So, it's 3:40 am and i just received an email reporting that if I do not use this site, it will be removed. Therefore, I decided that with the extra leisure time of summer, I should utlize this site not necessarily recount on the activities of the day but to expand on my thoughts and observations. Hopefully, I will.

Within the past few weeks, one could say that I have just completed the most rigorous and stressful year of coursework known to man. While one would assume that I would merely feel accomplished and relieved, I have attained a more complex perspective. I must admit; I am relieved. Without the weight of tests, homework, or the homework i should have done, life is a little more peaceful but as the summer takes over, new responsibilities replace the former ones. In my case, I am interning at MOSH as an elementary camp counselor. In all reality, the internship should be relatively relaxed and a good chance to hang out with my bro, Christian who I have not sufficiently kept in touch with this school year. But on the other hand, after completing my junior year, I feel as if it rushed passed me. While undoubtably the school year was highly stressful, the most memorable days being those in which I had IB oral exams, I feel that it was bearable. One day merely seemed to pass after another with weekends and holidays breaks to ease the tension. It may appear ridiculous but I am at odds with how accomplished I should really feel.  What really did I accomplish? I allowed a year to slip away while I achieved average grades through average effort. Only by the means of my strength of schedule and completion of my junior year did I enhance my ability to attend the college of my choosing. I did accomplish in providing more effort than the previous year although the grade results are almost identical. I also accomplished in altering my comportment, or the way I approach the world. The people around me may have noticed but it is possible they haven't since it was probably a gradual change. I've become more serious and focused on my studies and possibly more mature. I've lost some of my carefree attitude and ability to enjoy myself and I've noticed it. I believe it has a affected me socially as well and it seems that I've become more isolated, which is partially why I want to spend more time around my friend Christian. In turn, I want to regain some of this attitude.

Regardless, I am aware that completing one's junior in IB at Stanton is quite an accomplishment, but I also contend that it's important to consider and understand other aspects of one's situation as well as the results. Therefore, hopefully with the time to unwind and to get a better perspective on life, I can regain my focus and as a result benefit myself and obtain more direction.

                                                                                                                          -James

hey guys

first week of school was pretty pimp..yep i think i like it a lot better than darnell but you never know that might change once we actually start getting work..lol...i havent had too much hw yet but a lot of people are complaining they are..i spose im just lucky..but yeah ive met some new people and got to know some better..the only thing is that it doesnt seem like we have as much free time and the classes are gonna be a lot harder cause at darnell we never wrote any essays or anything

o haha yeah today in world history i was sittin workin on this project thing when i turned around and saw this orange puddle..so i was like wtf...and then i figured out it was comin from my back pack..well somehow my can of orange soda leaked and went through..that one kid musta did it when he moved my back pack..anyways i never told the teacher and tried to clean it up with paper..lol..i guess that class will just have rats..haha..so i had to carry my back pack til the drink dried which was a while(i had khaki shorts) but o well..it was prolly a big deal but i didnt seem like it to me

hmm well thats pretty much it..ill talk to all of you guys later

-James

hey

its hard to post from up here because nothing really exciting happens..well now ive shot five red squirrels..and one day me and my grandpa caught twenty-nine fish we kept..but i dont think that counts as exciting..but im havin a good time..i miss civilization a little but its only 10 more days..i mine as well enjoy them..well like i said before you can always email me

lata

James