Friday, December 7, 2007

   SWEE. FUN. DUNNNNNGGGER.
I LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!

*breathes* Phew. Sorry I haven't been around, but we have a solid FOUR-WEEK-LONG block of tests right before Christmas break, including FINALS. Two more weeks to go. Thank GOD for the Fiesta de la Inmaculada on Thursday that got yesterday and today off.

I'm using this time to study for our history final (SIX units, plus all of their dates and names...And with all the Felipe II, Felipe III, and Felipe IV...I'm gonna get so confused!!) the Monday after this one. Then our math final, which I'm not that worried about, but with the teacher we have....*rolls eyes* He PURPOSELY tries to trick us and uses easy numbers like 2 and 3 in class but puts 19 and 151 on the tests. -_- Plus we have his test this Monday. And an ethics test. AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND PRACTICALLY ANYTHING still IN ETHICS. Then Wednesday there's supposedly a sophomore math test (I'm in 2 math classes cuz they couldn't work out my schedule right...I should only be in junior math, but I'm in both now), but our teacher left the school suddenly, so we don't know what we're gonna do. :/ GOD I hope I don't get my junior math teacher to sub for sophomore math. OH GOD OH GOD. Then Thursday a physics test and Friday a geology test...Damn I have to learn all the terms in Spanish. I've already taken Earth Science with a REALLY good teacher in the US, but obviously...not in Spanish. -_-

Then start the finals. OH GOD OH GOD HISTORY FINAL FIRST. Then math. Then English (haha) and LITERATURE...which is practicaly the same as history, since we have to learn about famous authors' lives. Then there's sentence analyzing, which is super hard cuz I don't really get their system of labeling things (they call adjectives compliments of names....yeah...WTF?), and if we have to comment on a given text...I just don't understand the majority of the vocabulary of texts...If I knew what each word meant, I could put everything together and understand it...But since in literature you use lots of synonyms and literary devices like puns and stuff...There are a lot of words I've never even heard of.

GOD. All the stress really amounted up on Tuesday. It was right after our break, and my friends were talking about hanging out on Wednesday. I had volleyball but I was the only one who couldn't make it...So they were totally pressuring me to go, and I felt like I was weighing them down...I REALLY wanted to go to VB, but at the same time I felt like I was making them really upset, which I DO NOT want to do. I had junior math, and I really just DO NOT understand the subject we're doing right now (vectors). The teacher was going too fast, and since I learn mainly by reflecting, I didn't have time to actually LOOK at whatever the hell I was copying off the blackboard, let alone reflect on it and actually UNDERSTAND it. Now I have a ton of questions, and Monday's the test. I was just super stressed and super pressured and I almost started crying in math. In the end I went with my friends on Wednesday, and it was fun and all, but...ugh. Gotta STUDY.

Anyways. I have no idea what to get my host family for Christmas. GOD. WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I DO?!?!? A PS2 game? A couple boxes of chocolate? I'm saving the drawing of all of us together idea for when I leave in January. PLEASE give me suggestions!!

Luvs and hugs from Madrid,
RH
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