Let’s be frank,
this was probably the most boring year ever. It wasn’t easy, and it wasn’t fun, but it had one thing going for it: boringness. All of the somewhat interesting things this year were nothing to the great events of my fifth and sixth grade years. This year was just dull. Boring. Uninteresting.

Way back in August, I thought this year was going to be just like sixth grade- nice and easy and done before it began. Oh boy, was I sure wrong. Soon, I was up to my neck in after-school activities and submerged in homework. Soon, I barely had the time to do homework along with chores. I was stressed and really irritable. When October rolled around, I realized that I needed to manage my time better. More homework was coming as mid-terms approached, and I was not prepared to face that. I started by doing more homework at school, and in my film class. I started to be able to have enough time to do chores. By march, I had everything figured out. I even had time to mow my lawn and earn a few extra bucks pet-sitting for neighbors.

This year, one of the main things I learned was that friends come and go. I made a ton of new friends, but I lost some that I just couldn’t keep in contact with. It’s sad, but I have to deal with it. Also, you can never have enough time to do all of the things that you want or could do. Compromise and conform, I say!

As the year comes to a close, I’m really, really, glad this year is over. It was like sixth grade, it just seemed a little bit longer. I learned so much outside of class that will most definitely help me out later in life. I do have some advice for next years seventh graders, whether they take it or not- always listen to your teachers. Always, always do this and you are set for the year. As a side note, do your homework. You won’t have to worry about grades if you turn in homework, even if it is a bit late. If I had to do seventh grade over again, which would be horrible, I would procrastinate less. That would clear up all of my minimal worries of school.

This year was boring, but it was also a good wake-up call to get me to realize that you can’t expect to do well by skating by on tests and quizzes. All in all, it was a good year, and boy am I looking forward to summer!

I am a natural leader. I can lead a group of people I have no idea who they are or where they came from. I also really enjoy leading. My problem is, I don’t have enough time to lead outside of school. That leaves only one time during the day for me to lead- during school. Here at West Ridge, there are great opportunities, like student council and section leader in band, for me to lead. But, those need votes and that is something that is hard for me to get. This whole leadership thing is a catch 22- you need to lead for people to be confident in your leadership, but if you have never lead before, how can you expect them to go far enough outside there comfort zone to vote for someone new? You can’t just assume that people will vote for someone who is new, for all they know, I could be horrible leader like Stalin or Marie Antoinette. I tried to become a section leader, but I got one vote, no where near some of the more popular kids were getting. Also, I would not even think about trying to get on the student council. The amount if time and effort it takes is way more than what I am willing to do, or even have. Plus, I have noticed that only popular kids really get elected. Sure, I would have my friends vote for me, but in reality, I am only known in my group of friends.

Leadership at my school really boils down to who is the most popular. Popularity is something that I am definitely not interested in. I like to do non-popular things like sit on my computer and play indie games instead of playing sports. As you can probably tell, I am not a ‘sporty’ person, which does not help my popularity, but WHO CARES! Not me! I despise popularity.

In my own circle, I am a leader. But really, we all are leaders. No one bows down to anyone and no one looks up to one ruler. We all treat each other as equals and friends alike. Not one of us really follows a crowd. We make our own decisions and do what we like, not some ‘popular’ thing that is boring and uninteresting to us.

After writing this, I realize that this post is quite a rant on popularity. It was good for me to rant on popular people. I was building up quite a load of things to rant and I needed to let some steam off. Now, I have been satisfied.

“Class, take out your pencils!”. Wait. I don’t have my pencil. Again… Having your school supplies is extremely important.

For instance, school tells everyone that you need pencils every day. Say you were to come to class without a pencil, how would you write and keep track of what you learned? I would find it very hard! It’s your responsibility to have and know where your supplies are.

Furthermore, without a binder, organization is futile- you papers would fly everywhere! Plus, you would have no place to store your precious pencils. If you were at the office and your files fell apart, and all the newest ideas fell out, how would you feel? How would your organized co-workers think of you? Nobody wants that kind of humiliation. Having a binder- or any organization system is essential!

Throughout the day- and even you life, have the correct supplies is critical, for learning, for life. Therefore, you should always be prepared. I wonder if there is a way to store all of you materials and supplies together?