Well my friends, it is that time of year again. Yup you guessed it, Back to school! And I must say, we are a very lucky bunch to be spending our educational hours in such an exciting, ever-changing environment. I am speaking of NNHS, the building with a life of its own. Let me explain to you all of the benefits of that ingenious structure we call home 6-7 hours every day. First of all, there is never a dull moment. Take the leaking ceilings for example. Chemicals leaking above certain desks always make for exciting classes, and it is always nice on hotter days...who cares that no one knows exactly what those chemicals are. Floods are also commonplace. The change in scenery is always pleasant. I like to whip out the inflatable chair and belly board! Why not surf to math class? And what other school can boast it could be considered its on biome; wildlife and all? Among the animal kingdom living in NNHS are bats, mice and rats. I hear there is a very friendly rat who resides in the costume room. And who needs to go on vacations?! All we have to do is travel to the other side of the school. Each room has its own individual climate. Some are hot, humid and have small waterfalls flowing from the cieling, and others are cold and dry (throw some shredded paper on the floor and hell you've got the north pole). However, despite all the hard work put out by the City of Newton to make our learning a new and invigorating experience every minute of the day, the NNHS building still just doesn't match up to the real outdoors. They try, I'll give them credit, but chemical waterfalls and wild rats don't exactly resemble a tropical island.

The first day of school is always fun, its a new experience and you get to see all of your friends (some who you haven't seen all summer). This excitement, however, fades quickly. The second day it starts to get abit tedious, the third day your thinking "this is getting old" and by the forth day your screaming for someone to get you out of that god forsaken building and away from the overwhelming homework load, tyrannical teachers, crazy freshman, and those disturbing smells that characterize each area of the school. I could navigate it with my eyes closed: "chlorine and dead fish....I must be at the pool" "ahh yes....cream of wheat and manure....my homeroom." At first the distinctive smells don't seem so bad, helpful even...but by the forth day boy....you start to get a bit queasy.

Not many of my classrooms have windows...which is gonna suck down the road. And we already got homework...whats the deal with that? Anyways...now that school has begun, I should start going to bed before 3am. I have to get up early tomorrow! I will actually be conscious between the hours of 7am and 2pm. I am so used to going to bed at 3am and waking up at 2pm. My sleep schedule is pretty messed up. I'm going to bed. Adios, amigos. OH YEAH! That reminded me, I can't understand a word my Spanish teacher says...that could make it a bit harder to communicate with him....