Thanks, anita;) It is great to know you love learning as well. I think after I complete school and college; I will be a lifelong learner and continue researching, reading and expanding my mind. I encourage you to do the same; there is so much wonder in the universe to be discovered. I got a 90 on my pre-calc quiz, at least a 94 on my ap world history quiz today. i am nervous about the physics honors quiz on monday which is 31 questions which 24 of them are multiple choice and have to do with graphs; using graphs to calculate velocity and distance can be confusing at times and i have to memorize the formulas for free fall, acceleration (pretty easy) and average velocity and average acceleration. i wish i was in calc right now because it would help me understand how to derive equations. for ap english, i managed to finish booker t. washington’s speech which talked about social equality between blacks and whites and how they should help each other in industrial productivity. i think it’s not just blacks and whites that need to be unified together, but all races and ethnicities. february is black history month so we are still learning parts of martin luther king’s speech “i have a dream.” i managed to finish the first 18 page chapter in Nickel and Dimed (read half last night and half today) by Barbara Ehrenreich who is a writer deciding to experiment with living on minimum wage, i had to look for ways she developed her argument, her experience at her jobs and also obstacles minimum wage workers faced (waitress in florida at two restaurants then a housekeeper, felt like a failure after leaving both jobs due to disruptions), colloquial terms and the way managers treated their workers harshly (no breaks, always watching them) in 1998. there was a lot of the same experience throughout the first chapter of people struggling to pay for a suitable shelter, feeling drained after rush hour and having to live mostly on fast foods since they were the cheapest. barbara compared living on minimum wage to like being on a battlefield where everyone you serve is your enemy since they don’t have to tip you and you seem to be at their whim always running around. i think barbara is describing the lower middle class, i had to read and outline the chapter by thursday, but i managed to do it. i also have a pre-calc test wednesday and also an ap english essay on whether schools should allow corporate influence and advertisements inside the school by friday. there are times when teachers give sparse homework and then when you least expect it they pile all of it on which makes me so annoyed, i wish they would have more even distributions of homework. it can be straining when you don’t understand something in class or you just have lots to do and you just have to fend for yourself and make it work somehow since everyone else is competing and focused on themselves and there is no one, but yourself to figure out our to work out the information. the good thing about this is that it teaches independence and self-reliance under pressure, the bad thing is that it feels like you are on an island fending for yourself. but the important thing to remember is to keep going and keep your hopes up and have a goal in mind, it always motivates you to try harder when you feel like giving up if you have the goal of college and being recognized at senior graduation as an honor student (94 or higher gpa).