Back 2 school

The dreaded time has come. Time to go back to school. The only thing is it takes a while to adjust to all the things that come with school. Waking up early is one of the biggest things teens have to get used to. And for me, it's tied for first most annoying along with homework. For one thing, they are both not avoidable, but you can make these things less annoying with a few tips.

1. Before you go to bed in the night, lay out or at least plan what you are going to wear and pack your bags so that you can have a few extra minutes in the morning.

2. Eat breakfast. Even if you are pressed for time in the mornings, you still should eat something. Studies show that teens are much more attentive when they've had something to eat in the morning.

3. Don't fuss too much with your hair and makeup. There isn't enough time in the morning for you to make yourself look perfect. Keep it simple and clean and maybe you'll be able to squeeze in a couple more shut-eye minutes.

4. Get to bed earlier. This one is kind of obvious. Going to bed earlier equals more rest for you. And it will be so much easier to wake up in the morning if you are well-rested.

5. When doing homework, start with the things that are due the next day, and then the things that are due later.

6. Take study breaks. It's hard to concentrate when you're bored so be sure to take breaks now and then,

7. Drink lots of water. This will keep you refreshed AND help your complexion.

Hopefully you'll survive until summer by following some of these tips!

Spring Break Blues?

School breaks are awesome for everyone. It's a time where students can actually get some sleep, where teachers don't have to assign mountains of homework, and where parents don't have to nag about grades and wake up every morning to make sure their kids actually make it to school. But sometimes breaks can be really boring and lifeless. breaks are sometimes times to think about like and about some things that you really don't want to think about. Let's face it. If you don't have plans for anything during the break, it usually turns out that you are going to have time to freak out about stuff. And that really does suck because not everything that comes to mind is pleasant and sometimes this can lead to realizing things that have been overlooked during all the fuss school causes. And if you're like me and when you have too much time to think things just start to feel lonely, there's a definite quick fix to that. Go out. Meet new people. Maybe snag the perfect guy. Go shopping with your girls or catch a movie with someone special. Whatever you do, if you're having fun, the days will go by without a hitch and sooner or later you will be back to your busy life and school in no time.

Good luck Girls ;)

Getting Over "HIm"

This might go without saying but, the hardest thing about relationships is saying good-bye. Whether you're the dumper or the dumpee, it sucks to know that you're not going to have this person in your life as much as you have. And from my experience, I know that it' always best to talk about it. It's just like a brick has been lifted off your back when you realize that you don't necessarily need this person in your life and that you can move on with your life not worrying about this person constantly. And so what? If it doesn't work out, then you'e not meant to be. It's not healthy to dwell on the past so once you've had enough time to mope around and feel grief, it's time to just go out there and live life the way it was meant to be lived. GO out and try something new. Meet new people and have fun. Just live and forget about everything that blocks your path in life.

Need Advice?

You know what I just realized? Things are always better when you have someone to talk to. I mean and sometimes it's best to talk to someone when you remain anonymous. So I've decided that I'm going to start giving out advice. I've always been good at putting myself in other people's shoes and I love talking about things and giving advice to my friends. I also love the feeling of knowing you just helped someone move one from a break up or get over a fear or ask out a crush. It's just a wonderful feeling and I'd like to tell anyone who needs someone to talk to that you do have someone to go to when you need it and that you're not alone. :D

Creepy Teachers.

This is by far one of the most talked about topics on the subject of high school. Of course, not all teachers are creepy or annoying, or just plain gross, but there are the chosen few teachers that are just completely horrible. There are the mean and strict teachers, there are the gross and nerdy teachers, and there are the utterly perverted teachers. Those are the three worst types of teachers. And no matter how many different teachers there are in a school, you are bound to wind up with at least one.

Right now, there is one teacher in particular that falls into the creepy/mean category. My science teacher, whose name I can't state, doesn't necessarily pick on the whole class, he mostly picks on individuals. My friend Laura for example, he is constantly telling her who she reminds him of. She reminds him of his ex-girlfriend, she reminds him of this girl he met in college. ect. And quite frankly I think that is highly unprofessional and inappropriate for the place and purpose. Then as well, he is also always making conclusions about our class. That we are lying to him about him teaching us about something just to get out of doing the work. Or us lying that he didn't assign this work. Sometimes he even blames us for his mistakes! Again, I feel that behavior is completely unreasonable and that he is just atrocious in his allegations. The point is, sometimes you just have to deal with the teachers you are given. Unless if there is actually a serious problem where you are feeling violated, you will survive and hopefully in the years to come you will have better teachers.

Friends and "Friends"

One of the all time most advertised things in my opinion about high school is friends and "friends". The friends being the people who stick by you and comfort you in times and the people whom you can trust with your thoughts and feelings. And the "friends" being the people who either you don't know very well who claim to be your friend when their friends aren't around or the people who act as your friend but then go and do something that a true friend should never do. Both of those things classify a person as a "friend" and with my experience, your "friends" can turn out to be someone that you aways thought of as a true friend.

One of my "friend"s is a girl I've known since I was 4 and just so happens to be the same girl with whom I made a pact 11 years ago that we would be BBFLs and that we would always stick by each other till our deaths. But this all changed when we got to high school. So my so-called "friend" stood by me as I did with her for the first few weeks. We ate lunch together with some of our old elementary friends and some of our new friends as well. But after a while things started to change and she stopped talking to us in the halls as we passed by and then she would only eat with us once in a while and then things just stopped. We never saw her or spoke to her until she had none of her friends with her. But even then she would still find a "better crowd" to join and she would just go on with her life like everything was cool and she was still friends with us. Plus over top of that, she started to act like we all revolved around her. On the last day of school before the winter break for example, she called me and asked me if my mom could drop her off at home. I told her that I was planning to go to the mall with my friends and that my mom couldn't drive because she and my little brother were watching a movie in the theater. She then called five minutes later and told me that she was waiting outside for us and she sounded sort of impatient. So I told her again that my mom couldn't drive and that we were going to the mall but she could come with us if she wanted to. She refused and said she would find her own way home but she didn't sound very understanding but I mean she hadn't talked to me in weeks and now she expected me to pull my mom out of a movie just so she could drive her home? That just goes to show that even if you've known someone for your whole life, it doesn't mean that they're your friend. And if someone can't even bother to say hello to you even once in a while, then they're definitely not your friend.

Rumors.

One horrible flaw of high school is the rumors. Rumors can completely destroy people's lives and can just punch a hole in their social life. I can gladly say that I haven't had much experience, but there are people around me that I care about that have been hurt by rumors. And even though I haven't been hurt specifically hurt by a rumor, one has hurt me because of what I found out about someone because of a rumor that went around about us.

So just as the whole mess with Jake was settled and forgiven, a rumor went on about us saying that we were going out. And usually, I don't really care about rumors and I just ignore them. But then Jack came up and asked me if I told everyone that we were together. Of course I told him I didn't and that he shouldn't care about rumors. But then things got sort of complicated when he told me that he loved me. This wasn't the first time he'd said this to me, but of course I thought it strange that he would tell me this after we'd settled that we were just going to be friends. So just out of curiosity, I asked him if he actually meant it. He replied that he did and that he wanted me back. That was when my life got horribly complicated. I had two choices. 1. To get my life back to the way it had been for the past few months, just as I'd wanted to do for the past while. Or. 2.To say "You had your chance and now it's too late" and say good-bye for good. Because there is just one fact that I had to acknowledge. Jake just wasn't good for me and I had to move on. So I went with the second option even though the bigger part of me wanted so bad to have him back in my arms and to just hold him and make sure that no one but me got to have him. But the more reasonable part of me decided that listening to the selfish part of myself would just hurt me in the worst ways and that I had to listen to what my head told me to do rather than my heart.