October Madness

Wow, it's unbelievable how I never have time for myself anymore. Yup, the October madness has begun for me. I'm ashamed to admit it but I'm not doing so hot in all of my classes (No B's! Although plenty of borderline A's and an A- in IB History of the Americas). Work has mercifully slowed down, although they must have an inverse relationship with my extra-curriculars because those just keep on becoming more time consuming! I've already had three meeting coincide all on one day and sometimes I have to attend half of one meeting and half of another. As a result I've had to resign as an ESOL Mentoring Coordinator =( but that time was soon occupied by Key Club and National Honor Society if I am accepted. As for sleep...it sounds like a nice concept, one which I rarely get to experience.

But what makes October such a frenzy? Well my friends after 4 weeks in school teachers are done with all the cutesy behavior and messing around, it's time to get serious. Like I've said before the IB workload is intense, however, I am managing. It's the order of higher thinking that's going on that has me struggling. For example in English we were supposed to look for rhetorical and structural features and I head a hard time with it. It's as if there's this fog over my head that if I were just able to dispel it I would be enlightened by all these amazing academic ideas.

Another thing is that my dedication to my 2013 class has grown immensely! We did a fundraiser in which we sold candy and then I had to go through the whole process of ordering and distributing a class t-shirt. Not to mention the fact that this is the month of Homecoming and there is so much to get done. There are seriously meetings every day for all of the different Homecoming activities: Float, Follies, Powder Puff, Hallway Decoration Contest, etc.

And how am I faring through all this? Well it's fair to say that my school elders (aka Seniors) were dead on about one thing. Full IB = no life. The amount of work is so time consuming and, no exaggeration here, I haven't had a single full night's rest (which in my opinion is 8 hours) since September 18th (Yeah, that's how bad it is that I have to keep track of when the last time I actually sleep a full 8 hours was!) I'm averaging about 5-6 hours which while it hasn't taken a toll yet, I know I can't keep up this pace. Ah, if only the day was made up of 25 hours!

Well, this is where I must end my post as to not bore you with my hectic no-fun-allowed schedule! I should really find something else to write about next time...

UYL,
Andre