clementine | I have to stalk celebrities for school

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School started on Tuesday for lots of people. I guess this is the obligatory "here are my classes" post. I'm going to try to be brief about this, because I don't want to bore you guys with the descriptions of my courses!

Period A: English. This class seems pretty cool so far. We already had to write one essay for it – "Should Canada join the United States?" The teacher is laid-back, and he allows you to rewrite and resubmit assignments if you get a bad mark.

Period B: Science. As you may know, I despise science. I know it's important, and it *can* be fascinating, but they way the curriculum is set out, I really don't find it enjoyable. My science teacher is a really cool person, though, so hopefully he'll make it somewhat interesting!

Period C: Anthropology. This is definitely an exciting course. The teacher is funny and nice (she can't believe she gets paid for teaching, and she hates holidays because she misses her students), and the material is really interesting so far. Today we did a quick introduction to Anthropology, Psychology, an Sociology. We had to read an article about the École Polytechnique Massacre and read different opinions about what made Marc Lépine murder all those women.

Period D: Civics. This is a mandatory course here, and it's half a year (and half a credit). The other half is Careers. Basically, we're learning about the government. Today we talked about Congressman Joe Wilson's outburst yesterday during President Obama's speech. (In case you didn't know, he yelled out "YOU LIE!" during the middle of the speech.) It was a pretty interesting discussion.

Period E: Canadian History. Let me tell you something: I don't like history very much. I am not a huge fan of ancient history, and Canadian History is generally SUPER SUPER boring. But this is from WWI to present times, which is a general time period that I'm very interested in. I'm definitely looking forward to WWII, and I really hope we manage to squeeze in the unit on 9/11.

Period F: World Religions. I was really excited to have this class, but it's taught by a teacher who I had last year for two classes and hated. I'm trying to enjoy the course, but he doesn't really know what he's talking about and it's a bit hard to get into.

Period G: Photography. I attended photography camp for two summers and got to develop my own film, so of course I jumped at the chance to do this all year! Our first assignment is to go to TIFF (whenever we want) and take pictures of celebrities. So, basically, we're seeing what it's like to be a Paparazzo. It's a pretty cool assignment. My friends and I are going to go there before the screening of Jennifer's Body to try to get pictures of Megan Fox.

Period H: I have the same class and teacher that I had last year, so it's still awesome. My teacher still has her awesome sign up, too! Today was my first math class and I already have a huge packet of math questions, but I kind of like algebra, so I'm not upset.

My vice principal is still an annoying uniform Nazi, too. Today she yelled at me for having navy blue skinny jeans. She said I HAVE TO wear the dress pants, even though the uniform code clearly says that any navy bottoms that aren't denim are acceptable. I just rolled my eyes at her.

Despite the fact that I dislike my vice principal quite intensely, I'm really enjoying school so far. I'm sure my opinion will change in a few months, but I'm having a good time now.

If you're going to school, are you enjoying it too, or is it not so great?