10. Joining AP English
I still remember making my choice to join AP English and how unsure I was if it was a smart choice. Over these past two years I am fairly certain I made the right choice, but at a serious cost. A serious amount of time and my life has gone into this class tot he point where I do not really have one anymore, when my friends want to do something and I can not because I am working on AP English I always think, "'It's me okay? I'm the zombie'" (Currie, 201)
9. Completing my first Data Sheet
After completing my first Data Sheet such a powerful sense of accomplishment and relief washed over me I will never forget it. Now looking back at it I look at others and see what they have that "I'd like one of...for myself. A life" (Currie, 186)
8. Oli called out Ms. Serensky
It was our first week of AP English 11 and Oli had not left yet, and I remember vividly as Ms. Serensky walked around the room happily talking about how she would not have to make lunch that night since it was friday. Suddenly Oli turned to her and said with a smirk "you still have to make it Sunday." Ms Serensky looked so angry, and I remember thinking something along the lines of, another "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" (Kesey, 285)
7. I nugged Moen's backpack, with cookies
I kind of feel bad for it but during finals of sophomore year in a commons I took Moen's backpack, nugged it, threw cookies in it, and shook it up. It was probably the most mischievous thing I have ever done. People have always said that that they "often wish that in public, at any rate, [I] had been more demonstrative" of my mischievous tendencies (Wilde, 10)
6. Ms. Serensky compared me to Junior
I remember Ms. Serensky comparing me to Junior and not knowing whether to be flattered or insulted. On one hand she basically called me a genius, but on the other she has predicted that next year I will become depressed, become an alcoholic and drug addict, and basically will destroy my entire life. Now I wonder which Junior Ms. Serensky feels I am like. Only one thing is for certain, I too have used the sentence "You know how I'm always spacing out, and you get pissed off because you've just asked me a question" (Currie, 89)
5. I asked Ms. Serensky to let me go find my books
I will never forget when I had to ask Ms. Serensky if I could go find my books because my friend had nugged me. It was quite a disaster, though now I look back at it with laughter at my own stupidity. Now I must say from that experience I learned "the vital Importance of Being Earnest" with my teachers (Wilde, 54)
4. Receiving my Nickname
In soccer I was given the nickname which has transcended me throughout all four years of my high school career, Dark Lord. At the time I assumed that nicknames really did not mean anything whatsoever. I was foolish, and naive... "Everything Matters" (Currie, 292).
3. Bringing Michaela to School
Next would be my memory of bringing my five year old sister to school with me one day to tell Mr. Maas I would be missing his class to babysit. Walking around school with a five year old in my arms at 7 in the morning was a rather bizarre situation. I had considered going to see my other teachers as well to catch them off guard for fun, but considering how I looked as if I had an illegitimate child, but at the time I thought it was "better if they don't see me" (Kesey 3)
2. When McQuade stood up to Mr. Kerul
Without a doubt, the second most memorable event in my High School career was when Ian McQuade called out Mr. Kerul, my least favorite teacher, for accusing his students. His interjection did "not seem to me to be a grave objection" (Wilde, 49)
1. Ms. Serensky's first "Dear Journal"
The most memorable event in my entire High School career had to be when Ms. Serensky first did her impersonation of Thomas writing in his journal/diary. Thus Serensky found herself "surrounded by [her] dozen people...swinging a laughter that rang out" (Kesey 250).
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