Week Six
808 words by sshelby
My project has yet to get off the ground. I haven’t really had time to go to any schools and voulnteer. I have been so busy with school. However, I have every intention on putting my project into action. I am considering working in the homework lab on the Xavier campus. However, since I dropped my Spanish class, I now have free time in the mornings on Monday and Wednesday. So this upcoming Wednesday I plan to go to the middle school down the street from my house and find out how I can voulnteer with the students.
Although I haven’t been offically volunteering in a school, I have been able to carry out some areas of my project. Lately I have been in contact with some young teenagers, my sisters friends. I have been talking to them about STDS, safe sex, and abstenence. They have been really perceptive to the information I have been presenting them with. They have even talked to some of their peers and spread the word about making smart decisions.
This class is great! I am saying that honestly. This class is instrumental to everyday life. It is teaching me to think openly and technical. This course pertains to my future perfession as a journalist because it teaches one to be open-minded. As a jorunalist you must be open minded to new things and ideas so your writing can be universal, thus making you a respected writer. This course has taught me to never believe what I hear, always do research; as a writer it is vital that you never base your beliefs on what you hear… . This course taught me to think out side of the box and be open to new possiblities and that will definately effect my psycological views and effect my choices in my work.
Recently I took my theology midterm, I did “okay”. I made silly mistakes that I beat myself up over. I felt really bad that I allowed myself to make such dumb mistakes. Any way for that midterm I made eighty seven percent out of one hundred. That wasn’t really to bad but I felt I didn’t not perform at my best level and I could have done better. It is okay now, I just know next time I will work harder. In theology I ended up with a “b” for the midterm. So that is not so bad at all.
In my other classes we didn’t have official midterms test. However, I did recieve midterm grades. In Speech I made a “b”. I can say that is a pretty fair grade for that course but, again I feel I can do better. In History I made a “c” and I don’t understand how. I made a “b” on the only test he gave and a “b” on the only quiz he gave. I guess I will have to go and talk to my instructor about my grade.
In English I made a “d” now I could just roll over and die. I don’t think I deserved a “d” I worked really hard on the few assignments she assigned. Well, with writing “it be like that sometimes”. I guess I will have to “charge it to the game”. This grade really is not a good reflection of me. I will work extra hard for the rest of the semester.
Last but not least, I have an “f” in freshman Seminar…because of my attendance. I missed three days so I got an “f”. The first day I missed was because I had to get my TB shot read and the school wouldn’t let me attend class until I had a complete shot record. Mr. Boutte, being such a stiff stick in the mud, refused to waive the absence. Then the second time I was absent was because I was sick and I TOTALLY had a doctors note. Then the third time I was absent I was just absent…I don’t know why. I know I need to speak with him definately.
Right now, my only delimma is whether or not I should go to seminar tommorow…I am sick right now that is why I missed theology today, so I attempted to go to the doctor but I couldn’t be seen they told me I have to come back tommorow. So if I go to school tommorow and I get “played” and can’t attend seminar I will be upset because that means I missed my appointment at doctor’s office for no reason.
One thing I know for sure is that I really need to get it together. I will be at school everyday ontime for the rest of the semseter even if I am sick like a dog.