Banishment

After a whole semester of dealing with Ms. Boule and her stupid English class, I decided to fight back. Never in my existence have I lost patience with a teacher to the point that I did with her. I wrote the essay I was asked to write but I threw a little bit of my opinion into it instead of regurgitating the junk she feeds us. I may have also said that her class was pointless...

She didn't like it that much. I got a D. I shouldn't have gotten a D. I still did the assignment and I did it well. This just proves that English is based off of the opinion of the teacher and nothing else. I also got a stern talking to in the hall. I had to explain to her that I hate her class and the only reason I'm taking it is so that I can be Valedictorian. She didn't like that either...

I guess that's the story behind my banishment to the hall. I sit there every day for the entire class doing an "alternate assignment." In other words I'm redoing seventh grade English. Vocab, reading logs, the whole deal. I don't really have a problem with it. If she thinks she's winning the battle, she's not. I can handle busy work, especially if I don't have to deal with her every day...

Bet you didn't know I could be such a pain, did you?

College

The $13,500 scholarship to Concordia isn't all it's cracked up to be. It doesn't even cover tuition! Stinkin' private universities...

So I guess that narrows things down to BYU or NAU. You all know by now that I want the Flinn SUPER BAD! If I get the Flinn there won't be any question as to where I go. Aside from Flinn, however, NAU looks better and better everyday. I don't remember if I've talked about Campbell Hall yet. It's an all girls' honors dorm (with single rooms, no less, which means having a room all to my lonesome!). The sticky situation I was in is that they require 15 college credits to live there, BUT...

The Honors Director, who I am starting to like very very much, pulled some strings, and they are going to let me live in Campbell. I still have to apply and go through an interview but just as a formality. I'm oober excited about that.

Concordia

Today I was offered admission to Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. I have also been accepted into their nursing program. I received the Premier Presidential Merit Scholarship which is valued at $13,500.

This means I've been accepted to four universities, three of which have offered me generous scholarships. I'm still hoping to get Flinn but if that doesn't work out, I'll have some choices to make...

BYU Scholarship

I got accepted to Brigham Young University and not only accepted but accepted with a full LDS tuition scholarship. That's a pretty big deal. Now all I have to do is talk myself into wanting to go there...

Just Catchin' Up

I haven't posted in a while so here's the latest on Jeri Lin:

1. Mom, Dad, and I are going up to Flagstaff on Monday. I get to meet with the director of the honors program at Northern Arizona University. They're going to try to get me to go to NAU and I'm going to try to get them to allow me to live in Campbell Hall--the all girls honors dorm. As of right now I'm not exactly eligible since I don't have 15 college credits...

2. 100 days until graduation! 40 days until my birthday! 25 days until my Flinn interview!

3. Tomorrow is the DUKE v UNC game. It's one of my favorite days of the entire year. I love basketball...

4. Mom and I are planning a rim-to-rim hike of the Grand Canyon two days after graduation. I am so excited. I love spending time with Mom and the beauty of the Grand Canyon makes it all that much better...

5. I finished reading Pride and Prejudice. Beautiful. I see a lot of myself in Elizabeth. Does that mean I'll get someone as wonderful as Mr. Darcy?

6. Economics is not easy and I don't recommend expressing your true opinion with a certain English teacher at DRHS.

I guess that's all. I'm busy. Loving life. Loving you!