Last Post Ever

Today is thursday, May 19, and it is our second to last day of school.  This means that this will be my last post ever.  I'm sure the millions of people who wake up every morning just to read my blog posts will be so sad about my last post, so all I have to say is sorry, but I don't need to do these anymore.  There will be many things I miss about high school, but I don't think that writing blog posts will be one of them.  Next year, I will be off in college, doing my own thing, and probably not writing blog posts unless I have to for one of my classes.  I don't think I'll need to write blog posts in college so this may be the last one I ever write.  The Next piece of work you'll read from me will probably be the article I write in a super famous journal, or my first best-selling book.

Skip Day

Today is senior skip day and I am in school.  So far I am in third period and the only class that we've actually done anything is English.  To start the day off, I had math, where we spent the whole period watching the office.  Then, I had English where we took some notes.  As of now, I am in engineering, where I have absolutely nothing to do besides writing this blog post.  Senior skip day seems fun, but some of us have have sports, and we can't participate in our practices or games today if we we aren't at school.  So here I am, with nothing to do.  Maybe I'll sign myself out at 11:00, but who knows, I might just decide to stay in for the entire school day.

Almost There

The countdown has started, and the end is near.  After more than 700 school days of high school, we are have just about 10 more to go.  Most people in senior assassin are already dead and senior prom (and the day we get out of school) is in 14 days.  In just two weeks, we will be done with high school, and the only remaining piece of high school will be sports, senior activities and graduation.  On top of that, the majority of us have already decided where we will go to college.  AP tests have already started, so school is quickly winding down as there is absolutely nothing to do in some classes because we are finished with the curriculum.  So this is the point of the year that we have to enjoy and spend time with friends until we head off to college.

AP Tests

Next week starts the beginning of the AP tests.  Throughout the next two weeks, some kids will take up to 6 AP tests, which amasses to at least 18 hours.  On top of that, many kids spend hours on hours of studying for each test.  This week can understandably be stressful to many of the kids that need to take these tests, but I am looking forward to the tests because it marks the end of some of my classes. After the next two weeks, many kids will only have a couple of classes left and will be playing kickball with their AP classes all day.  So, after the tests are done, there will only be just over 10 days left of school, so i cannot wait until these tests are over.

End of the Year

Within the past week, a few of my classes have come to an end, and all we are doing now is review for the AP tests, which we will take in a few weeks.  This is definitely a landmark in the year, as most of the classes are winding down and there is less and less work.  In addition to the lesser workload, the winter weather is finally going away.  Starting in April vacation, the weather will start to peer into the 60s every day, which is the best kind of weather.  Then, in almost a month, we will have our last day of school.  During our last days of school, we will also have our events, such as the prom, the boat cruise and the all-nighter.  At this point, we are almost at the light at the end of the tunnel and it couldn't be more beautiful.

Misster RMHS

This weekend, the big event within the RMHS community was Misster RMHS.  The show this year was especially unique because this was the first year for girls to be in the show.  Throughout the show, there was a theme of progress, as the gender neutral bathrooms and allowance of female contestants were alluded to throughout the night.  Another difference was that the show was longer than usual.  This time, the show lasted for about 3.5 - 4 hours, compared to the past ones, which were no longer than 3 hours.  This year, there were many great skits, and there was a lot of laugter.  Along with the great skits was great music.  I already knew that some of the kids at RMHS were very good at their instruments, and I've seen them play before, but it was awesome to see some of them play together.  Aerosmith's rhythm guitarist graduated from RMHS, who knows, maybe the next great band is walking through our school hallways.

I Wouldn't Mind Living in Hell

Last week, we took notes on Dante's Inferno.  In this allegory, Dante describes his journey through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil.  If I were to describe all of the notes we took about this book in one sentence, it would be that you most definitely want to go to Heaven, unless you really like hanging out with the great nonchristian people.  This book describes the nine rings of Hell, starting with the first one, which doesn't seem too bad.  The first rings is Limbo, which is where the unbaptised and virtuous pagans go after they die.  Apparently without baptism, people lack hope for something greater than their minds can conceive, so they can't go to Heaven.  However, Limbo includes green fields and a castle with seven gates to represent the seven virtues.  This castle is the home of many of the greatest humans to exist, such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Julias Caesar, Cicero, Hippocrates, and so on.  So, the first ring of Hell is actually a pretty cool place because it's basically a deficient form of Heaven.  However, the rest of Hell is a pretty awful place.  The next eight rings go in order of sin, with the second ring being the lightest sin and the ninth ring being the worst sin.  As you go down the rings, the punishment gets worse and worse, so you DO NOT want to end up in the ninth ring.  So, next time you tell somebody to go to Hell, make sure you let them know you mean rings 2-9 because the first ring is kinda cool.