My application for advanced placement english… fingers crossed!
Yesterday I was fourteen and walking through the lobby for the first time, when all of a sudden I am approaching my senior year and preparing for a whole new kind of freshman year. I learned very quickly that the rumors of how difficult junior year was supposed to be were true. Around Christmas vacation a friend joked that it seemed “everyone’s fashion sense went down the drain.” Those girls who previously waltzed into the gym in the morning primped, groomed and in perfectly coordinated outfits now slowly made their way up the hill, bundled and comfortable, a warm thermos of coffee, the only accessory worth being bothered for in the morning. I was never one of those girls and I found it amusing that my sloppy style was finally “in.” This year has been stressful to say the least; the difficult workload and anticipation of graduation were only half the battle for me. I remember in the first few weeks of school that Ms. Squier warned her period one class that in the next year we may find ourselves a little sleep deprived. At the time I did not take her comment too seriously, but now that I am almost done with the year I figure that it is my duty to warn the sophomores; she was right.
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I am not superstitious or anything, but I must share my May 2007 horoscope: 
