Parenting Class!

As a freshman you get to take Child Development as an elective class but now that I’m a sophomore this year, and that means I can take Parenting class! It’s a lot of fun, even though you talk about having babies and stuff! You learn a lot about children and your future as a possible parent. There are mostly girls in parenting class, but the boys that are in the class are pretty funny and get grossed out most of the time!

            Parenting class teaches you some really valuable stuff about becoming a parent. It gives you information about financial costs, relationships, and child care. It really opens your eyes about kids and the way they act and develop. The class really helps you by teaching you that children are hard work and to wait until you are ready to have any. It also teaches you about teens that are parents and how it is difficult for them to support their children without support from parents and friends. It taught me that I definitely don’t want to be a teen mother or a mother any time soon! Not that being a teen mother is bad, but it’s difficult and I’m definitely not responsible enough to become one.

            Another big part of parenting is taking home the babies. That’s mostly the reason why people take that class to begin with! Every start of the year, the parenting class has to take home babies over a weekend. I take home a baby this weekend! I can’t wait, but I’m so nervous because I don’t think I can handle it! Good thing we can have a babysitter! You get a due date, and then you get to find out what you’re having! When you find out whether it’s a boy or girl, you get to name your baby! The babies are practically real. You get handed a bracelet, and that bracelet is used to care for the baby. Without the bracelet, the baby doesn’t know who’s taking care of it so it won’t work! They cry like a real baby, they have to get fed and changed; they even have to be rocked for a long time just like a real baby. The babies are so realistic because before they made this program, they took diaries from real mothers and their real babies and they put the diary schedule into the fake simulator babies we have to take home. You get graded on the babies after your weekend is over. It’s a big part of your final grade in that class. You have to take care of the babies like they are real. If you put the baby down too hard or drop its neck back, it’ll show up as neglect or abuse and you will get points taken off. It’s quite the challenge. None of the babies have the same schedule! They all cry and need different things at different times. You also have to make sure you don’t forget anything before you leave school for the weekend; you have to have a bottle, clothes, blankets, diapers, your car seat, and the bracelets that allow you to take care of the baby.

Drama

Wow don't you hate drama? Especially in high school! Everyone has drama and it's stupid and pointless. It's always a he said she said thing. People usually start rumors without even knowing. They say something they don't mean or something try don't even realize and someone else will taken that and twist the words. Then if someone tells the wrong person, the whole school ends up knowing. It's funny really, how it gets around so fast! The people who accidentally start it feel bad, but then there's the people who mean to start nasty rumors. When someone doesn't like you or something you do they like to start stuff about you. Haha. People freak out over it too. They ask you if it's true and then you get so mad at the person. Then that is where the drama starts. People get so worked up over rumors and lies that they blame people and then the chaos starts. People start yelling at each other, talking bad about one another, and jute plain being mean. It's horrible. Boys rarely get into the drama at school. If the boys are involved it cleans that they are usually the Reason girls fight. Girls are horrible when it comes to drama. They can get so verbally abusive. Girls don't usually get violent, they stab each other in the back! I don't really know why girls are so mean, we just are. Not all, some can be quiet and nice, but most, most are vicious! It's pathetic really. Why can't people mind their own business and leave other people alone? Because they are either jealous, or have no life! (: And really, hey do boys cause girls so much drama? Boys play girls, and so much more, and that makes one girl mad at another. Ha and then their friends get mad at that girl and then more girls are dragged into it, even some guys. It's funny! Drama is mostly centered around teenagers and life. It's tough but you get through it! Not everyone will like you when you go through high school. Friends are the best though they are there through it all with you. It's great. And it keeps your mind off of the drama:)

Homecoming Week:)

The week is arriving, and there isn't one person that isnt excited! Homecoming week is here!  The beginning of the school year means football, and whats football without the Homecoming game! :)

The week starts off with theme days. Monday usually being something small like hat day. Everyone with school spirit wears their funky hats and hope they get asked to be in the yearbook picture! Tuesday comes along and its something along the lines of favorite sports team day! Its pretty funny what people come up with! this year, our theme was greek gods and godesses, so we had toga day. when wednesday comes along people are getting so excited because that night is powderpuff. powderpuff is something that all the students and teachers get pumped about. its so fun to watch the juniors beat the freshman, not because the freshman arent good at it, but because they arent prepared.  then after the juniors, or freshman in rare cases have their victory huddle, the seniors and sophomoresget pumped up for their game, because everyone knows the seniors are out for blood. people say that the sophomore and senior game is rigged so that the seniors can win, but this year it was different. as i sophomore i am proud to say that we beat the seniors fair and square this year. the teams come together after both games and then compete for the championship game. the teams play hard and they dont back dow. ha and were only girls. the winner of powderpuff then takes their victory lap, until next year. the next morning at school is hilarious, everyone is all talking about the game, complaining that peopl have cheated, blah blah blah. but in the end everyone setlles for what they got. thursday isnt anything special, superhero day, then friday rolls along. man oh man everyone is pumped on friday. its orange and black day and the biggest game ever, the homecoming game. the morning starts off with class games, and a pep assembly then we are dismissed at 11:30 to do whatever we please before the big game. friday evening is the best, stands filled with parents and students awaiting to see their tiger football team, and the football players are waiting in the locker room for the game. the door opens and out they go to win a game. the either a victory or loss, the school still has something to look forward to, the dance the next night. everyone meets with their dates and groups that saturday afternoon and they take pictures then they are off to eat at some awesome restaurant. when they ariive at the dance there are people danicing to the dj and having a great homecoming. they hardly thinl about the next week thats filled with homework and normal classes. what a bummer! :( well until next homecoming week:)

Friday Night Football :)

    Friday night football is something every student enjoys. Especially me as a cheerleader, and also someone who has grown up with 3 uncles who take football to heart every Sunday and Monday on that big flat screen TV. Cheering is something I've enjoyed ever since I was a little girl. Now that I'm in high school it's great to head out there on the track and cheer on my favorite football team, the Tigers!
    When you arrive at the football field, you can feel the intensity of the game in the air. If your in high school, you usually sit with the "pack", or spirit club. If your in the stands with the parents, all you can hear is them screaming about a bad play the referee had just called! 10 more minutes before the game, and every is getting pumped up! The cheerleaders are going over game plans, the parents are getting our their sweatshirts, because the night is getting cold, and the football players are in their pre-game huddle. 
     Finally, the moment everyone has been waiting for, one minute left on the clock! Suddenly, a hush comes over the crowd as the football team lines up at the locker room door. "Buzzzzzzzz", the clock as spoken! Suddenly you can hear yelling from each corner of the field! The boys run out onto the middle of the football field and form a huddle, where they yell and get pumped up! Whoa, what a rush it would be to be out on that field in that exact huddle. 
     You then hear a cheer coming from the cheerleaders, and thats when you know we mean business! The football players say their last ho rah, and they take the field! Every play can be seen from the stands. First down after first down, tackle after tackle, the boys still hold their heads up no matter what the score is. The greatest feeling is when the ref holds his arms up high and the announcer says, "Touchdown Tigers!" At that moment it is great to see the fans stand up with pride for their Paris Tigers. 
     The plays are given to the quarterback from the coach on the sidelines, and then they break the huddle. The center then calls hike and the scramble begins. You then see a quick fluid motion from the quarterback, he has thrown the ball! The wide receiver then catches the ball and rushes for the end zone. No one can catch him! He darts left and right until a defensive player from the other team hits his core and then he goes down. He uses all of his bravery and courage to get back up from the fresh, wet grass even though the tackle caused pain. That takes some dedication! Play after play the crowd gets more rowdy. The game has only one minute left. The football players take their positions on the field for the last play. The ball is snapped and the quarterback has no choice but to run the ball. He dodges left and the right again, and jumps, aiming for the end zone line. Everyone goes silent waiting for the referee to signal the results. Finally, his hands go up! Touchdown Tigers! Then you will hear a familiar roar of the crowd! We have won the game! There is no greater feeling than the feeling of those boys' happiness. Soon everyone clears out, except for the boys who stay and stand on the field that they have dreamed of playing on since they were little boys. The give their last glances and await the next Friday, for the great feeling of being a football player.


With nothing but pride, you're about to leave it all, for tonight is Friday Night, let's play some ball!


Friday Night Football:)