I just changed my username! I’m very happy with it ^-^
I looked for something shorter, but I had to stick with my original plan when all the other ones I wanted were taken.
@tonystarkofwinterfell Haha, nice! I didn’t know this was an option CC offered. How did you do it?
How do you change your username? Mine is too revealing of my name because when I first joined, I thought I didn’t know it was anonymous (I know, can you believe it???)
I think changing your username is a feature offered only to the higher members.
Yesterday was my first day of junior year! This is my schedule for the first/third term if you guys are interested:
Japanese 3
AP U.S. History
Advanced Math Lab (I somewhat regret taking this elective instead of SAT Prep, oh well)
AP Chemistry (not a block)
Honors Pre-Calculus
…and here’s my schedule for the second/fourth term:
Honors English 11
AP Chemistry (block)
AP Psychology
AP Language & Composition
Also, my APUSH teacher is… different, to say the least. She’s teaching our curriculum BACKWARDS, since it’s apparently a strategy some history teachers use because the most interesting events in history happen at modern times (which I personally don’t agree with) and therefore helps introduce students to a history class while keeping them interested. Personally I don’t like the way it’s taught, because cause and effect is a huge part of history, but okay, I guess. So while you guys will be learning about colonies and all that good stuff I’ll be learning about Watergate. :-/
@tonystarkofwinterfell Love that username! Can’t wait for Civil War.
@Greninja How does the term thing at your school work? How do you finish your courses in two terms instead of the whole school year?
SCHOOL MONDAY AHHH
I have two days to finish my summer work hahaha 
@cocolover123 Haha! I was the same way last week!
My AP Calc BC teacher is awesome! He said that he NEVER assigns homework on the weekends because he says he is a family guy and wants people to spend time with their family (and because he did some research on the effectiveness of homework on weekends). He only assigns homework two times a week and two nights ago when I had to do it, it only took me 15 minutes and he even gives us in-class time to do it!!! I sure wish those ideas would pass on to my other teachers, like my IB English and IB History teachers, with their infinite amount of homework each night.
Oh wow apparently my school has made us email accounts. Kind of reminds me of college lol
@photogeek8 The block courses are 90-100 minutes long. Then there are shorter courses called “bridge” courses that last 40 minutes or so. Some classes (but not most of them) are blocks two terms and bridges two other terms, like AP Chemistry. Each day consists of three block periods and three bridge periods (including lunch).
@athenanv13 Wow! Your teacher sounds nice! I wish I had a teacher like him.
@cocolover123 My school has given us email accounts as well… but now I have five email accounts that I actively use: my personal, my school, my DE college, one that I use when sites want my email, and one that I use for correspondence with myself. It’s a little much.
I’m excited that school is starting again. I’ve missed some friends (a fact that rather delighted me; I haven’t missed school friends in years) and am ready to face the challenges that this year will bring.
Question: did you all have goals for the summer? Have you achieved them? Do you have goals for the academic year ahead?
I’ve started keeping a list of goals for junior year. They’re mostly social and extracurricular, and I hope that writing them down will motivate me to actually make some changes.
I definitely have goals for the academic year ahead. Ideally I’d like to raise my GPA which I know will be quite hard. I also want to cut down on how much I watch Netflix, it’s a bit much. I really want to have a good cross country season, and hopefully PR more than once.
@pseudoprimal I have about 5-6 email accounts now as well hahaha it’s pretty hectic to manage but eh what can ya do.
I had goals for the summer, which I accomplished. I managed to finish my required volunteer hours for high school and scholarship. I successfully prepared myself for the PSAT and the SAT I’ll take in January. And this one is a bit of a minor goal that’s not important for my future lol but just for fun I learned how to apply my own liquid eyeliner.
I have goals for the school year, too. Achieve straight A’s, be a good honors society president, answer questions in brain bowl competitions, maintain my friendships and schoolwork, become national merit finalist, and successfully manage a locker lol
I went and got a locker shelf, mirror, mini-white board, and magnet item holder and everything for my locker and it’s in the building where 5 of my classes are located so I hope I can manage my locker by periodically exchanging books and supplies, while still getting to class on time, so I guess I’ll find out the first week of school if that’s even virtually possible.
@pseudoprimal I have one main email for important things like college and personal correspondance.
I definitely achieved my personal goals this summer… and even more! Completed 20 more volunteer hours than expected, did all of my summer homework, even though the load was massive. I also managed to get a 36 on ACT english twice (out of like ten times LOL)
My goals for the school year are to get straight A’s, at least 32 on ACT, get a leadership position (preferably of the marathon club and/or this homeless volunteer club ) make new friends, get into the senior board at school, and get into this elite community service club at school too.
@athenanv13 I haven’t started school yet but I’ve heard our Calc BC teachers gives around 3+ hours of homework per night. His tests are so hard you have to stay up all night studying for them. You’re so lucky
I did not achieve my personal goals for the summer due to my laziness. I met to study for the PSAT and ACT more, but that never happened…
I also wanted to read my whole textbook for AP Psychology but I only got halfway through. I wanted to read classics to increase my reading score on ACT but that also did not happen. I wanted to get 150 more hours of community service but only got 70 (I know, less than half). I felt like a failure this summer…
My goals for the school year are to get straight A’s, score 6’s or 7’s on my SL exams and 5’s on AP Psychology and AP Calc BC, gain leadership positions, volunteer a lot, and get most of my CAS hours done. I’m Vice President of Service for my school’s FCCLA chapter, so I’m hoping to get a lot of community service from that.
I changed my username by asking. I just sent them a message through the “contact” thing and they did it for me.
And yeah, I love my username too ^-^ It’s very fandom-y.
My goals for the school year: straight A’s, 2300+ on the SAT (joy), start an earth science club, increase memberships in the clubs that I am officers of, do well at MUN conferences, get into a good summer program (I’m looking at you, SSP (lol not gonna happen)), and to have good relationships with my teachers ^-^