girl: Well, like... What's it mean?
Me: Well, it gave you a simple sentence about a woman and her boss, and you have to re-write the same scene in first-person, third-person omniscient, and third-person limited. It's not that complicated.
Girl: *trademark blank stare*
Teacher: Well, you know what first-person and third-person means- [Holly] and I have gone over it with you before.

Literature class is my favorite, partly because I'm on friendly terms with my teacher, so sometimes it's like I'm an assistant teacher in that class. I sometimes even intercept students' questions and answer them for her. I'm not entirely sure if I should be doing that, but I just can't help it.

Teacher: Just re-write the scene from a different narrative point of view.
Girl: *blank stare*
Teacher: Hey, don't look at me like I just... Vomited all over the floor or something.
Girl: *annoyed* I'm not, I'm looking at you like, like you're speaking Chinese!
Me: It's not hard; we just covered this subject. We're not asking you to translate the sentence into Klingon or anything.
Girl: *blank stare* What the heck is that?!

After that, I extracted myself from the conversation rather quickly and banged my head on my desk. Siiiigh. Sometimes it seems like I'm the only one who bothers reading the study material before taking the quizzes. In literature, especially; you have to read a short story and take a comprehension quiz about it, and often the whole section will be focused on something about that story. I have seen, many times, people taking the comprehension quiz after only reading the summary, or even WITHOUT READING THE STORY AT ALL. I guess they just intend to cruise by on guessing, or by getting the answers from the students around them. I've been asked a few times, in fact, for help on a quiz. When this happens I usually try guiding them to figure it out themselves, rather than give them the answer. I think I'm helping, but I really don't know.

So, yeah. I'm doing fine academically, but I sometimes stick out like a sore thumb in class, despite my wallflower tendencies. School's okay, I'm alive. I'm just gonna end this post here because it's gotten reeeeally long.

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