By: Madeline

     Today is the last day of school. I have my French final, and trust me, after that I will rejoice. I will sit in my living room and play the chorus of the Avett Brother's Colorshow so loud that my family will be forced out of the house. School has been giving me a run this year. My math grade got down to- perish the thought- a B. I don't think I've ever had a low B in my life. Luckily, I've finished off the year with a normal B, which is better. Government and Civics was no problem. I'm glad I can be graded on ranting about different policies and issues. Chemistry was simple fun, but mostly because I got to do experiments with it. Though I didn't blow anything up. When it comes down to it, I'd really rather not. I'm also taking a writing course, which is basically discussing book online with other nerds like me. Needless to say I probably aced that.     We also took the interns to Akanto's farm in Kante, or to the north. It was much neater than ...

     And now comes the part where, thanks to a good friend who was just utterly perturbed by the format of my blog, has fixed the format problem! You now get two special treats: Indention, and returns. HUZZAH!       On that note, I will now relate, with abundant hyperboles, what it has been like so far to have our interns here. Firstly, I noticed right away that they were not one of those, "Ooh! Africa! I can hug orphans and save elephants!" people. Sometimes when people come, and they come solely for reasons relating to recognition and/or simple delight, they tend to get a big disappointment. For one thing, it is not 'really hot' here. It is simple, sheer, pain. You could fry an egg on your head. Yes, the heat has been hard but I was very impressed with the simple, "OH IT'S SO HOT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!" I assure you, I've heard much worse than that. They haven't even spent an entire day sitting in front of the fan yet! Unless you count the ca...

     So we're all getting ready for the end of school, right? One of those times of the year where some people sit back and do nothing, thinking they're going to do fine on their exams, and some people spend every spare second pouring over their algebra books and ending up with only one universal answer: Yes, you're right, the X is very important. The end of the school year for me was usually to just take it easy and be excited about summer. But ever since I got into high school and started to actually work for my grades, it hasn't exactly been like that. To give you a good picture, the last week I've been either huddling in the fetal position over the computer, or over my math book answering any questions or comments of my family with a multi-meaning grunt, usually taken for just a normal grunt with no meaning at all. I don't understand why they would think that I'd just give them a normal grunt when MY grunt is clearly a very communicable one.      In a...

     I'm not going to lie, but I love beginning things. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I feel like I'm starting something new, or changing something, even though I'm not. And being an aspiring writer, I'll probably want to go back and 'edit' this very beginning in a few weeks time. But I'm not going to because it's a blog and it's not supposed to change.      In the past I've tried to blog. However, I've never been a very consistent writer. I've always dropped different things I've been doing, but hopefully I'll keep up with this. No guarantees. But, hopefully with this change we'll have something to keep steady.      For one thing, it's the first time in... Forever... My family has been thinking about the future. Not that we ever neglected it in a bad way, it's just that we've never had to think about it. But now that I'm in high school, we have a timeline to put together. We can't stay i...