Day 72

Oh my gosh! I have not been asleep for almost thirty-six hours now and I had to close last night and I am really sick! Being a teenager sucks, but I had to push through it, even though sleep was the only constant on my mind. I spent third hour watching an almost twenty year old movie about Ebola and found it quite terrifying and interesting. In Mythology my group acted out our scene for King Arthur and it looked like my group was the one who tried the hardest. Fifth hour we just went over a poem written by a black women in the 1950s and how its theme fit in with the novel Black Like Me.

Sixth hour was VERY important for me today, because I was very interested in what we were talking about. We were talking about the different cases that the Supreme Court was a part of and how it helped to shape the Supreme Court and our society today. All the cases were interesting, like the ending of segregation - especially in public schools, when women were given the right to have an abortion, etc. I was very grateful for those people that fought for the rights that I have, and it makes me humble. Also, Mr. Stockert opened my eyes - and the class' - to what was happening today; people are trying to limit our rights. His words sparked my curiosity that I spoke to him after class about it. I asked him that, even though our government was a democratic one, wasn't trying to take or change our rights illegal. The look he gave me was like "Ah! You get it." Then he told me how it was. I then asked him, "Wouldn't that make our government tyrannic?" Then he smiled at him, telling me that it would indeed. My perspective has changed a bit, and I'm glad Mr. Stockert has opened my eyes to it.

Seventh hour was full of music and eighth hour was surprisingly dull. I actually got pulled down to the councilor's office to talk about how I need to raise my ACT score or take a placement test in order to take a college Algebra class. I keep trying to set a time to take the ACT, but it's just been misplaced. I'll have to call soon.

Until tomorrow!