Camear08’s Blog

Have you ever wondered what people in other countries think of the United States? We all have our own opinion on the American flag but we HAVE been living here all our lives. Perhaps, people in other countries don’t have the same opinion on our flag and country. I have given this question a lot of thought. This week, we were given the oppurtunity to get an answer to this question. I contacted Amanda from Mrs. T’s class in Thailand. Her response to the questions is below.

Hmmmm………
Well I think that the United States flag looks pretty cool
because of the stars and the stripes.
Stars make it look interesting, i wonder to myself that the stars mean “we are one or glory or freedom” somethings like that.
Stripes make it look catchy, catching ur attention to notice it.
Thats my opinion

Amanda^^

     I’m really nervous about high school which is the natural feeling for most 8th graders that are going to be going into high school next year. I am so ready for the whole preparing for high school process to just be finished with. I have had to deal with this since the summer thanks to my lovely sister. You see, she decided that she wanted to apply for a ton of private schools ranging from Choate, to Sacred Heart and Westover Academy. She was being very ambitious when she started getting the booklets for all these schools and we didn’t end up applying to most of them. None the less, I got taken along for the ride and I decided to apply for Sacred Heart Academy just for the heck of it. I went and took the test for 3 hours which was … fun. I didn’t expect anything to come of it. I always just assumed that I would be going to Sheehan.

     Then, about two or three weeks ago we got acceptance letters to Sacred Heart and that’s when I found out I got a scholarship for scoring in the top 10 of the entrance exam and I qualified for high level courses. I didn’t know what to do. I knew this school was an excellent school with a great reputation, and I felt that if I was to pass up this experience I would be missing out on a great opportunity. I didn’t want to regret this decision my whole life thinking “what if I had gone”, and I didn’t want my parents and grandparents to be disappointed in me.  I also felt like not going there would mess up my future plans because I want to go to Yale and I know that a lot of people from Sacred Heart have been accepted there.

     In the end, I just decided to go with my instincts which was to go to the public high school. Sure, going to Choate or Sacred Heart might be an interesting experience, but I finally realized something. It doesn’t really matter where I go to high school. I could do amazing at the public school… or at Sacred Heart. There will be mean girls across the street and at Sacred Heart. No matter where I go, a high school is a high school. Also, high school should be a place where a teenager gets to have fun and I don’t think going through a rigorous four years at Choate or Sacred Heart would be very fun. I’m ready for next year. I’m not really scared, but I’m hoping to get with at least a few more of my friends than this year considering I got split up from most of them. I also hope that I will be able to keep up with the work considering the … interesting course load that I am taking.

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