Author: Colette Rhodes

Location is Everything

Location is Everything

I hate where I sit in French. I don’t hate the people around me; I don’t hate my teacher; I don’t hate my desk, but I do hate where it is. Far back, far...

Slow Day

Slow Day

Today was so slow… double French didn’t really help. Nothing too funny happened today either. There was a pep rally but my class wasn’t signed up to go… but that’s alright.

I Cannot Help But Love You

I Cannot Help But Love You

Sometimes I think we take God’s power for granted. Or the fact that he hears Christian prayers for granted. It’s hit me recently, just how lucky I am to have such a foundation. To...

Friday Love

Friday Love

Weekend… finally! I love Fridays so much. Once I was home for an hour, it felt like I didn’t even go to school today. I have a lot to do this weekend though—mostly school...

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

Today was awesome! First: parent/teacher interviews. I, unlike most of my friends, look forward to going to them—but then unlike most of my friends, I really, really like my teachers. Then I went with...

Checking In

Checking In

Let’s see, where did we leave off… Nikki and I had to present our French Revolution project to the class last Wednesday and I think it went alright. We didn’t forget anything and I...

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

My family celebrated Thanksgiving tonight because everyone else was busy later on! So we went to my cousins’ house this year. I guess it didn’t really seem like a traditional family Thanksgiving because for...

Not So Bad

Not So Bad

The social project that I was seething about on Tuesday has turned out a lot better than I was expecting. While I was paired with someone I didn’t know, it was someone who cared...

Group Projects

Group Projects

Kill me. Today I got the news that tomorrow I’ll be paired randomly with another person from my social class for the huge term project, which includes research, assembly of a poster or something...

Ups and Downs

Ups and Downs

So, just as it always seems to be with my life, somethings are going so well and some things are going not-so-well. School was easy today because we watched a movie in both periods...