Sunday, March 30, 2014 "7th Grade Related to Now Part 1."

Sunday, March 30, 2014
Week 32
Songs to Remember: Metropolis - David Guetta and Nicky Romero
        Alright, here are some stories that I'm gonna talk about. I think I've forgotten one of them already. Hopefully I'll remember it whilst I write this.

        So last Friday (2 days ago, March 28th), I went on Facenovel late at night and came across a picture that my friend posted. He posted a picture of these 2 people I know, one of them a guy I knew from middle school and the other a girl that I had liked (not a crush) for a bit in 6th grade. The picture was of both of them sleeping on the bus with the girl leaning her head on his shoulder.

        To get some back-story on this, the dude and I had some differences back in 7th grade. I kinda hated the way he acted back then. We had 2 classes together, yearbook class in 1st period, and English class in 2nd, but most of our "bickering" was in yearbook. Yearbook class was hard as f***. Take my word for it, it's cool and all with the computers and designing something most of the school with see, but it's so stressful.

        In 7th grade, I had yearbook because I thought it'd be cool and stuff to work with computers to design something (I really liked graphic designing and stuff). Also, in 6th grade, we even had to fill out like a form if we're interested in taking yearbook. I put that I was familiar with Photoshop and they put me in next year. Yearbook was so stressful. First, the teacher had practice by taking photos of kids and stuff during lunch and that's not very practical in middle school; no one here wants their picture taken. When it was time to start working on the yearbook, we were assigned roles to do (one person would take pictures and work on the math section, another on the science section, etc).

        My partner and I were stuck doing the "mugs" section of the yearbook. I cannot tell you how infuriating this job was. We had to manage over 700 kids, their grade, their picture, and their team (in our school, we were divided into "teams" for pep rallies and teachers. A person on "Team Determination" was to have these teachers for their classes. A person on "Team Excellence" would have these teachers for their classes, and so on. There were 5 teams in total).

        If the kid was new to the school (or didn't arrive on picture day), we would have to go to them during 1st period (our yearbook period) and take their picture. Once we had all the pictures, we had to input it all in the computer, alphabetically, and according to their teams. Doing this for 700 kids (and including the teachers) was not easy. It didn't help when there was this kid in my class who often messed around, and having the trouble near me.

        I figured this post would be too long so I decided I'll just split it into 2 parts (not purely just for having something to talk about tomorrow. People these days don't have time to read long bodies of text. I try to make it like a 2 minute read as much as possible).

        I'll continue it tomorrow, so I'll see you tomorrow.