I can't believe Fame is over. After doing every show since freshman year it's strange knowing that I will never be in another WHS show. Ponte was so sweet to give me one of those gifts for seniors who been with her for the past four years. I got a book on auditions and another book on women who run Hollywood. At first I only saw what Ponte wrote a ( Read more... )

I still can't believe after 2 weeks music teachers are still congratulating me for speaking at the school committee meeting. Mr. Burke today pulled me aside during fame practice to tell me what I did was great and it was courageous of me to do so.  It was one of the most liberating thing I've ever done. I presented all the facts and my points on  ( Read more... )

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It is a moral story of an individual that portrays not only the reckless acts, but the dire consequences of carbon emissions. The story follows a young man's inrresponsible behavior that affects his loved ones and his surroundings. The rabbit symbolizes the lack of importance that people ( Read more... )

We all pick the opportunites we want to have, but sometimes the opportunites we hoped for do not come.  I was planning to do what I hoped to and the opportunnity was right in front of my eyes. I had gotten this far, but my plans fell short. The chance had vanished within seconds. "What Ifs?" started incessantly playing in my head. What happened if ( Read more... )

        College stuff depresses me. It's one step forward towards real life. Half the time I can't wait to go to college, but the other half I want to be a kid and enjoy high school while it lasts. It's almost the next year, which means high school is going to end soon. I don't want to leave my high school friends. I guess if you are real friends, ( Read more... )

First of all, it's very interesting how many people who did the ok go dance received extremely well and it's no difference with us. We nailed the majority of it. We practiced a lot and over came a lot of obstacles to get 2nd place! We won $50! I've been wanting to do this so much since last year. One of the girls said she was really busy and ( Read more... )

I hate school dances. I hate the fact that there are no variety. They won't even let us request rock music because rock music will "clear the dance floor." If you look at the dance floor, most people were just clumped together and not dancing. Plus, you already got the money, can you play something that we do like for that price? It's not like ( Read more... )

So the first day of senior year: exciting and dreadful. So much have changed since we roamed the halls of Waltham High. It seems like most of the cool teachers are gone even though Mrs. Ponte came back (which I was happy about). I realized Oxford is so different and foreign compared to high school. In Oxford, I could randomly introduce myself and ( Read more... )

The gigantic world is sometimes surprising. I know most of these names doesn't mean anything to you, but the concept is pretty interesting. For one thing, I saw one of the girls (Christina) in Oxford and it's weird because she lives in Canada and we were both in the same program last year. It's pretty strange I bumped into her twice in Oxford. ( Read more... )

Ok so this is what life feels like when you are in college: not being able to see the people you are missing a lot. I can't even get in touch with the people I like sometimes. Online could never replace physical contact. You could talk to the people online, but it's not quite the same. Some talk to many people online so they can't reply as quickly ( Read more... )