info @ the P.Pole 05.09.06

5 new things about school:

• our old way of creating schedules has been totally nuked and now we have a four day schedule (unsemestered), with the same subjects on day 1 and 3, and 2 and 4 (but awkwardly flipped so that Periods 1 and 2 swap slots and same for Periods 3 and 4), instead of a two day schedule where only Periods 3 and 4 swapped. yeah, screwed up.
• there are two new people in the program i'm in, and both are girls. nothing special if you ask me. new people come and go. hope they fit in.
• Mr. Yoshi is back (that's his name, i kid you not) after a year of who-knows-what. he doesn't like me much, and i don't like him much -- i never actually ever had him as a teacher. he always tells me to take off my hat when everyone else practically runs around with theirs on, parading them even. oh well, i can either hold a hard grudge against him, bitterly loathing every part of his being, or i could take the high road and just say that the hat is religious apparel. of course, that would be dsigusting because using one's supposed belief in something as a tool for manipulating others/as a loop-hole
  
• Ms. Yeganegi is indeed teaching IB math again (as opposed to her personal vow to our class that she would teach applied children for a change of tone) and seemed pretty glad to stick to her proper guns. she's a good teacher who's clean and efficient, though i notice that she's sometimes impatient with the slower kids. then again, she had to cram a whole year and a half into a single semester last year so yeah, it's gonna move fast. anyway, i've had her for my grade 9 and 10 math courses, and i'm glad to get her again for grade 11. see, she's the kind of teacher's who's mostly stern and doesn't take a lot of crap but is tolerant of my crap because she gets that that's just my personality. and by crap i mean making random noises in class or being really laid back/lazy. also on the list of repeat teachers that i am glad about: Mr. Zupo (gr. 10 science, gr. 11 chemistry), Ms. Lombardo (gr. 9 french, gr. 12 french), and possibly Mr. Usprech (gr. 9 english, theory of knowledge).
  
• CAST hours officially start counting for what i do and volunteer and get involved with as of today, so i need to start finding jobs at different places and whatnot. i'm actually considering volunteering at the Scarborough Grace. i'm glad i took to tutoring people at TJCAC (even though i'm not sure what kind of teacher i will be). i will also try for the school volleyball team, as that also counts, along with badminton. maybe Kishon, Shivon and i will start our own club, where we don't do anything at meetings and con hours like that too... seriously though, i'd do that. <_< this year's going to be a load of work, but i'm kinda counting on it to pay off and make grade 12 a bit easier (either because i'll be done the extra stuff now or i'll be used to doing so much stuff by then).